135.4 Waterbox build chronicle and trials

[crazysun]

Latest water test.
Temp: 77.5 - 78.5
Salinity: 35 1.025
PH: 8.1 Hanna Checker
Alk: 9.8 Red sea test
CA: 430 Red sea test
MG: 1480 Red sea test
Nitrates: 0 Red sea test
Phosphates: 0.10 Hanna Checker UL

MG coming down between 1480 and 1520. Phosphates back up, but nitrates at 0.

 

[crazysun]

Getting some good growth on my Acans/Micros. After i added the Kessil A160 they took off adding heads.

 

[crazysun]

I am quite amazed on how much corals can eat. I spot feed the LPS twice a week. Look at how large the Duncan can open and stuff in its mouth.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Corals are looking great!

 

[crazysun]

Corals are looking great!

Thanks, love watching them grow, though very slow.

 

[crazysun]

Latest water test.
Temp: 77.5 - 78.5
Salinity: 35 1.025
PH: 7.9 Hanna Checker
Alk: 9.8 Red sea test
CA: 430 Red sea test
MG: 1480 Red sea test
Nitrates: 0 Red sea test
Phosphates: 0.0 Hanna Checker UL

Didn't do a water change this week. I could not fit it into my schedule, ran out of time.

 

[crazysun]

Latest water test.
Temp: 77.5 - 78.5
Salinity: 34 1.025
PH: 8.0 Hanna Checker
Alk: 9.4 Red sea test
CA: 430 Red sea test
MG: 1480 Red sea test
Nitrates: trace Red sea test
Phosphates: 0.10 Hanna Checker UL

 

[crazysun]

Added more corals.

Iron man mushroom

Yellow Australian hammer

Candy Cane

Hollywood Stunner Chalice

Purple Zoas

Cyphastrea

 

[crazysun]

So I added a Halloween hermit crab. Pretty cool colors. It was a little bigger than I wanted. He already did a number on some pineapple sponges I had growing. I liked the pineapple sponges, but he made a meal of two of them in a matter of minutes. Hoping his size does not raise havoc in the corals and rocks.

 

[crazysun]

New tank mate. A Sixline Wrasse.
The Tang is a real ****. She had to harass him for a day. All is good. Can't wait to introduce another tang to the tank.

 

[Fudsey]

Good luck with your 6 line. They can be nasty...

 

[crazysun]

Good luck with your 6 line. They can be nasty...

He's a little shy, being new and the smallest fish in the sea. Now that Tang is nasty. She chases the BiColor Blenny all the time. I think it is partly because they have similar coloration.

 

[Haggisman14]

Did that chalice that was dying on you ever come back, or did it fade away? I had a cherry garcia in my tank from WWC, and mine withered away and died too. I think my tank might have been a little to young when I put it in.

Congrats on the reef tank 365!

 

[siggy]

Congrats on the reef tank 365!

 

[crazysun]

Did that chalice that was dying on you ever come back, or did it fade away? I had a cherry garcia in my tank from WWC, and mine withered away and died too. I think my tank might have been a little to young when I put it in.

Congrats on the reef tank 365!

My Chalice did bounce back, but it has been up and down. Now it is doing good, it just has not recovered fully.

 

[crazysun]

The up and down chalice

 

[crazysun]

Growth

 

[crazysun]

Top down

 

[crazysun]

New members

 

[crazysun]

Latest water test.
Temp: 77.5 - 78.5
Salinity: 35 1.025
PH: 8.1 Hanna Checker
Alk: 9.8 Red sea test
CA: 420 Red sea test
MG: ---- Red sea test
Nitrates: 12+ Red sea test
Phosphates: 0.00 Hanna Checker UL

I had issues with temp the last month. The Inkbird controller was off and I had to adjust it over 5 degrees. My Nitrates have been on the rise and plan to fill the refugium area with Lettuce algae or Cheato.