markalot
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Brief update.
Things are going well, keeping a routine, testing less and less, waiting and watching.
KH has slowly dropped to 7.5 and I'm at fully saturated Kalk now so I'll have to start dosing soon. PO4, via Elos expert est kit, staying at .03 while NO3 has been slowly falling from 5 after dosing CaNO3 6 days ago to 3 today. I like the nice slow drop. I'm still not sure exactly where I want to keep it, hoping the coral colors will tell me.
I made a few top downs to check on progress. Most looked the same, a few differences.
This is blockhead (unknown encrusted on a block). It has gotten really dark, the darkest acro in the tank at the moment.
This is a big Aussie piece from Pacific East Aquaculture. Had green and yellow on the base but has faded as it adjusts. One new branch on the back is brilliant blue as is the base (washed out in this pic). A little brighter color than this picture shows, way too much contrast to get a good shot. I was worried this would die on me but it's encrusted quickly and stayed fairly colorful.
One of my smooth skins, which has browned a bit since I raised the lights and cut the photo period. It may also not like higher nitrates. :twitch:
Frag rack doing well. Oh, and so are the acros on it. :spin2: The acro middle top is a exquisita that I browned and almost killed. Getting some green back.
The big beneficiary of stability and higher nitrates is the slimer. This only the left half. :lolspin:
Things are going well, keeping a routine, testing less and less, waiting and watching.
KH has slowly dropped to 7.5 and I'm at fully saturated Kalk now so I'll have to start dosing soon. PO4, via Elos expert est kit, staying at .03 while NO3 has been slowly falling from 5 after dosing CaNO3 6 days ago to 3 today. I like the nice slow drop. I'm still not sure exactly where I want to keep it, hoping the coral colors will tell me.
I made a few top downs to check on progress. Most looked the same, a few differences.
This is blockhead (unknown encrusted on a block). It has gotten really dark, the darkest acro in the tank at the moment.
This is a big Aussie piece from Pacific East Aquaculture. Had green and yellow on the base but has faded as it adjusts. One new branch on the back is brilliant blue as is the base (washed out in this pic). A little brighter color than this picture shows, way too much contrast to get a good shot. I was worried this would die on me but it's encrusted quickly and stayed fairly colorful.
One of my smooth skins, which has browned a bit since I raised the lights and cut the photo period. It may also not like higher nitrates. :twitch:
Frag rack doing well. Oh, and so are the acros on it. :spin2: The acro middle top is a exquisita that I browned and almost killed. Getting some green back.
The big beneficiary of stability and higher nitrates is the slimer. This only the left half. :lolspin:
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They tell me he's been doing this for years. If you want a piece of this slimer come on up, I've got 3 large frags on the frag rack looking for a good home. 
