DEAD

So, I blame the heat wave for the death of my tank. It's sitting on the shelf with dead rock, dead sand and equipment thrown inside of it. Being an eye sore, I'm planning on restarting it even though Feng Shui does not recommend having water element in the bedroom.
Restart plan:
1. Obtain a water filter - Currently in line for the Typhooon III Air Water and Ice.
2. Obtain LR/LS - currently in line for LR/LS.
3. Set it up: Need to extend an electric line to be on that wall or put the setup next to my bed.
4. Cycle it.
5. Re-add live stock to previous levels. - Wish list - a pair of clowns and a BTA!

TLC, Upgrade

- Today I had made an almost full bucket PWC.
When the water was out I pruned some of the GHA off the rock, walls etc.
Next I had emptied the skimmer cup that probably was overflowing by now...
Then I decided to upgrade the powerhead (more flow - less GHA I've heared).
First attempt failed due to Maxi Jet 1200 being too powerful and sucking all the water out of the chamber it was in. Second attempt almost failed when the pump started to suck in air with water, but knowing what might fix that I added more water and everything seems to be working just fine.
We'll see if there will be any improvements...

Fed the fishes

with frozen shrimps

Supplements

Supplemental day:
Added:
Trace 2 drops
Buff 2 drops
Iodine: 24 drops
Tech CB A: 14
Tch CB B 14
Phytofeast 14 drops

Fish feeding with frozen food.

PWC today, glass cleaning, GHA removal

Witnessed that GHA started to grow in the back chamber YEY!
Still a lot of it is in the display tank.
Got supplies: about $22 for Kent Marine Calcium supplements.
Need to get calcium test kit.

15 Watts DIY Fuge light was installed!

I made a fuge light and installed it behind the tank.
Light bulb used: CFL 2700K soft white 15watts / 60wt equivalent

Maint after 2 weeks vacation

Right after I came back I found my tank in dispair, but all corals and fish were alive.
The water was covered by the filmy scum due to the overflow grid being blocked with hair algae.
Immediately I proceeded with pruining the hair algae with my fingers. This resulted in clearing of the scum in a matter of minutes from opening up the overflow grid.

Maint Day: New Intro

Today I added Kenya Tree of a medium size. Put it in a shell next to Pulsing Xenia. We'll see if they will co-exist.
Also prepared tank for my vacation:
1 - bucket PWC
Reduced light cycle by cutting actinic lighting by 2 hours in the morning.
Removed chaeto remains from the back-chamber - there was almost nothing left.
Left my mom instructions on feeding once a week and a bucket of water

Old Air-bubble problem Returned...

At night the problem with airmist spewing from powerhead had returned. I implemented the cure that helped previously and it worked this time too: added more water to the system.

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

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.

Morning Feeding & Status Update

Both Monti corals stopped moving (being knocked over) and seem to be fine.
The ricordea took her rough transfer to new home well and seemed to already expand in her new place.
The yesterday's hitchhiker could not be found (maybe it didn't expand yet.)
The clowns were hungry. I fed them with the defrosted food right after adding 26 drops (1/2 suggested dose) of the phytoplankton to the tank.

PWC, Fragging...

Today I attempted to frag my Monti...

1. Chipped off a less than 1" frag
2. Glued the frag to the back wall of the tank
3. The frag excerted some (burning sensation) white goo.
4. Performed almost full bucket PWC.
5. Re-glued the frag at lower level, but was unsuccessful and glued it by the hardening white goo.
6. Attempted to re-superglue the mother-frag, but was unsuccessful.

What is the goo? Hopefully both the mother and the frag will do fine... I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Questions: what is that white goo and will my frag be alright? - Can I do anything for it?

Photo Show: GBTA, Toadstool, Monti Cap, Leather, GSP, Zoa

My Tank side and front views:

My GBTA:

My Toadstool:

Monti Cap:

My Leather:

My GSP (Green Star Polyp) & Zoa Rock:

My Leather (again) and a small GSP Frag:

My Clove Polyps:

My small shroom (sweetsop):

My Pulsing Xenia:

Ugh,

I think I finally had covered all of my corals... I can not photograph fish as they move way too fast for my sony Mavica. I did not photograph my hermits and my snails because they all hid away.

PWC & Measurements

1 Bucket PWC was carried out.
Ammonia registered at 0!
Temperature was OK = 79 F.
Trimmed the hair algae and scrubbed some rocks clean of it with the brush scrubber.
Cleaned Glass.
Feeding fish with new stuff (they take it more eagerly than the brine shrimps.
Need to test for Nitrates, Nitrites & Phosphates.

Maint Day

This morning when I woke up the lights were already on. I looked at the lid, and didn't see the BTA. So I started to look for it around the tank and couldn't find it. Then I saw her to the right of the lid all bubbled up! I should say that when I was acclimating and transferring her her tentacles were all long. She looks dark and comphy in her new spot.
I administered feeding of some frozen mysis, but the clowns were not too excited about them.
Then I rearranged the rockwork trying to move rocks away from the glass to make the glass easier to clean.
Scraped the glass a bit at the bottom and the sides. The tank looks awesome!
Once I get out of $6900 debt I'll make myself a gift and will buy a bigger tank.

Addition of Sea GBTA

Tonight when I brought some snails and a Green Bubble Tip Anemone from a friend on Manhattan Reefs home the lights were already out.
The anemone came in a plastic snak can from super market. It convinently attached itself to the lid. So all I needed to do was to dump the water from the cup into acclimator and squeez the lid in. Then I dropped in the snails.
Next, I established a dripper from the tank to the acclimator. In about an hour the water had tripled.
At this moment I took the five snails out and dropped them in the 14G. The anemone was still attached ot the plastic lid. Squishing it off with a finger didn't lead to anything, so I followed an advice by not forcing her off and just put the lid behind the rock where I wanted her to be. The lid floated off..! OK, second try - I lifted the rock and squeezed the lid in between the rock and the back wall. It stayed and I went to sleep.

PWC & (Failed) Attempt to Frag Xenias.

Pre-Change:
SG: 1.024
t = 83.2
A 1 bucket PWC was carried out.
An attempt to re-glue the xenia corals from the back wall to the rock failed (hopefuly NOT resulting in death of both branches...) we'll see later.
I WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO FRAG XENIAS ANY TIME SOON BEFORE I LEARN A TRICK ON HOW TO DO THAT.

PWC & status Update

Over the weekend the sea hare died in my friend's tank...
In my tank:
Both Xenia species are doing great.
Leather is expanding with some bristles on the endges.
Toadstool is sprouting legs.
Clove polyps are fine.
Some zoa heads are opening up.
Fishes are happy.
1-bucket PWC was carried out. The skimmer was adjusted.
Parameters:
Sg: 1.023 - pre-cahnge

PWC & Status update.

The water has film on the top.
1 Gallon PWC was carried out.
Pre-change salinity 1.024. Solution salinity 1.017.
Sea hare, both fishes, xenias and the Pinky shroom are fine.
The toadstool is not expanding after being thrown off its rock, but seems to be fine. The other shroom is expanding a bit.
I want to frag and remount one of the back-ground xenias for DBTC.