Question: My newly added CSB (1 week) is hiding under a rock and only about half of it comes out with morning and evening lighting. This seems like odd behavior compared to previous RBTAs I've owned over the years that love light. What if anything should I do?
Morning/Evening:
Mid-day:
CSB acquisition and acclimation:
Tank Info:
Tank: 5' long RS 525xl
Age: 20 months old
Total volume: 400L
Lighting: 2 x Kessil 360x, 1 x Kessil AP9x, 2 x 4' Reefbright XHO Blue
Aquascape: Dry rock and DSB
Powerheads: 2 x Reefwave 45, 1 x Octo Pulse 2
Sump: Trigger Platinum 34"
Skimmer: Aeraqua Duo w/ recirculating CO2 Scrubber
Return Pump: Ecotech L1
Controller: GHL (Temp, Salinity, pH, & Alk)
Target/Typical Parameters:
Temp: 76.5 to 77.5
Salinity: 1.0264ish
Alk: 7.7ish dKH
Ca: 450ish ppm
Mag: 1450ish
NO3: 3-5ppm
PO4: 0.03 - 0.08
Dosing:
2.0 ml/min Kalkwasser (~ 0.5 dKH)
6 - 42 ml/day All-for-reef (~ 0.1 - 0.6 dKH based on dKH setpoint of 7.7)
Feeding: Very varied mix of Panta Nori, True Algae, TDO Chroma Boost, Sea Veggies, Reef Chili, Nutridiet Marine, Masstick, DKI Marine, Frozen Multipack, Frozen Bloodworms, frozen Mysis
Fish:
Candy Basslet (2 years)
Mollie (19 months)
Blue Striped Pipe Fish (18 Months)
Orange Goby / Shrimp Pair (14 Months)
Yellow Banded Possom Wrass (12 Months)
Possum Wrass (12 Months)
Green Banded Goby (12 Months)
2 x Gold Headed Slepper Gibies (10 months)
1 x Blue Star Leopard Wrasse (10 Months)
White Tail Bristletooth Tang (9 Months)
Copper-Banded Butterfly (6 Months)
Blue Hippo Tang (6 Months)
Aiptasia Eating Filefish (2 Months)
5 x Cardinals (1 Month)
Inverts:
Snails mixed
Peppermint Shrimp
Halloween Hermit Crabs
Mini Serpent Stars
Asterina Stars
Collonista Snails
Non-sps Corals:
Lots of softies (Zoas, Mushrooms,)
Some LPS ( Jellybean Chalice, BSA Tittie Twister, JF Dayglo, Space Invaders)
SPS:
Bubble Gum Digi (9 Months)
Walt Disney frag (9 Months)
Thing Frag (9 Months)
Pikachu Frag (9 Months)
Bill Murry Mini Colony (9 Months)
Morning/Evening:
Mid-day:
CSB acquisition and acclimation:
- Bought from R2R reefer with mostly similar lighting/schedule (kessil a365x/BRS recommended and 360 PAR) and parameter (1.026 for salt . Alk is 11 , ca is 430 , no 5 and phos 0.1)
- Overnight shipping, but CSB water temp was high at 85
- Drip acclimation
- Added to rock midway in the tank ~300 PAR
- CSB immediately moved under the rock to another location
- Where it pops out PAR is 350-400 Mid-day
- Tank parameters are off from typical since I was on a 2-week vacation prior to getting the CSB. Typical: 1.0264 SG, 7.7dKH, 5 ppm NO3, 0.07 PO4, pH 8.23 - 8.45. After vacation: 1.0258 SG, 8:7dKH, 11 ppm NO3, 0.17 PO4, pH 8.15 - 8.35. Do to measurement accuracy, I don't particularly suspect anything here. I bumped up NoPox dosing slightly to reduce nutrients.
- Yesterday, I removed a flower nem that was on the other side of tank and started carbon in case there was chemical warfare going on.
- I've fed the CSB twice with a little frozen food.
Tank Info:
Tank: 5' long RS 525xl
Age: 20 months old
Total volume: 400L
Lighting: 2 x Kessil 360x, 1 x Kessil AP9x, 2 x 4' Reefbright XHO Blue
Aquascape: Dry rock and DSB
Powerheads: 2 x Reefwave 45, 1 x Octo Pulse 2
Sump: Trigger Platinum 34"
Skimmer: Aeraqua Duo w/ recirculating CO2 Scrubber
Return Pump: Ecotech L1
Controller: GHL (Temp, Salinity, pH, & Alk)
Target/Typical Parameters:
Temp: 76.5 to 77.5
Salinity: 1.0264ish
Alk: 7.7ish dKH
Ca: 450ish ppm
Mag: 1450ish
NO3: 3-5ppm
PO4: 0.03 - 0.08
Dosing:
2.0 ml/min Kalkwasser (~ 0.5 dKH)
6 - 42 ml/day All-for-reef (~ 0.1 - 0.6 dKH based on dKH setpoint of 7.7)
Feeding: Very varied mix of Panta Nori, True Algae, TDO Chroma Boost, Sea Veggies, Reef Chili, Nutridiet Marine, Masstick, DKI Marine, Frozen Multipack, Frozen Bloodworms, frozen Mysis
Fish:
Candy Basslet (2 years)
Mollie (19 months)
Blue Striped Pipe Fish (18 Months)
Orange Goby / Shrimp Pair (14 Months)
Yellow Banded Possom Wrass (12 Months)
Possum Wrass (12 Months)
Green Banded Goby (12 Months)
2 x Gold Headed Slepper Gibies (10 months)
1 x Blue Star Leopard Wrasse (10 Months)
White Tail Bristletooth Tang (9 Months)
Copper-Banded Butterfly (6 Months)
Blue Hippo Tang (6 Months)
Aiptasia Eating Filefish (2 Months)
5 x Cardinals (1 Month)
Inverts:
Snails mixed
Peppermint Shrimp
Halloween Hermit Crabs
Mini Serpent Stars
Asterina Stars
Collonista Snails
Non-sps Corals:
Lots of softies (Zoas, Mushrooms,)
Some LPS ( Jellybean Chalice, BSA Tittie Twister, JF Dayglo, Space Invaders)
SPS:
Bubble Gum Digi (9 Months)
Walt Disney frag (9 Months)
Thing Frag (9 Months)
Pikachu Frag (9 Months)
Bill Murry Mini Colony (9 Months)
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