Day 64.
I think all is well! I'm still trying to get the ATO to work...I think the sensor might be broken.
I've been keeping up with weekly water changes...10-15%. Also, I've had a couple of business trips that has not seem to impacted the tank.
About a month ago I found my smaller clown in...
Day 23
I added a good CUC yesterday consisting of roughly 40-50 snails...and few little hermits as well. I have not seen anything else resembling Bryopsis pop up since I cleaned the LR it was growing on. I'm now thinking that maybe it wasn't the dreaded algae.
A few questions that I'm hoping...
Thanks again for the links and great advice. I'm off to the LFS in the morning to pick up more snails...the diatoms are exploding!
I need to investigate the micro-bubbles that the pumps are all-of-a-sudden putting out...from both sides.
All readings seem to be "in the green" depsite the dirty...
Day 19,
What a mess!!!
Diatoms are everywhere! Please tell me this is normal :)
Nitrates: <2.5 ppm
Phosphates: .25ppm...can't seem to get below this number!
Questions for you experts to answer please:
1. My CUC currently consists of two turbo snails....thats it. Should I buy more or will...
Day 18...ugly tank stage is blooming.
Nitrates slowly falling...40 ppm reading last night. I'm about to do the second 10% water change in three days tonight...hopefully the numbers keep falling.
Bryopsis: Scrubbed the "suspects" off w/ a toothbrush a couple of days ago with no signs of...
Thanks, inquiry sent.
10% water change.
Chemi-pure Elite added
Purigen added
Cool new magnifiying glass on tank for kids...great learning/gazing tool for them and they really love it. Some of the pictures above were taken through it.