Abby's 260

[Timfish]

Week 9

Did some testing. Finally.

Alk 9 dKH (API)

PO4 ~.5 mg/l (Salifert)

Nitrate undetectable (Salifert)



Just FYI, when the system was first setup alkalinity was tested a couple times. Initial results when water was first added was 15 dKH and on day three it was 9. (Click on yhe "X" to see a full tank shot.)

 

[Timfish]

It's looking like all the cyano is gone. Doing small weekly water changes of 2 or 3 buckets and using steel straws to siphon off algae.

Week 11

And week 12

 

[Timfish]

Week 13. another full tank shot before maintenance is done.

 

[Timfish]

Sorry! Got busy and fell behind wtih weekly status updates. Here's stuff from week 14:

Week 14



Just a bunch of individual pics of some of the animals.

Thin Strip Hermit, love these critters. They're great herbivores and quite comical. Their claws have flat edges for scraping algae off rocks.

















"Did you authorize him to take pictures of us?!"





Rock boring urchin, Echinometra sp. These are better than the short spine urchins for scouring algae off rocks and easier to handle than the long spined Diadema sp.







































Captive raised Tiger Tail Cucumber.