Today I have a fish tank dilemma ... It is a happy dilemma..... But a dilemma non the less. The co2 scrubber has worked brilliantly on my tank. Every little niggle has been put right by this simple addition. I have 8.17 stable ph , no dosing buffer. And my night time ph swing has gone aswell (I have always run a reverse cycle on my sump but never realy had any benefit ). As a result my kh has lowered so I can now keep this stable. My refugium has also kicked in , producing a significant increase in algae . Lastly this has eigther reduced my nitrates or my bio pellets have started working......... Now the dilemma. The co2 media is expensive and has only lasted a week before it has all started to change colour I've looked online for a supply in the uk and can find nothing.. Aaarrggghhh !! I'm going to investigate some more as originally I just wanted to try it . Now it's working I want to keep it.
Other things to report . One death . A snakey pipefish has gone missing (assumed dead) it was one of a mated pair I have had for around 2 years , not sure if it's a natural death as I don't know how long pipefish live for. Corals are all doing well growing , colourful , got a couple of scars on some from falling corals but I am making a big effort to cement them in place now as this keeps happening, especially at night , every morning I have to pick up corals. Fish wise everything fat and healthy looking, had a small fight between to engineer gobies, I thought they were mating, if they were , they like it rough as one is missing a fin now. The one then went in to hiding and picked my white cap and pistol shrimp home, so this is now awol. Very small fish so could be anywhere. I'm keeping a look out. Bert (blue spot) also decided to get spooked out of his home, but I have learned that if this happens, it's not worth messing about, I lift his house (to check nothing is in their ) re-burry it , Net Bert, and put him back in . So all in a pretty good couple of weeks, miracles do happen.
