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Tank Log: Month 2 |
General Observations
The tank is now at the two month mark and going well. All
of the corals are doing extremely well. SPS growth continues at a fast
rate. Water parameters have settled into the following range:
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Alkalinity - 4.0 - 4.5meq./l. |
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Calcium - 500ppm |
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pH - 8.05 Night to 8.3 during the day |
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Temp - 78.5 to 81.5F |
I have upped water changes to 10 gallons a week. I am doing this since the tank is a mixed tank and I don't want the soft corals to wage chemical warfare on the SPS corals in the tank. I am also using the old water to refresh the water in the prop tank since it has high calcium/alkalinity.
New Additions
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5 Green Chromis Chromis viridis - small around
1" long.
2 of them disappeared within the first 2 days. One was a little sickly to begin with, the other looked completely healthy. The remaining 3 are doing very well. |
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6-Line Wrasse - about 2" long.
Very interesting smaller fish that spends most of its time searching the live rock for small organisms to eat. |
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Emerald Crab - medium size
Put into tank to see if it would help to keep the bubble algae and sargassum algae under control. |
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2 Sally Lightfoot Crabs - medium size
Put into the tank to see if they would feed on the new turf algae that is growing on some of the rock surfaces. |
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Fungia coral - Approximately 3" across. Shows a very nice purple tinting along the perimeter. Placed on the sand in a medium light, moderate current location. |
Problems
Algae still needs to be cleaned from the front glass every other day
to keep it looking OK. I do have a new type of algae taking
hold on the upper portion of one of the pieces of live rock. This algae
forms short dark brown dense mats that are very stubborn and seem impervious to the
toothbrush treatment. We'll have to keep an eye on this stuff to make sure
it doesn't get out of hand. I've added Sally Lightfoot crabs to see if
they would eat the stuff.
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Here is a picture of the turf algae |
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