20 Nuvo Fusion Peaceful Philippine Inspired Reef

[Musing.Dog]

Well, my firefish divorced this week. After this time of being inseparable, one bit the other and chases it.
I'm considering replacing them both with an exquisite firefish.


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[aznflyfisherman]

How is the reefbreeder light, growing and corals?

 

[Musing.Dog]

How is the reefbreeder light, growing and corals?

Everything is alive. Less zoas open everyday; I dipped them yesterday just in case. The mushroom looks the same as when I bought it. The palys are fatter and shorter but very similar to when I bought them.

I am running their LPS program without red and green, with all the channels cranked up a little - max 80%. I wouldn't pass judgement on the light though; I'm pretty much a coral newbie.
I just ordered test kits for Ca and Alk to test the water just in case. I know my pH is generally running low.

 

[Musing.Dog]

Not much changed here. The red macros are still growing; so is the hair algae on the sand. I am considering adding some chaeto or prolifera in the back portion or the sand to help with possible nutrients. Nitrates still read 0. The pH is consistently 7.8 also, little low.

 

[thaitopher]

Not much changed here. The red macros are still growing; so is the hair algae on the sand. I am considering adding some chaeto or prolifera in the back portion or the sand to help with possible nutrients. Nitrates still read 0. The pH is consistently 7.8 also, little low.

You should invest in a lawn mower blenny, red legged hermit and scarlet hermit to remove that hair algae.

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[thaitopher]

Not much changed here. The red macros are still growing; so is the hair algae on the sand. I am considering adding some chaeto or prolifera in the back portion or the sand to help with possible nutrients. Nitrates still read 0. The pH is consistently 7.8 also, little low.

Add caulerpa instead of chaeto if you plan on putting it in your display tank. Much prettier and it eats KO phosphates like crazy

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[Musing.Dog]

Add caulerpa instead of chaeto if you plan on putting it in your display tank. Much prettier and it eats KO phosphates like crazy

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I can put chaeto in the back but prolifera is attractive just a lot of pruning. Never had chaeto before.

 

[Musing.Dog]

Added some fish today; this maxes out my fish real estate. New additions are a Randall's goby and shrimp, rainford's goby, swales basslet and a blue coral banded shrimp.
The zoas responded positively to a 3G water change a few days ago even though the measurable nitrates are 0. I'll likely do another in a couple days. I'm going to do a 5 gal change and observe. The swales and rainford are hiding but here's the Randall's.

He hasn't found the pistol shrimp yet but the shrimp is building a burrow.

 

[twitchy]

Those are some cool red macros, where'd you pick those up from?

 

[ca1ore]

Caulerpa is not a good idea IME. Once it gets a foot hold it can be extremely invasive and very tricky to remove completely.

 

[Musing.Dog]

Caulerpa is not a good idea IME. Once it gets a foot hold it can be extremely invasive and very tricky to remove completely.

I have heard that. I had the prolifera in a deep 66 a couple years ago and it pretty much stayed on the sand. I just cut it back every few weeks. My only concern is that it's a big, fast green wing algae and it may not look as nice in a nano.

 

[C_man7]

How's the light doing? Are you getting decent coral growth? Can't decide between this and the ai prime hd.

 

[dzheng]

Can't go wrong with the AI Prime! Digging the ability to control lighting via wifi.

 

[Musing.Dog]

How's the light doing? Are you getting decent coral growth? Can't decide between this and the ai prime hd.

In my tank I haven't had any growth yet that I can see. Turning the intensity up just bleached out my red macro a little; no coral changes.


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[Musing.Dog]

Those zoas are still doing badly. The palys and mushroom still look good though.
My rainford's goby was a little lean when I received him but I'm glad to say he's plump now. He spends most the day ripping up patches of hair algae and sifting sand.
The goby and pistol have not paired still.
I see the swales basslet a couple times a day. Most recently I have witnessed him snagging food out of the water column.
The blue cbs pretty much just hides all the time.
The firefish are no longer chasing each other but they aren't buddies either. They do hang out in the water column at the same time now though.

Did some testing due to the ragged zoas.

Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0 (Still, never seen nitrate in this tank so far)
Kh 11
Ph 7.8
Ca 380

I dipped the zoas two weeks ago and found only amphipods.

 

[Musing.Dog]

The dinoflagellates are back today. I got my water tested with salifert tests.
2 ppm nitrate, which is the first I have seen any
And apparently undetectable phosphate.
This tank's almost / is overstocked and yet no nitrates. I have only been doing maybe 1 gal water changes a week. There's algae but this tank's only 3 months old I guess. Not any worse than other "uglies".

 

[Musing.Dog]

Both firefish jumped apparently on separate occasions. Found both of them dead, one dried today. Not sure how they made it through a less than 1/4" crack.


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[Bobbitworm13]

Dang that sucks.

 

[Musing.Dog]

Well. Swales basslet turned up mysteriously dead last week. Things seemed okay outside of the dinos.
Got a big nasty taste of Irma which left my tank powerless for almost three days besides a battery operated aerator. Now today the rainford goby doesn't look so hot.
The Randall's goby and shrimp paired up a while back; they moved their "house" during the hurricane but still doing well.
My blue coral banded shrimp is still alive also but very reclusive.
The possum wrasse is still fat and happy; seems impervious to whatever I'm doing wrong.
I did a 4 gal water change, vacuumed the sand and removed a lot of Dino/algae mix. Cut my photoperiod to 3 hrs at a lower intensity and rest actinics only. I also added a bag of chemipure elite and I might do a blackout soon if the Dino's don't let up.
Honestly, I have seen absolutely zero growth in the three frags I purchased months ago and the zoas are stretched out no matter what light intensity I set the light to. My hitchhiker macros bleach and lose mass at higher light levels though.
I know my tank is young but it's trying my patience. Good things come to those who wait? I hope so.


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[Bobbitworm13]

It's alright, my tank has been set up for over a year and I'm just now starting to fill in the tank with coral. Sorry about the swales, good thing do indeed come to those who wait