Three days of deli shrimp and Zero ammonia/trites, and 5 trates. I'm willing to accept that there's no cycle, but I'll keep checking daily now that the fish are in.
I don't expect any issues, since this is just basically a tank move, not a new setup.
Also finished putting the rest of the old rock in, Exc one pc I left in th QT for some additional bio filtration when I get the next fish order.
I've been watching DD for the next fishies. Really want yellow striped cardinals like Ian got, a trio would be cool. Hopefully a pygmy possum wrasse will pop up at the same time , or a single perc mate for my male.
Ah well.
CUC is on order (reefcleaners.org), and should arrive Tuesday, hopefully they can get my fuge into good shape so I can take a pic of it.
Functionality improvements need to happen with my sock holders. I drilled holes before I had socks in hand, then to repair I made the correct size holes in a pc of thin plastic and siliconed to the original tray. So a few weeks of sock routine have started to pull the.plastic loose from the tray. Also found a leak where the algae growth is clogging the waterfall slot of the ATS, forcing water to travel down the pipe out of the box. Siliconed the end of the pipe to the box for now. Hopefully when I have enough to harvest, I can just scrape the screen with pipe still in there.
Now onward to the critical part of the update...
Standing view from the right side
Lower view right side
Front view