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![]() Mine hides often as well. Unlike the angel and wrasse, the cardinals are not active at all. Almost always hover around the same spot.
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#2
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![]() aftered i lowered my flow a little mine are always out and about, i see them in the front of the tank a good 5-10x in there shoal of 4 on a daily bases
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![]() Haven't updated this for a few months.
A lot has happened during this time. I lost all my acro to AEFW and red bug. I also lost my jawfish as it jumped through the egg crate onto the floor. At the time I didn't know what was causing the my coral death. All the parameters checked out fine. Thought maybe the foam background was leaching some chemicals. So I decided to change it out and replace it with acrylic. I also took out the old fine sand and replace with more granule sand. The rock work got a major renovation as well. After the change, my tank had a mini cycle and got some algae problem. Here is the FTS after the change. ![]() See the severe brown film covering the sand bed which is also crawling on the rocks. At first I thought it was cyano, but later realized it is dino because the film got stringy. It is even clinging on some of my fish's dorsal fin. I hope it won't kill my fish. I started to do more water change. Tried to cut the excess nutrient in the tank. Cut down on the light period. Siphon as much as possible. But the dino is just so hard to get rid off. I can swear that minutes after I siphon it out, it comes right back. With all that effort, I am able to keep a little under control. ![]() But there is still quite a bit of. My purple death is extremely unhappy and is all closed up. I am waiting until end of November before adding any more acro species because of the AEFW. Hopefully by that time, I can have the dino taken care of. |
#4
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![]() After boxing day, there is no room left in my tank for any more corals.
Which is good on my wallet. Only thing to do is wait for the corals to grow in now. Here is the FTS with the last new additions. ![]() |
#5
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![]() the tank is looking some sweet. How's the angel in the tank is he being good
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think. |
#6
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![]() Quote:
The wrasse, on the other hand, sometimes bully my firefish. The firefish are a little roughed up but seem to be standing up for themselves well enough. |
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![]() Awesome job with this tank man! I have been planning a 24"x24"x20" SPS cube for some time now. Your journal is inspiration for me to get my butt in gear!
Cheers! |
#8
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![]() Thanks for the good words.
But ya, get up from your butt and setup that cube! ![]() |
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![]() I have changed my light to a Lumenmax Elite + 250W Galaxy ballast.
The light coverage has increased greatly. I am very happy with result. Here is a FTS taken a week ago. ![]() I will take some more close up shots of the corals. |
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![]() I'm just going through the photos.
I'm amazed by how fast the birdsnest grows. Taken 12/2/09 ![]() Taken 1/17/10 ![]() |