Tank is going on month 5 and lights came on about a week ago.
I picked up a small ball of chaeto from a local reefer which I kept in a jar in the sump for about 80 days.
Just to make sure I didn't introduce anything.
Added Chaeto into the refug about a month ago...but it hasn't grown in fact it's gotten smaller!
I do take my water to my LFS once a month as my benchmark with my testing.
Here are the last 3 month (10/16, 11/15 and yesterday). Could the "spike" in nitrate be my dying chaeto?
Will admit, I do feed a little bit more than I should. 2-3 times a day....but it the same amount hasn't changed.
Mix of pellets and and Rob's.
Live stock: Coral Beauty, 2 clowns, 3 anthias, foxface. (4 chormis in QT being added this weekend)
CUC: 2 Mexican Turbo Snails, 3 emerald crab (but only see one), 5 blue leg hermit (2 left), 1 Sand Sifting Sea Star, 1 Nassarius Snail and 1 Blood Red Fire Shrimp added yesterday.
Tank: approx 125G total system running UV (24/7), carbon and GFO reactors, skimmer, small bag of Purigen and the only dosing I'm currently doing is MB7 once a week.
For what it's worth...use IO Reef Crystals and thinking to start using Red Sea or Tropic Marin
10-15% water change once a week.
This morning...sorry for the slurping noise....pulled a little water yesterday to dip and acclimate my first "test" frags last night.
I picked up a small ball of chaeto from a local reefer which I kept in a jar in the sump for about 80 days.
Just to make sure I didn't introduce anything.
Added Chaeto into the refug about a month ago...but it hasn't grown in fact it's gotten smaller!
I do take my water to my LFS once a month as my benchmark with my testing.
Here are the last 3 month (10/16, 11/15 and yesterday). Could the "spike" in nitrate be my dying chaeto?
Will admit, I do feed a little bit more than I should. 2-3 times a day....but it the same amount hasn't changed.
Mix of pellets and and Rob's.
Live stock: Coral Beauty, 2 clowns, 3 anthias, foxface. (4 chormis in QT being added this weekend)
CUC: 2 Mexican Turbo Snails, 3 emerald crab (but only see one), 5 blue leg hermit (2 left), 1 Sand Sifting Sea Star, 1 Nassarius Snail and 1 Blood Red Fire Shrimp added yesterday.
Tank: approx 125G total system running UV (24/7), carbon and GFO reactors, skimmer, small bag of Purigen and the only dosing I'm currently doing is MB7 once a week.
For what it's worth...use IO Reef Crystals and thinking to start using Red Sea or Tropic Marin
10-15% water change once a week.
This morning...sorry for the slurping noise....pulled a little water yesterday to dip and acclimate my first "test" frags last night.