Main tank is 2 months old (live rock start). Ugly stage is fully present and brown haze is settled in and made itself right at home. Awesome, love it, so fun.
But, picked up some more fish from @Biota_Marine , a Link's & a Court Jester Goby and a Royal Gramma. I have them in a 24 gal QT. The tank came with 3 filtration tubs, and I put the one with porous media in the sump of my main for a month to try and "seed" it with bacteria.
Put in some (bleached, then thoroughly dried) PVC tubes for hides. I also grabbed two small/medium pieces of rubble from the sump to try and help the bacteria load.
I wrapped all but the front wall with a cover to cut down light, and have kept the lights off (on for the pic only).
The Court Jester was acting pretty lethargic, swimming by the outtake in the top, so I put it into the Acclimation Box and added an airstone to add surface agitation. After 2 days, I confirmed it was eating and opened the door to the Box. It's since been swimming in and out, so I assume it's healthy.
Per Biota instructions, I've been trying to siphon anything before/after feeding. Monitoring the Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate levels via API. Nitrite are non-zero, so been doing 5 gal (~20%) water changes every other day or so. (Ammonia is 0...ish; it's not the next color, but not the full 0 I see from main tank; Nitrates are 10ish)
So, my plan is to keep testing / water changing / siphoning for 3-4 weeks?
If something comes up, try and treat it?
Am I missing anything? Over stressing? Under stressing?
But, picked up some more fish from @Biota_Marine , a Link's & a Court Jester Goby and a Royal Gramma. I have them in a 24 gal QT. The tank came with 3 filtration tubs, and I put the one with porous media in the sump of my main for a month to try and "seed" it with bacteria.
Put in some (bleached, then thoroughly dried) PVC tubes for hides. I also grabbed two small/medium pieces of rubble from the sump to try and help the bacteria load.
I wrapped all but the front wall with a cover to cut down light, and have kept the lights off (on for the pic only).
The Court Jester was acting pretty lethargic, swimming by the outtake in the top, so I put it into the Acclimation Box and added an airstone to add surface agitation. After 2 days, I confirmed it was eating and opened the door to the Box. It's since been swimming in and out, so I assume it's healthy.
Per Biota instructions, I've been trying to siphon anything before/after feeding. Monitoring the Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate levels via API. Nitrite are non-zero, so been doing 5 gal (~20%) water changes every other day or so. (Ammonia is 0...ish; it's not the next color, but not the full 0 I see from main tank; Nitrates are 10ish)
So, my plan is to keep testing / water changing / siphoning for 3-4 weeks?
If something comes up, try and treat it?
Am I missing anything? Over stressing? Under stressing?
