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Originally Posted by bluespotjawfish  I'm starting to think you really don't have much of a problem at all. New test kits and some more live rock... You can even use live rock (or LR rubble) in where the bioballs are instead of the bioballs. |
That's a great idea bluespotjawfish! I don't really want to make a bunch of modifications because I'm pretty new. Once I move everything over to the qt I can replace the bioballs with LR rubble!
I will probably eventually replace my skimmer because although it was somewhere between $100 - $200, it is so difficult to maintain. I must "adjust" it several times a day to keep it functioning properly. It is so sensitive that even minor water evaporation will drop it so that it is just spinning the water and not foaming. That is going to be one of my future buys.
I cleaned the gunk (aka detritus) out of the bioballs. I didn't even know you could access the bioballs! ha ha ha. I thought they were sealed up.
I can't locate my red fromia starfish. I will keep looking today. I haven't seen it, but I think the emerald mythrax crab was picking at him. He had a little torn spot on the end of an arm one morning and about a week later he had a second arm with a torn area. I've seen the emerald crab "attack" my rubber anemone. He tried to eat it the day I put it in. I've also seen the emerald crab kill a snail. On the bright side, that guy never stops eating. He LOVES any bit of algae.
The firefish is so skittish. When he's out and about, he looks great. But if I get within six feet of the tank, he darts into a cave. I can't even see him in there. I will try to pick future fish that are more friendly
Today I'm going to go get a new test kit to double check my readings.