Arniesreef - 9g Nano

[Arniesreef]

Welcome to my aquarium started approximately 14 months ago during peak Covid lockdown.
Tank: ADA-45P 9g Display
Livestock: 2 Clownfish, 4 Peppermint Shrimp, an orgy of turbo snails.
Sump: 5g
Return: Aquamedic DC 2.2
Filtration: Tunze 9001 Protein Skimmer
Flow: Vortech MP10
Light: AI Prime 16HD
Salt Mix: Red Sea Coral Pro
Dosing: EKoral Dosing pump
14ml / day Aquaforest Component 1 2 3
3 drops / day Reef Revolution Nitrate
1 drop / 2 days Coral Essentials Amino / Gro / Energy+ / Chroma+ / Vibrance+
Feeding: Spot feeding Red Sea AB+ / 2 days, Spot feeding Reef Revolution Coral Food, daily feeding Aquaforest Marine mix S for the clowfish

Current Parameters
Salinity: 34.3 ppt
Temp: 24.3 C
KH: 9.1dKH ( Currently slowly bringing this down from 11-12 dKH)
Ca: 440 ppm
Mag: 1460 ppm
Nitrate: 0.5 ppm

Current Tank Goals: Trying to be as stable as possible. I think I was over dosing the supplements as I was dosing vitamins and aminos daily. I have halved the frequency and will see how that goes.

I have enough Salt mix for just two more water changes so I am planning on changing to a different salt mix as the Red Sea coral pro salt has very high levels of everything. I want to see if normal levels may result in better coloration, as I have never been able to achieve coloration I that I see in the display tanks at my LFS. It might be Aquaforest Reef Salt as I have been very happy with their Component 123 balling mix.

Working on getting coloration in the skirts of Zoanthids. The ones below are supposed to have bright yellow skirts.

 

[lapin]

nice

 

[Arniesreef]

I picked up a fungia that had been stung from my LFS for half price. So I am trying to nurse this guy back to good health. This is it being fed Red Sea’s AB+. Will keep you updated, also trying to grow out a tiny piece of Red Montipora.