20 Nuvo Fusion Peaceful Philippine Inspired Reef

20 Nuvo Fusion Peaceful Philippine Inspired Reef

Well, lots more copepods in the tank. Haven't seen that little worm. Mussel is still alive.
Got some basic free API tests done today, 0 ammonia, nitrites and nitrates, ph between 7.8 and 8.0 apparently.
This is a little surprising since I put a square inch of salmon in the tank several days ago. I imagine the ammonia could have been consumed but where did the nitrites or nitrates go?
 
Been testing the parameters and feeding the tank little pinches of tiny pellets. Still see no ammonia, nitrites or nitrates.
Added 5 banded trochus, which appear to be doing well. And a dwarf zebra hermit/ left handed hermit. I asked for some extra shells for the hermit and threw those in after acclimating the hermit and snails.
Been seeing my hermit in two different shells all day, then found a crab moult. Turns out one of those extra shells was occupied and I actually have two hermits. The accidental hermit is pale, banded claws, blueish eyestalks and blue legs with red bands at the joints? Not sure what kind he is yet; he's very shy. If it's a blueleg, I'll probably take him back to a store of something.
 
Musing.Dog said:
Been testing the parameters and feeding the tank little pinches of tiny pellets. Still see no ammonia, nitrites or nitrates.
Added 5 banded trochus, which appear to be doing well. And a dwarf zebra hermit/ left handed hermit. I asked for some extra shells for the hermit and threw those in after acclimating the hermit and snails.
Been seeing my hermit in two different shells all day, then found a crab moult. Turns out one of those extra shells was occupied and I actually have two hermits. The accidental hermit is pale, banded claws, blueish eyestalks and blue legs with red bands at the joints? Not sure what kind he is yet; he's very shy. If it's a blueleg, I'll probably take him back to a store of something.
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Sounds like a blue leg to me, did you have a bad experience with them in the past? Blue legs are the only hermit I've never had a problem with... Maybe I've just been lucky
 
Starting next month probably. Need to buy a lid before the fire fish.
I'm still not sure which goby /shrimp pair I want.
Also strongly considering a swales baslett. Two would be even nicer but I don't want to mess with trying to sex them.


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Musing.Dog said:
Starting next month probably. Need to buy a lid before the fire fish.
I'm still not sure which goby /shrimp pair I want.
Also strongly considering a swales baslett. Two would be even nicer but I don't want to mess with trying to sex them.


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I have a wheelers shrimp goby and I think a Randall's pistol shrimp, the goby is a very bright almost metallic red
 
Added 5 nassarius snails. I find them very amusing.
A small mussel on the live rock is dead. I think it's time for a water change.


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Just found what I think is a tiny pistol shrimp on a filter sock.
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I thought I heard some tiny popping sounds. The tank is otherwise pretty quiet and next to my bed. Amazing how something so tiny could be loud. It's only about 1/2".
 
Are you going to keep the shrimp? I like my little guy, but I could definitely see that clicking getting old if I had it next to my bed
 
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Are you going to keep the shrimp? I like my little guy, but I could definitely see that clicking getting old if I had it next to my bed
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Yeah, I put him back in the sump partition under the filter sock where I found him. He's still clicking every once in a while, it doesn't bother me.
I found the shadows of copepods on my ceiling to be more strange. The smart ato led attracts them and throws shadows of copepods darting everywhere.
 
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Here's a somewhat cloudy update. PE mysis causes this cloudiness after I feed and I don't have a skimmer. Also getting a protein film on top of the water even though I have some of the flow directed up.

I plan to upgrade the return pump first, then get a skimmer if it doesn't improve.

A lot of the hitchhiker bivalves are still alive, the large one included. One medium one died, didn't see any spikes in testing.

Got my reefbreeder light and it's pretty attractive, imo. Still playing with the colors a little. This is their "natural sunlight" program from the website with the red and green LEDs disabled in the app.

So far, I started with 1 gallon weekly water change but moved to 2g weekly after the fish. I'm going to increase to 2g twice weekly soon after I buy a bucket. My water is in jugs too small to use a pump in right now.

I have stocked it with a pair of orange fire fish and a pygmy wrasse. LFS sold it as a white banded wrasse but I. Relieve it to be Tanaka's pygmy wrasse. The fire fish are fat and sociable.
The Pygmy wrasse is reclusive but very pretty. He's busy decimating the pods but he also comes out for mysis bits.

The wrasse started off washed out brown but is a deep ruby now. All three are fat. I'm starting to see more of the wrasse; sometimes I find it looking at its own reflection and/or hunting copepods. It also hovers near the firefish and sometimes shares their rock.
 
Tank is looking great. Do you strain your mysis shrimp before added it to the tank? I bought a cheap lil coffee filter for a kergui and thaw the shrimp, rinse and then add it to the tank.

How are you liking the reef breeder led. I just picked up a lagoon and the reef breeder nano light touch for a good price. Just need to figure out a stand and some equipment pieces I want to run with it.
 
I rinse the mysis but maybe I need to do a better job?

Yes, I like the light a lot. I can change each of the six colors independently by the percentage. I like the ability to simulate a sunrise and sunset for just $130. I bought a reconditioned unit; looks brand new. For the wifi version, the app has spelling errors and isn't really intuitive but it works. I didn't have an issue connecting to the the light.
I'm going to like it more when I verify that it grows coral well. I don't think there will be an issue though.


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Zoahoarder said:
Tank is looking great. Do you strain your mysis shrimp before added it to the tank? I bought a cheap lil coffee filter for a kergui and thaw the shrimp, rinse and then add it to the tank.

How are you liking the reef breeder led. I just picked up a lagoon and the reef breeder nano light touch for a good price. Just need to figure out a stand and some equipment pieces I want to run with it.
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Is there an advantage to straining the mysis? I've never done it, does it help with po4?
 
It might help to strain. I know the liquid makes my tank cloudy all day and adds to a protein film on the water surface. Can't be good. I don't have a liner though either.


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Not liner, skimmer, thanks autocorrect.
I'm finally starting to get algae. Little dot of cyano, and something sort of fluffy and brown. Took a bit to turkey baster it off.
Saw my Pygmy wrasse poop the other day, he's quite rotund now. I think he's growing. Also getting bolder.
My copepod population is reduced. My firefish spend all day specifically snatching them off the glass when they aren't biting particles in the water column.
I'm hoping to add some zoas or mushrooms soon.
Corraline is bleaching a little.
I apparently didn't end up with any bristleworms. Haven't seen any at all.


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Oh man has the algae taken off, the uglies are starting. It's not that bad though really. Honestly, this began when I started to use tap water to rinse the frozen food. I stopped that and the algae has receded dramatically. I was most worried about what looked like dinoflagellates but the elimination of minute amounts of tap water and some manual removal has pretty much knocked it out. I have some cyano also. Some powerheads and a new return pump are on their way. I definitely have some coralline algae starting, green and pink so far.
 
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Some frags I bought Memorial Day. The zoas usually are open more than that but most the small polyps don't open much yet. The paly appears to be getting greener?
I'm not sure what color that mushroom is going to end up being or what kind it is. Yuma? Rhodactis? I don't know much about mushrooms honestly.
 
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