Hope everyone is having a good weekend. Figured it was time for a quick update.
Quarantine Tank
After losing one of the spoticinctus clowns on Monday, I decided it was time to start the copper treatment and head off any additional problems. I did stop by the LFS and they replaced the clown. I added 3 other azure damsels as I love the way those guys look under the light.
I've been raising the copper levels in the tank SLOWLY as to not stress anyone. Tank dosing schedule for the copper as follows:
Happy to report everyone is healthy and happy and eating like absolute pigs. After 30 days in the copper at theraputic levels, I'll be moving on to the prazipro and then into the DT.
Frag Tank
Got the frag tank up and running earlier in the week. For a frag tank, i'm running an Innovative Marine 30L AIO. To help with cycling, I moved a sponge & bio block from my DT sump that has been seeding since I started the tank and I added some Dr. Tims.
For lights, i'm running to EcoTech XR15 blues and using a regular Eheim Jager heater. I've got a small Koralife powerhead in the tank and will add additional flow as I start ramping up the corals.
I made a couple of frag tank racks out of regular egg crate. I read people were having problems with algae growth on the white egg crate. I soaked the stuff for 48 hours in a 50/50 vinegar & water mix to hopefully remove any manufactuing chemicals. I suppose if I start having issues I can just switch over to the black BRS egg crate.
I was super anxious to get the tank going so I added a few fish + corals yesterday afternoon. All seem to be doing well. Livestock includes:
Starter Frags
Melanurus
Frag Tank Corals & Fish
Quarantine Tank
After losing one of the spoticinctus clowns on Monday, I decided it was time to start the copper treatment and head off any additional problems. I did stop by the LFS and they replaced the clown. I added 3 other azure damsels as I love the way those guys look under the light.
I've been raising the copper levels in the tank SLOWLY as to not stress anyone. Tank dosing schedule for the copper as follows:
- 1 teaspoon 2x a day until copper hit 1.0PPM (took 2 days)
- 1 teaspoon a day until copper gets to theraputic levels. This will be ~2.2ppm for me
Happy to report everyone is healthy and happy and eating like absolute pigs. After 30 days in the copper at theraputic levels, I'll be moving on to the prazipro and then into the DT.
Frag Tank
Got the frag tank up and running earlier in the week. For a frag tank, i'm running an Innovative Marine 30L AIO. To help with cycling, I moved a sponge & bio block from my DT sump that has been seeding since I started the tank and I added some Dr. Tims.
For lights, i'm running to EcoTech XR15 blues and using a regular Eheim Jager heater. I've got a small Koralife powerhead in the tank and will add additional flow as I start ramping up the corals.
I made a couple of frag tank racks out of regular egg crate. I read people were having problems with algae growth on the white egg crate. I soaked the stuff for 48 hours in a 50/50 vinegar & water mix to hopefully remove any manufactuing chemicals. I suppose if I start having issues I can just switch over to the black BRS egg crate.
I was super anxious to get the tank going so I added a few fish + corals yesterday afternoon. All seem to be doing well. Livestock includes:
- Fish
- 1x Tomini Tang
- 1x Melanurus Wrasse
- 1x Sapphire Damsel
- Coral
- 2x zoas (mixed colors)
- 1x Euphyllia (Green Hammer)
- 1x red mushroom
Starter Frags
Melanurus
Frag Tank Corals & Fish