90g Peninsula

[Linlox]

Flame Angel and Lubbock Fairy Wrasse moved to the display last night from qt. Blue eye tang was not happy and chased the angel pretty hard through all the rockwork and beat himself up. Put a mirror on the tank and he turned his anger on himself. Was able to remove the mirror this afternoon and everyone seems fine now.

Started dosing nitrate @ 4mL a day to get them off 0 on 10/01/24, since then everything has exploded with growth. Red and purple coralline went crazy over the rock, ulva sea lettuce exploded in the refugium, mushrooms and zoas are making babies.

Added a Tunze powerhead for more flow, dont think the gyre is doing what I want and it has become very loud and annoying, will replace it with another couple Tunze powerheads when it annoys me enough or I get sick of cleaning it.

Sand bed is still a hot mess of algae but it doesnt bother me, will let it form a mat and just pull it out. Must have been something strange with this sand, kind of wish I had gone without but had planned on wrasse and a goby that would use it but the plan changed.

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Video of the tank this afternoon:​

 

[Linlox]

The order from @SBB Corals showed up yesterday and holy cow are they amazing!! Pic of all 14 pieces one day after putting them in.​

Shane and SBB Corals did a great job in communication, packing, shipping, and providing an outstanding product!!! Will definitely be participating in the next sale.

Had setup the 20 gallon long in the office as a coral and invert quarantine tank while waiting for the order to arrive. Using another AI Prime 16 setup exactly the same as the display tank, which will also allow me to just add it to the display tanks 3 other AI primes when done with qt. All of the white specs in the above pic are pods breeding like crazy in the tank with no predators.

Unpacked, floated for 40 mins, dipped in Coral RX for 10 minutes with a power head, rinsed in tank water and inspected every piece under magnification and they all looked perfect. Everything opened and looked great with an hour of going into the tank.

Can't wait for these to go into the 90g, my wife has been picking their spots out in the rock work for them. They will be in this tank for at least a couple months while inspecting for pests.

 

[Linlox]

Everything seems to be in cruise control now. Fish all seem to be gaining a lot of weight and coral is growing.
Found aiptasia in one of the zoa frags and regretfully discarded it cause I fought that battle years ago and it can cost more then a zoa frag once it gets a foothold.
The new corals on the quarantine tank are looking spectacular.