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Hi Friends!
Well this quarantine time sure has given me the opportunity to get this done and enjoy more of the hobby. I have been having a hard time in keeping you all up to date with the tank and happy I got the time to share.
- Sea Children Update -
I've lost a few Sea Children ( BlueGreen Chromis ( Fight Club ) - Bangai Cardinal ( Beat to death by the Queen ) and Pearly Jawfish ( Jumped out - Poor Guy!) and my dear old King Emerald Crab ( All my other inverts are OK- wish I knew why It happened - He was one of my favs ( they all are who am I kidding haha ) and was one of the most active in the group.
While I have lost a few sea children I have introduced new ones as well.
- Maintenance and To Do's -
- Two emerald crabs - one before the king had past and another just today! One lives in the Refugium and the newest member was added to the aquarium. He is hiding which is normal. I do have a strawberry crab who I seldom see because he comes out only at night and hides when he sees us. I hope he does not pick on him.
- Blondie - The Leopard Wrasse. He fit right in. Man he stirs up that sand. The sand cloud gives it away all the time!
- I am removing the #marinepure Blocks ( one block every two weeks ) from the refugium. These have been seasoning since I got this tank wet so its time to switch them out especially since my aluminium levels has risen so this could be a culprit of that. In its place I am adding the #caribsea Rubble Zone which I have used to create a couple of frag rocks for sand placement. They look awesome.
- I change the Carbon every three weeks ( Currently using Red Sea Reef Spec. ) I changed it today because I received a shipment of Corals ( Yesterday and Today ), ORA Ultra Crocea Clam and Emerald Crab.
- Coral Shipment List:
- Mushroom - Red Dragon Lady Bounce x 1 ( Will be transferred to Fluval Evo 13.5 )
- Mushroom - Yellow Jawbreaker x 1
- Gorgeous Leather Colony x 1 ( Will be transferred to Fluval Evo 13.5 )
- Carmel Lover Zoas × 1
- Super Combo Zoas × 1
- Golden Eyes Zoas × 1
- Show Tank Bam Bam Zoas × 1
- Home Grown Blue Cespitularia Colony × 1 - ( Will be transferred to Fluval Evo 13.5 )
- Sweet Leather Combo x 1 ( Will be transferred to Fluval Evo 13.5 )
- Cupcake Mushroom × 1 ( Will be transferred to Fluval Evo 13.5 )
- White Band Shroom × 1 - ( Will be transferred to Fluval Evo 13.5 )
- Tank Grown Fire Yuma (sm) × 1
- Milky Way Shroom × 1 ( Will be transferred to Fluval Evo 13.5 )
- 5 Gal - Weekly Water Changes done on Saturdays - Did a small one today again due to the new shipment of live stock. Corals release toxins when stressed and the introduction to a new environment/shipping process is one so I believe water changes and a new batch of Carbon is a must.
- Filter Socks - Changed every three days
- I Rinsed down the skimmer and cleaned the bubble plate and Collection Cup ( I do this whole process at least once a Month. Once its above 60's outside I will be cleaning the pumps and skimmer motor. Need multiple
- Tomorrow I will be cleaning the #ghl_aquariumproducts Standalone Doser - the hoses and the containers.
- Really have my eye on the Sicce Ultra-Zero Utility Pump for Sump or Drainage ( For Salt mixing )
- Sicce Micra Plus Aquarium Pump (158 GPH) - Thinking of utilizing this for when I need to perform water changes from the Return Pump and Skimmer Area.
- Water Chemistry -
I decided to send a ATI Lab Test - this will be my second one. I will share both results below.
Current Water Quality - Per ATI 92% compared to my first one which was at 50% ( Yikes - This is how I found out my the salinity was too high )
Alkalinity - dKH - 8.2 ( Used #HannaInstruments )
Calcium: 415 ( Working on bringing it up slowly - Consumption has increased which is good - Used #HannaInstruments )
Magnesium: 1350 ( I use Saliferts )
ATI Results - Click to see Full Report
Salinity - 32.89
KH - 9.08
ATI recommendations: Adjust iodine dosage.
- Dosage supplements, 1 dosage per day.
The breakdown is as follows.
Supplements - Number of doses - Quantity per dosage
- Iod - 3 - 0.11 ml
- Mangan - 1 - 0.30 ml
- Fluor - 3 - 6.84 ml
Symbol Value Calculated reference value Difference Result Actions Sulfur 767.6 mg/l 864.4 mg/l -96.85 mg/l 
View Fluorine 0.58 mg/l 1.22 mg/l -0.64 mg/l View Iodine 8.57 µg/l 61.07 µg/l -52.51 µg/l 
View Barium 69.36 µg/l 9.40 µg/l +59.97 µg/l 
View Manganese u. 0.94 µg/l -0.94 µg/l View
Nutrients Nitrate 5.27 mg/l 2.00 mg/l +3.27 mg/l 
View Phosphorus 13.94 µg/l 14.09 µg/l -0.16 µg/l View Phosphate 0.04 mg/l 0.04 mg/l +0 mg/l View
Minor elements Lithium 95.03 µg/l 159.7 µg/l -64.70 µg/l View Silicon 143.0 µg/l 93.96 µg/l +49.07 µg/l View Iodine 8.57 µg/l 61.07 µg/l -52.51 µg/l View Barium 69.36 µg/l 9.40 µg/l +59.97 µg/l View Molybdenum 17.17 µg/l 11.27 µg/l +5.89 µg/l View Previous Water Quality -Per ATI 50% ( Yikes - This is how I found out my the salinity was too high )
Tin 2.90 µg/l 0.47 µg/l +2.43 µg/l View
ATI Results - Click to see Full Report
TO BE CONTINUED...
Daaaaang! Look at you with your gorgeous update formatting
. So pretty. Definitely glad to see you're finding time to get some things done, and so sorry to hear about the losses . That's the worst. The new coral list sounds pretty amazing, though, and I hope that all the new additions of stock are doing well!
