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Few updates:
Since dosing, I'm now at 144 (8.2dkh) alkalinity and 430 calc, dosing 23ml of each every day. I've not tested much, but I've been watching to see, and I figured it was low enough of a dosage that there wasn't much to worry about. I've noticed my birdsnest frags have taken off, and there looks to be great growth with everything else since then, not that there was an issue before hand. I'm waiting to see if anything pops up (and by anything I mean pink and golds) in my zoa garden, before I start to add things back again and around the tank.
I picked up this wicked clam through Exotic Reef Creations after Richard went and hand picked, really excited about having another clam back in the tank, he had some beauties out there, worth a look!
In recent news, I added the purple tang that I unexpectedly won in an auction. It came with some pretty nice HLLE scars, but I'm content knowing that it will heal up in my tank. Stupid me though, didn't do my due diligence and research, and I already have a yellow tang. They've had it out pretty serious, but it's slowly dying down. I'm confident the purple will come out the boss of the tank, although they are both about the same size. I researched a lot after the fact, and some people have made it work, some have not. The fact that one has not killed the other yet means they will probably work it out:
I also added 3 of the stocky anthias. They are a really nice addition to my tank. They are just big enough that they fit in nicely, and colorful and active enough that they add a lot of really nice movement to the tank. They are a trio, one male, and two females, vicious eaters!
Waiting to put the zoas back down, some of them...
just some quick shots:
I'm also debating getting rid of my monti rock, with the red scrolling, the torch, incredibly large LTA, and the montis on the top. I think it would really open up for a structure that could hold more corals. I'm back and forth on it, as underneath provides a great cave for the fish, and the top adds so much motion with the LPS that I'm holding onto, thoughts?
Since dosing, I'm now at 144 (8.2dkh) alkalinity and 430 calc, dosing 23ml of each every day. I've not tested much, but I've been watching to see, and I figured it was low enough of a dosage that there wasn't much to worry about. I've noticed my birdsnest frags have taken off, and there looks to be great growth with everything else since then, not that there was an issue before hand. I'm waiting to see if anything pops up (and by anything I mean pink and golds) in my zoa garden, before I start to add things back again and around the tank.
I picked up this wicked clam through Exotic Reef Creations after Richard went and hand picked, really excited about having another clam back in the tank, he had some beauties out there, worth a look!
In recent news, I added the purple tang that I unexpectedly won in an auction. It came with some pretty nice HLLE scars, but I'm content knowing that it will heal up in my tank. Stupid me though, didn't do my due diligence and research, and I already have a yellow tang. They've had it out pretty serious, but it's slowly dying down. I'm confident the purple will come out the boss of the tank, although they are both about the same size. I researched a lot after the fact, and some people have made it work, some have not. The fact that one has not killed the other yet means they will probably work it out:
I also added 3 of the stocky anthias. They are a really nice addition to my tank. They are just big enough that they fit in nicely, and colorful and active enough that they add a lot of really nice movement to the tank. They are a trio, one male, and two females, vicious eaters!
Waiting to put the zoas back down, some of them...
just some quick shots:
I'm also debating getting rid of my monti rock, with the red scrolling, the torch, incredibly large LTA, and the montis on the top. I think it would really open up for a structure that could hold more corals. I'm back and forth on it, as underneath provides a great cave for the fish, and the top adds so much motion with the LPS that I'm holding onto, thoughts?
