Sunday, July 26, 2009

Livestock recount...

So over the past few weeks I have sustained some losses.
Here is the recount of the lifestock as of today:

  • Occelaris clownfish - 2
  • GBT Anemone - 1
  • Hermit crabs - some
  • Leather shroom - 1
  • Toadstool - 1
  • Small mushroom not sure if it is alive.
  • Xenia - 1
  • Montipora - 1
  • Zoa - 1 head & 25+ heads colony
  • Green Star Polyps - 3 1/2" colonies - all recovering after fragging.
  • Clove polyps - 1 colony with 4 heads were 7 before lost due to algae bloom probably.
  • Brittle worms

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Lighting Adjustment + Feeding

Today I adjusted the lighting regimen: so Actinic kicks in at 6:30 AM and turns off at around 9:00 PM.
10K kicks in around 10:00 AM and turns off around 7 PM.
Boy those corals color up under actinics! GSP starts glowing bright green and zoa glow dark blueish greeen.
Larger GSP started to spread to the back of the rock.
I'm still combatting GHA (Green Hair Algae), but it seems to be manageable.
Lots of coraline started to pop-up on the glass (maybe in response to more regular water changes and dosing of trace+iodine + buffer?
  • Regular morning feeding of corals: 28 drops of phyto.
  • Regular morning feeding of clowns: frozen fish food.

Salty First Attempt (Failed)

Salty First Attempt (Failed)
My Salt Water Tank Very few mods from how I got it.

Water weed bought 5/6/08

Water weed bought 5/6/08
red gracilaria (?) - Got either desintegrated or eaten

Moni Jr. on top of live rock!

Moni Jr. on top of live rock!
I have like 3-4 of these - turned out to be Petsts!

Moni Sr.(Haitian pink-tip anemone)

Moni Sr.(Haitian pink-tip anemone)
Largest Anemone in my tank RIP - (rock crashed on her during tank maint)