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04-15-2011, 07:03 PM
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I have added some new stuff now. There is now a young Kole tang who was bit shy at first, but is now looking really good. Unfortunately I can't get a good photo of him as I haven't figured out how to shoot fast moving fish yet. I also got my first coral, a small frogspawn. I just got the one because I wanted to get comfortable with the acclimation, mounting, etc process before loading up on others pieces. I initially dialed down my lights and then increased them over a few days. My experience is limited, but he looks pretty happy to me. He is extending his polyps nicely, and in my mind seems to be a brighter colour than when I got him.  As far as acclimating inverts and corals, I am using a medical IV drip set and have found it very easy to set up and fine tune the drip rate. For those of you in the medical field I highly reccomend trying these. For anyone else, If you are interested, I would talk to your vet. They only cost a couple of dollars, so they should be able to sell them very cheap.   
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04-15-2011, 07:11 PM
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I have also set up my refugium in the what was intended to be the ATO section of my sump. I am using an LED light, but it seems dim to me, so I am looking into that. Right now I just have a ball of Chaeto and a couple of big chunks of dead rock that are in the process of coming to life.
I also got my third AI module which really makes the lighting in the tank look much better. I'm looking forward to stocking this thing with corals and seeing how things grow out. My plan for the time being is to not add any more fish for at least a few months, but concentrate on corals and a few clams. As far as chemistry is concerned, I was having probs with my Ca, Mag and Alk, so I worked on them for a couple of weeks with B-Ionic 2 part and Seachem Mag, and everything is looking good now. I will be looking into a doser as my next equipment purchase. My next task is moving the sump from below the tank to my little fish room (utility room) behind the tank. I'm just waiting for some plumbing bits from Elos, and hope to have that done next week. It should make everything quieter and make maintenance much easier. That's it for now. Thanks for looking. Last edited by someguy; 04-15-2011 at 07:13 PM.
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