If you are still cycling, I'd place the rock w/dead things back in the tank. Add more ammonia the natural way. Build up that biological load in there.
Hi Oxy,
Didn't notice your reply till now and it's a lil too late as I've washed those rocks to put it aside as I was getting nagged with the smell and the insects it's attracting. [emoji12]
Did my night watch yesterday and noticed the crab I was talking about previously. It was finally out on the sandbed. As it was kinda late and I was looking with my flashlight, this is the best pic I'm able to get:
An hour or so later looking back at it, it didn't seem to move. Net it up and put it in the sump, hoping to get a pic of it today... But unfortunately it was nowhere to be seen. Might've got sucked into the skimmer and got shred to pieces [emoji5]
Now here's the other part of the story that made it interesting. When I took the pic, it clearly showed that this was a filter feeder crab... Of which genus/type I've got no idea. And it's unfortunate I didn't manage to take a pic of it when I took it out. I'd presume filter feeding crabs are reef safe? The good thing about the whole episode is... It seems what I took out from the tank was merely an empty shell!!! As I was looking at the tank again earlier... Lo and behold!!! It was filter feeding near the hole it had always been hiding. So instead of having a dead crab...I didn't realize it actually molted! Best part is... I think I may have another one of the same but is hiding under another rock on the far left. [emoji16]
Tank seems to be getting interesting by the day, especially if it's a night watch. Managed to get a pic of the Nassarius snail at last (again, the best I could do with my phone):
And here's the critter I net this afternoon:
I believe this is a bristleworm? It's still alive and kicking, and very much in that small cup with a net on it in my sump. So... Is this critter a go or no-go back into the DT? I've seen another much smaller and thinner (white colored) crawling on the glass... That... I didn't try to catch it.
Nothing much to do on the tank so it was glass cleaning and cable management weekend:
Inside:
Rear:
Still having some issues determining the right adjustment for my skimmer, it overflowed yesterday. A learning curve still on how to tweak it properly. At least I've managed to get my salinity up to 1.026 now yippee!!! [emoji122]
As for the parameters... Don't seem to have any change to it, no ammonia spike. So hopefully with what I stole from the missus today... It'll help lol:
A piece of deli shrimp in a mesh bag for easier removal. Hope I'll start seeing different readings in days to come. Apart from having no ammonia spike all else seem to be fine. Seeing quite a number of filter feeders, can't remember the ID but it's got thin thread-like luminous filaments jutting out from the holes... Saw a couple of small feather dusters like (I hope those are, can't see clearly yet) and some brown palys seem to survive. I may have what seems to be caulerpa growing on some rocks. Will be monitoring those so it doesn't get out of hand. What would be the best way of removing it - pull it out?
Well that's all to report in for the weekend. It's been a week since I set it up... And have been an interesting week indeed. [emoji6] [emoji106]
Cheers!
-Gary
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