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Well, status update on the tank. The firefish didn’t survive. Poor little guy. He was doing really well for a couple of weeks there. But then it seemed like all of a sudden I noticed that he had some damage to one of his fins, like someone had taken a bite out of him. I noticed that Thursday night, Friday morning he looked even worse, and he was gone by the time I got home from work Friday night. Poor Thor. The other fish are looking fat and happy and were really active all day yesterday.

All the new corals are doing well, at least. The frogspawn is giant and the Nepthea frag is looking fantastic. I think it’s starting to attach to the rock it was tied to. I had to move the monti cap closer to the light; one edge was shaded by a ledge of rock and was starting to look a little strange. It seems to be recovering now that it’s fully out in the open.
The feather duster worm is still attached to the sea urchin’s head, but I’m no longer sure it’s alive. I haven’t seen it extend his crown since Friday.

Scheduled to do a water change for this evening and I’m setting up a new (larger) reservoir for the auto top-off. Business as usual in Tankland!