contiuned again...
December 26th, 2007
Next came the addition of live rock. Newmarket Big Al's had a $3.99/lb sale on fiji rock for boxing day. How can you say no to that??? So I grabbed 34 lbs of the good stuff, and did some aquascaping.
December 30th, 2007
To help with the cleaning, I have 2 emerald crabs, 5 Astrea snails, and 5 blue leg hermits. I only have pics of the crabs.
So that's where I'm at right now. I've been dosing the tank with purple up daily, and am getting some very beautiful coraline growth. When the tank is done the cycle, I will be putting the heater in chamber 2, along with chemi pure elite and filter floss. The stock filter in chamber 1 is getting tossed, and the skimmer is going in there. I will also be putting in a second koralia 2 to get the water flowing everywhere.
January 16th, 2008
Been a month today since the tank started going with water. I was getting upset with the results of the Red Sea test kit (kept telling me I have high ammonia with everything else 0 ppm). So I upgraded to the API test kit. All I can say is don't waste your money on the Red Sea kits. They are WAYYYYYY off.
Anyhoo, here are my parameters:
kH = 8dH
Nitrite = 0 ppm
Nitrate = 2.5 ppm (not quite 0, not quite 5)
pH = 8.4
Ammonia = 0 ppm
Calcium = 500 ppm
Salinity = 1.023 (I know, a bit low)
I think it's safe to say my tank is cycled. I will do my major water change today or tomorrow, plus vacuum the sand bed. Then I'll be off to buy my captive bred true percs.
January 19th, 2008
Got some new tennants. Did my major water change, all water parameters stayed perfect. First off, look at the size of this turbo snail, geez!
Now the 2 new tennants. They are a pair of true percula clowns. They are still little guys (about 3/4"), as I wanted to watch them go through growing up. Out of the entire tank, they seemed to stick together the most. They are always swimming together in the tank. I love watching these guys go. hehe. I think my koralia 2 is a little too strong for them right now, so I gotta move it a bit. The second koralia 2 is coming out altogether. No names yet. FIancee is in charge of that department. Waiting til they do something unique to help with names. Anyhow, enough typing, here are the pics.
