notenoughtanks
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A few updates here.
Got rid of the purple stylo and blue tenuis as they were about to hit the glass and water surface. Kept frags of course.
Colors have gotten a bit pale. Haven't changed lighting, feeding, water change method/frequency so I'm not sure why. I continue to incrementally swap out small portions of the sand bed, 5 g weekly water changes etc. obviously corals growing and I keep up on maintaining all parameters I can test for (Ca,Alk,mag,N03,P04,potassium). Red Goniopora wasted away and my 1 favia has not grown a bit which I'd guess are related. Nitrates around 7-10ppm and I get a bit of turf algae do it's not like it's a lack of nutrients. I tried Red Sea colors for about a month and observed no difference.
I recently (some time after stuff got pale) switched to just Red Sea Blue
Bucket salt bs the 50/50 mix with Coralife but I can't see that as the culprit.
Now the fun part: UPGRADE
Being I was smart enough to build a stand that could accommodate a larger tank, what the heck! Corals and fish are growing and another leap in stability would be nice.
I have gotten a quote from Reef Savvy and Custom Aquariums for a rimless 36x24x18 with 1/2" glass.
Reef savvy was $1600 with external overflow, which is a REALLY nice feature or $1100 with ghost, and 2 return holds drilled. At nearly double the price and a 6 month wait I'm not sure I can justify it being I've seen Custom's work and it's great. But nice things are nice [emoji846]
Custom Aquariums is ~$600 with no overflow or holes drilled (I would still and install my Synergy Shadow)
Both come with black backs at those pric points. I'm not 100% ready to pull the trigger but close.
Oh, some pics.
Hawkins
Halloween? Millie from Flounder
RRC Pink Caddy and Walt Disney
UC SSC
Got rid of the purple stylo and blue tenuis as they were about to hit the glass and water surface. Kept frags of course.
Colors have gotten a bit pale. Haven't changed lighting, feeding, water change method/frequency so I'm not sure why. I continue to incrementally swap out small portions of the sand bed, 5 g weekly water changes etc. obviously corals growing and I keep up on maintaining all parameters I can test for (Ca,Alk,mag,N03,P04,potassium). Red Goniopora wasted away and my 1 favia has not grown a bit which I'd guess are related. Nitrates around 7-10ppm and I get a bit of turf algae do it's not like it's a lack of nutrients. I tried Red Sea colors for about a month and observed no difference.
I recently (some time after stuff got pale) switched to just Red Sea Blue
Bucket salt bs the 50/50 mix with Coralife but I can't see that as the culprit.
Now the fun part: UPGRADE
Being I was smart enough to build a stand that could accommodate a larger tank, what the heck! Corals and fish are growing and another leap in stability would be nice.
I have gotten a quote from Reef Savvy and Custom Aquariums for a rimless 36x24x18 with 1/2" glass.
Reef savvy was $1600 with external overflow, which is a REALLY nice feature or $1100 with ghost, and 2 return holds drilled. At nearly double the price and a 6 month wait I'm not sure I can justify it being I've seen Custom's work and it's great. But nice things are nice [emoji846]
Custom Aquariums is ~$600 with no overflow or holes drilled (I would still and install my Synergy Shadow)
Both come with black backs at those pric points. I'm not 100% ready to pull the trigger but close.
Oh, some pics.
Hawkins
Halloween? Millie from Flounder
RRC Pink Caddy and Walt Disney
UC SSC
