Been awhile since i've posted an update.
Everything in the tank is doing great. Algae problem is all gone and all tank parameters are pretty much bang on where I want them
Salinity 1.026
pH 8.2ish
Calcium 430-450
dKH 8.5
Mg 1300-1400
PO4 .03
NO3 almost undetectable
Just had the wooden facade/skin for my metal stand dropped off today. It consists of 3 panels that are held on to the stand with strong magnets. I'll have to do a bit of shimming to get the panels to all line up nice but overall i'm pretty happy with it. Now I need to get it stained which I will hopefully get done next weekend. Next I will be getting a matching wooden enclosure for my metal light hood that will then be suspended from the ceiling. I will also be getting matching enclosures created to cover up the reservoir tank on the left side of the stand and the MH balasts on the right side of the stand.
Got a 4 pump profilux doser as well now. Now my weekly upkeep will just include feeding daily and keeping the glass and skimmer cup clean. It will be great now that the dosing will be automated, I really like having the ATO that I setup awhile back as well. I don't mind doing tank maintenance, but having top up and dosing automated is nice because these are things that I wouldn't want to forget to do on a daily basis in my tank.
I have also added a number of new tank inhabitants since the last post. My tank stock to date is the following:
Livestock
Yellow Tang
Deep water coral beauty
White Goby
2 X Percula Clowns
3 X Truncate Anthias
Fire Shrimp
Peppermint Shrimp
Corals
25 sps frags. I only know the name of a few of them so won't try to name them
1 Acan
Some nice new Growth on this one. Most of it is on the under side and the base that is attaching nicely
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Acans seem happy
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This one was completely brown when I got it a couple weeks ago and is coming back nicely
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Have had this one almost 6 weeks and not noticing much change. I think the tips are starting to green up but no real growth
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New frag I got today that I hadn't mounted yet
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Small Green Mili colony
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Unfortunately this one has lost some of the intense blue color it had when I got it from "extreme". I guess it misses the zeovit dosing
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Lots of growth on this one
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