Getting Back On The Bike
So after a horrid issue with white spot and killing all but one fish, i decided to leave the tank alone due to work commitments, busy schedules leading to Christmas and general lack of motivation because of constraints. I didn't have enough time to do water changes and give the tank the proper attention that it needed. Because of that, some of my acro suffered RTN.
One month on, and i have now found the motivation to dive in head first. I introduced another fish three days ago and it's doing quite happily. I bought a Red corris wrasse from Dave at Deer Park. He had issues with the Orange Back Fairy wrasse at first, but they have now sorted out their differences and share the same space. I added some more rock to the scape as it seemed a little too empty and bulky. After some re-arranging, i must say, it looks a whole lot better. It still looks bare but as everyone knows in this hobby, things are best taken SLOW.
I've now hooked up the doser and am dosing Alk and Cal to the tank. Also added a Reactor to deal with nitrate and phosphate issues. since adding it and leaving it for two weeks, the corals seem a lot happier and more extended. the only ones that seemed to take longer than the rest to take a liking to cleaner water were the zoas and palys. But even they're starting to open up more! I'll just dose some more vitamin C into the tank for zoas and see how we go.
P.S sorry for the lack of input on the fuge of late. as stated before, had to deal with some reefing demons before giving it another crack.
Bring on the New Year :D
One month on, and i have now found the motivation to dive in head first. I introduced another fish three days ago and it's doing quite happily. I bought a Red corris wrasse from Dave at Deer Park. He had issues with the Orange Back Fairy wrasse at first, but they have now sorted out their differences and share the same space. I added some more rock to the scape as it seemed a little too empty and bulky. After some re-arranging, i must say, it looks a whole lot better. It still looks bare but as everyone knows in this hobby, things are best taken SLOW.
I've now hooked up the doser and am dosing Alk and Cal to the tank. Also added a Reactor to deal with nitrate and phosphate issues. since adding it and leaving it for two weeks, the corals seem a lot happier and more extended. the only ones that seemed to take longer than the rest to take a liking to cleaner water were the zoas and palys. But even they're starting to open up more! I'll just dose some more vitamin C into the tank for zoas and see how we go.
P.S sorry for the lack of input on the fuge of late. as stated before, had to deal with some reefing demons before giving it another crack.
Bring on the New Year :D
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