I am into week six..
QT has had its ups and downs.. Clownfish in there is doing well and in Copper. Put it and a Royal Gramma in last weekend, and started Copper the next day. Kept the levels at the recommended and tested to confirm.
Noticed the Gramma was not as active day 3 and 4, and it died over night on day 5. Clown is doing well- eating..
DT
Added a small clean up crew two weeks ago- three Turbo Snails, two Nasarius Snails and two Blue Legged HC. They are all doing well.
Did a 10 %water change, and swapped out the Purigen and filter floss.
Added my Starry Blenny who had been in the QT tank for 25 days and it adapted well- loved all the rock work and immediately began eating.
Added one Clownfish who had been in the QT for 28 days- and it is doing well- loves the power head and is eating.
Four days later I added a Fire Shrimp.
Tested my water and Ammonia was at 0 and my Nitrates were at 2, Salt at 1.025, Temp 77.8, DKH was at 12.
Woke up to some brown diatomaceous algae. Did another 10 % water change and vacuumed the sand bed, the next day it was back and more prevalent.
My guess is this represents the end of the cycle and from everything I have read normal- I use only RODI water, but I did get a refill of salt water from the LFS that I used for one of my water changes.
I am going to have my tap water that I am using for my RODI tested- so I have an idea of what my baseline is.
I did change out the media basket to an In Tank and added an In Tank Refugium with Cheato and some live rock rubble.
My question is- should I add a nano skimmer? I am a firefighter in California and at times gone a lot over the summer, and I am trying to make my hobby a little less impactful on the family while I am gone...
Thanks for any thoughts..
QT has had its ups and downs.. Clownfish in there is doing well and in Copper. Put it and a Royal Gramma in last weekend, and started Copper the next day. Kept the levels at the recommended and tested to confirm.
Noticed the Gramma was not as active day 3 and 4, and it died over night on day 5. Clown is doing well- eating..
DT
Added a small clean up crew two weeks ago- three Turbo Snails, two Nasarius Snails and two Blue Legged HC. They are all doing well.
Did a 10 %water change, and swapped out the Purigen and filter floss.
Added my Starry Blenny who had been in the QT tank for 25 days and it adapted well- loved all the rock work and immediately began eating.
Added one Clownfish who had been in the QT for 28 days- and it is doing well- loves the power head and is eating.
Four days later I added a Fire Shrimp.
Tested my water and Ammonia was at 0 and my Nitrates were at 2, Salt at 1.025, Temp 77.8, DKH was at 12.
Woke up to some brown diatomaceous algae. Did another 10 % water change and vacuumed the sand bed, the next day it was back and more prevalent.
My guess is this represents the end of the cycle and from everything I have read normal- I use only RODI water, but I did get a refill of salt water from the LFS that I used for one of my water changes.
I am going to have my tap water that I am using for my RODI tested- so I have an idea of what my baseline is.
I did change out the media basket to an In Tank and added an In Tank Refugium with Cheato and some live rock rubble.
My question is- should I add a nano skimmer? I am a firefighter in California and at times gone a lot over the summer, and I am trying to make my hobby a little less impactful on the family while I am gone...
Thanks for any thoughts..
