So, on the occasion of my new skimmer and Apex being installed, I figure now's a great time to do a tank update
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I've been super busy at work and trying to train our two yellow lab pups, so most of this has been done every Friday for the last couple of months.
First off, my stock list is currently as follows...
Sailfin Tang
Kole Tang
Fowleri Tang
Six Blue Green Chromis
A pair of Ocellaris Clowns
Starry Blenny
Black Spot Angelfish
Cleaner Shrimp
Coral Banded Shrimp
and assorted Crabs and Snails that I've been adding every week or so.
Equipment wise, I went ahead and got a Octopus Diablo DCS-250, Apex Jr, Two WP-40's and a Profilux doser. The Skimmer is amazing, as is the Apex, Wp-40's and the Profilux. I did quite a bit of research on everything and I have to say, it all works together very well.
I also built a water change station, as I haven't been quick enough to snag one off of RC
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Its plumbed through my garage and into my house, so there's no water to carry, ever
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I also have my ATO and Dosing system hard plumbed into the house for ease of use and for conserving space. As for the water changes, I do a 35 gallon water change every week to keep everything optimal. My salinity is always between 1.0255 and 1.026.
Other than water changes and dosing, I have successfully battled a high phosphate issue due to my liverock (which was cooked for over a month), with the use of ROWA Phos, Xport NO4 and Phos-E at different times. It took awhile but I'm finally rid of all that nastiness and can now concentrate on growing my corals lol
Speaking of those, I have a fairly nice collection of small SPS and Zoa frags (the middle rock formation is dedicated to the Zoa garden), as well as 75+ heads of branching frogspawn and hammer coral as well as a green base blue polyp toadstool, that is my new prized possession
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I also have a variety of softies and LPS that will surely be whittled down to make way for my current SPS fix. I'm not caught up in any of the "signature" or "super rare" nonsense yet, I'm just looking to get a nice looking tank going. I do have 5 or 6 ORA frags though, if that counts, they just look to good not to grab
I'll post a bunch of pictures below and I'd love to know how well you think everything is or isn't coming along....
The whole thing
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