Thanks a lot Janet!

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well i seem to clean my skimmer cup out daily, even though there might not be a tonne of gunk in there. i clean it out anyways.lol. then scrub the heck out of it and the neck.

apart from the daily freshwater topoffs, ive probably done the equivalent of a 10-20% water change. but the tank hasnt been up for too long. the water parameters seem good now as well (90+% of the LR was fully cured). ammonia has gone away. nitrite 0, ammonia 0, and nitrate is .2 to .8...

im adding chaeto today, and possibly a small frag of something.