1 Month Since Frags Arrived Update.
I woke up this morning to remember I put two new fish into quarantine last night. After spending an hour and a half at the LFS watching a trio of Bangaii cardinals interact I decided on two. Who knows if they are a pair, time will tell as I left the LFS very confused.
Finally got around to putting in the second Maxspect gyre. After having two in the tank for ages, I could not get the flow right, then it occurred to me to use them as thier intended purpose. I now have the gyre working great , a push pull alternating gyre that changes direction every 10 mins.
As for the tank , the first water change took place exactly a month after the frags went in.
I've put the frags through so much from the time they were packed, going from NSW to ASW , new bases to being glued down. I managed to keep my hands out the tank for two weeks as I was starting to tinker too much. Signs of too much tinkering is overshooting my target iodine level and dosing nitrates and phosphates.
During the first two weeks the frags paled out , started my experimental dosing Potassium Nitrate and Potassium Phosphate. The frags are no longer looking the pale colour I've had in the past.
To wrap it up , the colours have improved heaps since settling into the tank, a lot of encrusting has taken place so far and all that's left to say is I can't wait to see what the next month brings to this tank.
Finally got around to putting in the second Maxspect gyre. After having two in the tank for ages, I could not get the flow right, then it occurred to me to use them as thier intended purpose. I now have the gyre working great , a push pull alternating gyre that changes direction every 10 mins.
As for the tank , the first water change took place exactly a month after the frags went in.
I've put the frags through so much from the time they were packed, going from NSW to ASW , new bases to being glued down. I managed to keep my hands out the tank for two weeks as I was starting to tinker too much. Signs of too much tinkering is overshooting my target iodine level and dosing nitrates and phosphates.
During the first two weeks the frags paled out , started my experimental dosing Potassium Nitrate and Potassium Phosphate. The frags are no longer looking the pale colour I've had in the past.
To wrap it up , the colours have improved heaps since settling into the tank, a lot of encrusting has taken place so far and all that's left to say is I can't wait to see what the next month brings to this tank.
