There have been a few SPS losses along the way too. I think the ones I have now are fairly resilient to elevated PO4. I've pretty much quit zeovit altogether although the zeolites are still in there (too lazy to pull them out). I pretty much quit dosing everything zeovit related however about 4 weeks ago just to see how things would go, and I was astonished at how well the tank has reacted to the absence of that dosing.
PO4 has gone up, however, so the zeovit was keeping it down "somewhat" but other than that it didn't seem to be helping the overall "look" to the tank. Weird. I'm going to switch over to GFO soon but am carefully considering how best to get on that as a sudden PO4 drop is usually pretty disastrous.
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Oh Tony, what a tease  Love all your fish, especially the butterflyfish called something mountain or pyramid there. How big is your potter angelfish ? |
Thanks, and yeah, pyramid butterflies. I have a soft spot for butterflies. These pyramids are reputed to be among the most reef safe of butterflies so I thought I'd try them. So far they have been well behaved for the most part. I did catch them once sampling carpet tentacles once but the clowns chased them off and so far it seems that was the only incident (touch wood).
Have had the potters for a few years now, she is about maybe 3.5" long (and 2" wide
)
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More ... How many fish do you have in total ? |
Hmmm let's see. In the 280g we have:
2 - pyramids
3 - tangs (Red Sea sailfin, lavender, lieutenant)
3 - chromis (was 4 until this last week
)
2 - clowns
3 - angels (m/f bellus, potters)
1 - crosshatch trigger
2 - wrasses (canary and rubriventralis)
1 - diamond goby for sandsifting
2 - mandarins (m/f)
1 - rabbitfish (S. virgatus)
So 20 I guess, wow! Oof.
In my 65g there is:
1 - C. ulietensis butterfly (double saddle back) (not the least little bit reef safe, as it turns out
)
1 - flame hawk
1 - rabbitfish (S. doliatus)
2 - pair Hawaiian flame wrasses
2 - pair diamond gobies for sandsifting (they seem to act like a pair anyhow)
1 - golden dwarf moray