Well here we are in June with the official kickoff to summer a week behind us. Temps are getting higher now with the 90's showing up across a good portion of the country. As such tank temp will be going up while most tank maintenance will be going down. Who wants to do a water change vs. going outside with the kids? I know I have to force myself as it is to do a WC! Anyway, tank update time. Still fighting red hair algae (of course) and now I've got a bit of GHA but plan on taking care of that tomorrow with some H2O2. Most all of my corals are growing well, especially the birds nest. I've fragged it, broken it and generally pissed it off, but it still grows. My Pocillopora has stopped growing out, but seems to be making thicker branches. All of my Acros are growing slowly, but they are trying to color up some. Every Montipora I have is growing pretty well. The three caps are expanding and curling at the edges while the M. digitatas are finally showing some good growth. I lost one Acan however. I was out of town on a business meeting and it fell/was knocked over. When I got home I saw it, but it was too late. Of course it was the pink one that I liked the best. My green Acan is adding eyes, as is my Favia and trumpet. My LPS are all growing very well. My frogspawn and hammer both have little heads popping up as does the torch. The big leather has dropped about 4 babies now. The only corals that I would say are not doing real well are my GSP and several of my Zoa's.
Very cool thing has happened (finally!!!) in my tank. My clowns finally spawned--third time right now! I know the larvae won't survive the corals, other fish and filtration, but I think I must be doing something right for them to do it (no pun intended) so I'm happy.
Have decided that my coloration problem as well as my algaes are still due to Nitrates, so I will be changing skimmers tomorrow. Big thank you shout out to my LFS for lending me an actual in-sump skimmer to use. Excited about getting it in the sump tomorrow as well.
I will also be trying a new form of GFO when my current stock runs out. I can't recall the name or brand right now, but the GFO comes in cubes that feel like "croûtons". Due to the increase in surface are it is supposed to be 500x's more effective than regular GFO--when I get some I will see and report.
Until next time, happy reefing and Welcome to the Addiction!
Very cool thing has happened (finally!!!) in my tank. My clowns finally spawned--third time right now! I know the larvae won't survive the corals, other fish and filtration, but I think I must be doing something right for them to do it (no pun intended) so I'm happy.
Have decided that my coloration problem as well as my algaes are still due to Nitrates, so I will be changing skimmers tomorrow. Big thank you shout out to my LFS for lending me an actual in-sump skimmer to use. Excited about getting it in the sump tomorrow as well.
I will also be trying a new form of GFO when my current stock runs out. I can't recall the name or brand right now, but the GFO comes in cubes that feel like "croûtons". Due to the increase in surface are it is supposed to be 500x's more effective than regular GFO--when I get some I will see and report.
Until next time, happy reefing and Welcome to the Addiction!