plyle02
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Fish Update:
Yesterday I added a trio of female bimaculatus anthias to the tank, and wow are they purdy! I have a total of 6 anthias at this point. Started with 5 female lyretails, but unfortunately one was sick, the other picked on, so without the male, the female lyretails seem to like the smaller group size, widdled down to 3. The 3 bimaculatus have been at the shop for 3-4 weeks, they are all super healthy and vibrant. I have a male lyretail on order, and will be adding several more females. I will also be adding a male snowflake for my wild female true perc. I am going to add a longnose hawkfish, lawnmower blenny too. I am currently feeding a quarter size piece of frozen Larry Reef Frenzy 2-3 times per day, and 2 cubes of PE mysis once per day.
Tank Update:
*Nitrates up to 5-10 ppm using salifert, not overwhelmingly concerned, but noticed my skimmer was in desperate need of a cleaning, so I broke it down and vinegar cleaned. I saw the skimmate collection slowing, a few days before I cleaned the skimmer. After cleaned it took 3 days to start pulling gunk. So.....Keep your skimmer clean
*I also added 2L of matrix to the bottom of the middle chamber of the sump. I am loading my fish supply and feeding like crazy, so my hopes are to reduce nitrates to 2ppm with a large stock of fish. My skimmer is rated for 450 gallons, and only skimming 120 gallons, so pretty confident that I will get back on track with nitrates.
*I have also increased my AF supplementation of Pro Bio S, NP Pro, and Pro Bio F to full strength dosing based on 1 drop per 100L. 6 drops per day of the liquid dosing. 3 spoons of Pro Bio F mixed with tank water every other day.
I will get some pics up today, hopefully the new anthias will show up for the photo session
Yesterday I added a trio of female bimaculatus anthias to the tank, and wow are they purdy! I have a total of 6 anthias at this point. Started with 5 female lyretails, but unfortunately one was sick, the other picked on, so without the male, the female lyretails seem to like the smaller group size, widdled down to 3. The 3 bimaculatus have been at the shop for 3-4 weeks, they are all super healthy and vibrant. I have a male lyretail on order, and will be adding several more females. I will also be adding a male snowflake for my wild female true perc. I am going to add a longnose hawkfish, lawnmower blenny too. I am currently feeding a quarter size piece of frozen Larry Reef Frenzy 2-3 times per day, and 2 cubes of PE mysis once per day.
Tank Update:
*Nitrates up to 5-10 ppm using salifert, not overwhelmingly concerned, but noticed my skimmer was in desperate need of a cleaning, so I broke it down and vinegar cleaned. I saw the skimmate collection slowing, a few days before I cleaned the skimmer. After cleaned it took 3 days to start pulling gunk. So.....Keep your skimmer clean
*I also added 2L of matrix to the bottom of the middle chamber of the sump. I am loading my fish supply and feeding like crazy, so my hopes are to reduce nitrates to 2ppm with a large stock of fish. My skimmer is rated for 450 gallons, and only skimming 120 gallons, so pretty confident that I will get back on track with nitrates.
*I have also increased my AF supplementation of Pro Bio S, NP Pro, and Pro Bio F to full strength dosing based on 1 drop per 100L. 6 drops per day of the liquid dosing. 3 spoons of Pro Bio F mixed with tank water every other day.
I will get some pics up today, hopefully the new anthias will show up for the photo session
