Mystery wrasse jumped out last night. This had become my favorite fish always so fat and colorful. When I woke up today he was stiff on the carpet. 
Not much has changed since my last update. I added a new wrasse and a pair of maroon clowns. Ive always liked them and just wanted something hardy. The Ro/DI unit I was using had a short on its controller and stopped making water so now I gotta figure out that. I also had one of my liter meters remote pumps stop a while back and I havent serviced it yet so have been adding CA/ALk by hand. Went on vacation to the BVI to visit my dad and my heating oil ran out at home. I came home to a tank that had been 70-72 F for a few weeks from its usual 78 but it seems all is fine. The one clam I had under the stags died too, it just was getting crowded in by the acros and wasnt getting the light. I couldnt really see the clam anyhow but I wished I got it out before it was trapped in by the acros. Ive been removing sand here and there in W/C although I like the look of CLEAN sand better then BB, my sand never stays white. It always ends up with coating and I dont need the nutrient issues. I finally broke out the hanna P04 meter and tested, was .08 so I changed my GFO and carbon and was down to .04 a few days later. Im not sure how accurate it is at that level anyhow but gives me an idea.
Ill post some new photos soon. I still dont like my aquascape and feel I am not getting the benefit I could/should be with this wide tank. I am thinking of breaking down the aquascape and snapping all the corals off their spots. Then redoing all the scape the way I want it and then re-glueing it all back where I want everything. Id lose the encrusting and set growth back several months as the corals re-encrusted and such but might like my whole tank more if I do this. I did break down the whole left stack and moved some stuff around but it didnt make me any happier with the way the tank looks.
Not much has changed since my last update. I added a new wrasse and a pair of maroon clowns. Ive always liked them and just wanted something hardy. The Ro/DI unit I was using had a short on its controller and stopped making water so now I gotta figure out that. I also had one of my liter meters remote pumps stop a while back and I havent serviced it yet so have been adding CA/ALk by hand. Went on vacation to the BVI to visit my dad and my heating oil ran out at home. I came home to a tank that had been 70-72 F for a few weeks from its usual 78 but it seems all is fine. The one clam I had under the stags died too, it just was getting crowded in by the acros and wasnt getting the light. I couldnt really see the clam anyhow but I wished I got it out before it was trapped in by the acros. Ive been removing sand here and there in W/C although I like the look of CLEAN sand better then BB, my sand never stays white. It always ends up with coating and I dont need the nutrient issues. I finally broke out the hanna P04 meter and tested, was .08 so I changed my GFO and carbon and was down to .04 a few days later. Im not sure how accurate it is at that level anyhow but gives me an idea.
Ill post some new photos soon. I still dont like my aquascape and feel I am not getting the benefit I could/should be with this wide tank. I am thinking of breaking down the aquascape and snapping all the corals off their spots. Then redoing all the scape the way I want it and then re-glueing it all back where I want everything. Id lose the encrusting and set growth back several months as the corals re-encrusted and such but might like my whole tank more if I do this. I did break down the whole left stack and moved some stuff around but it didnt make me any happier with the way the tank looks.
