universality
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This is the last pic for today. It's of the whole tank without lighting. I'll take and post more tomorrow since I've figured out this whole pic system.
Cycling and setup start to finish with TBS rock. Corner tank
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Day 4 morning parameters
Total Ammonia .25
Free Ammonia .013
Nitrite .2
Nitrate 3
Temp 76.8
pH 8.0
Specific Gravity 1.204
Total Ammonia .25
Free Ammonia .013
Nitrite .2
Nitrate 3
Temp 76.8
pH 8.0
Specific Gravity 1.204
universality
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Hehe Yeah it was a typo.
Day 5 morning results
Total Ammonia .25
Free Ammonia .02
Nitrite .3
Nitrate 2
Temp 77.2
pH 8.2
Specific Gravity 1.024
I removed the questionable sponge today. It was pretty badly disintegrated and covered with a whole bunch of little orange anemones eating it I presume. I also saw the little black and gold nubiarch scrolling around on the sand today. I still haveno idea what he is. All of the sponges are getting to full color now and I dont think any are bleached anymore. Also I've noticed I have these little clear tube like things on a rock under actinic lighting they have a flouresent yellow ring around the lip. I have no idea what they are. I'm also starting to see a lot more porceline crabs during the day in the little nooks and crannys of the rock. I saw a mantis last night but he is really to small for a positive ID. He's pretty much translucent and very fast. He's probably a quater of an inch long and not very wide at all.
Day 5 morning results
Total Ammonia .25
Free Ammonia .02
Nitrite .3
Nitrate 2
Temp 77.2
pH 8.2
Specific Gravity 1.024
I removed the questionable sponge today. It was pretty badly disintegrated and covered with a whole bunch of little orange anemones eating it I presume. I also saw the little black and gold nubiarch scrolling around on the sand today. I still haveno idea what he is. All of the sponges are getting to full color now and I dont think any are bleached anymore. Also I've noticed I have these little clear tube like things on a rock under actinic lighting they have a flouresent yellow ring around the lip. I have no idea what they are. I'm also starting to see a lot more porceline crabs during the day in the little nooks and crannys of the rock. I saw a mantis last night but he is really to small for a positive ID. He's pretty much translucent and very fast. He's probably a quater of an inch long and not very wide at all.
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Dya 5 evening results
Total Ammonia .25
Free Ammonia .019
Nitrite .2
Nitrate 0
Temp 77.2
pH 8.2
Specific Gravity 1.024
Last night I noticed the serpent stars are getting much harder to locate. I think they are all finding homes in the sand and the rock. I see a few legs here and there but no full bodys like I use to see. Besides the sponge I removed I can see no visible die off.
Total Ammonia .25
Free Ammonia .019
Nitrite .2
Nitrate 0
Temp 77.2
pH 8.2
Specific Gravity 1.024
Last night I noticed the serpent stars are getting much harder to locate. I think they are all finding homes in the sand and the rock. I see a few legs here and there but no full bodys like I use to see. Besides the sponge I removed I can see no visible die off.
looks very nice, that "anemone thingy" kinda looks like a mojano anemone... do a search and see if yours looks like other peoples's mojanos.
universality
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Day 6 results
Total Ammonia .25
Free Ammonia .02
Nitrite .2
Nitrate 3
Temp 77.2
pH 8.2
Specific Gravity 1.024
I have noticed a ton of imcroscopic stuff crawling on the glass. It looks like a bunch of snails hatched or something.
Total Ammonia .25
Free Ammonia .02
Nitrite .2
Nitrate 3
Temp 77.2
pH 8.2
Specific Gravity 1.024
I have noticed a ton of imcroscopic stuff crawling on the glass. It looks like a bunch of snails hatched or something.
universality
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Just a quick note. All the parameters are staying about the same. Ammonia has traced out, but Nitrite still hovers around .2. How big of a problem is this.
universality
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Well Ammonia and Nitrites have both pretty much traced out now. I'm noticing the bivalves are opening up now and exposing a black and yellow membrane into the water. Also algea is really starting to take off. I emailed Richard about getting the second half of the package. I really need the clean up crew. Hopefully Florida will receive some good weather soon.
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Well over a week has passed and the weather/visibility is too bad in the Gulf to collect any rock so i'm in a holding pattern. I did discover a 4in plus red mantis shrimp that decided to make a hole in the rock his home. I've had no luck in evicting him yet. He absolutly will not leave his hole. I've had a trap in for about five days now and no luck.
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I just wanted to give a quick update. The second half of the package arived on Friday. It's been a hectic weekend so I probably won't pst pics until Mon or Tues. I got a Tiger Goby as a hitchiker which was pretty interesting. One of the cukes have already threw up his guts so I had to get him out of the tank. I finally caught the Mantis shrimp (or as my wife likes to call him "Nessie"). I got three open brain corals and I really dont know what to feed them. At night little tenticles come out from them. Do I feed them phyto along with the other filter feeders? My ammonia has shown a little rise and my Nitrites have risen a little bit. The clean up crew is makeing short work of the algea on the glass. I'm only seeing one peppermint shrimp in the evening but I keep on seeing old skin floating around the tank so I believe there just molting a lot. It seems like they always hide for the night whenever they molt. I'll post pics and more details in the next day or so.
