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03-29-2021, 09:49 PM
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Feb 5 2021
Tank has been running for 3 days. No measured Ammonia, Nitrite or Nitrate. The old trick of air stone in a bucket of liverock works great considering it was stored for more than a year. Saw an ad for a CanReefer 5 mins away selling some zoas for a reasonable price. Kid is pretty excited about adding our first inhabitant into the tank. Purchased 2 zoa frags. One unidentified. Whamming Watermelon Zoas Took almost 2 days but the zoas finally opened up. Placement mid level. No measurable parameters. LED light not as strong as I had hoped but sufficent for now. Have to think about more powerful light if I want to keep SPS. Flow from the return pump not strong enough either. Added an old MaxiJet pump to get more flow. Last edited by rustybee; 03-29-2021 at 10:04 PM. 
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03-30-2021, 12:39 AM
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Feb 8 2021
So far so good, tank parameters are still well in line. We decide on our first fish. One of my favourites from days gone by, either a Pseudochromis Fridmani or a P. Springeri. Son picks the former attracted by the luminous neon purple; cannot say I blame him since the jet black body and blue striped face of the latter is a bit more subtle. After 2 trips to our LFS, we find a healthy specimen to bring home. Turns out I forgot how how elusive Pseudochromis can be, it hides all day in the shadows only darting out into the open during feeding. We also ID the mystery zoas as Vampire slayer. So many new names to remember these days. Back in the old days zoas were either green or brown. Lol.
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05-18-2021, 03:10 AM
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Quick pic update on the tank. Shots from iPhone so pic quality no as great as it could be. Tank log is providing to be tougher than expected as edit only allowed within 15 mins of posting.
Fishes- ended up adding a pair of Lightning Maroon Clowns and what turns out to be an evil 6 line wrasse. Blasto had an unfortunate overnight encounter with the Acan garden (suspect that snails knocked it from its spot). Turns out the Acan was the winner and the Blasto lost half of its polyp. Thought it was a goner but 3 weeks later it also almost regenerated from bare skeleton. Amazing. Ended up with 2 areas for the Zoa garden and 2 areas for the SPS. Bare bottom works great for the Acan garden. Coralline algae showed up 3 weeks of start date. Going old school using Kalk top off evaporation. KH was initially a bit high in the 10-11 range before dropping and holding at 8-9KH was the tank started filling up with livestock. Last edited by rustybee; 05-18-2021 at 03:25 AM.
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05-19-2021, 11:02 PM
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It looks great. Surprised you are so deep into SPS with such a young tank. Just be careful and remember patience is your friend.
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Mark...  290g Peninsula Display, 425g total volume. Setup Jan 2013.
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05-19-2021, 11:53 PM
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