So hitting the 6 month mark now. Lots of coraline algae. Things are going well. Put in my first corals a couple of weeks ago: hammer, fruit loops zoas, and purple people eater palys (I'm a Vikings fan). Then I added a couple of red/orange mushrooms and another paly that the guy at the reef shop forgot the name of (they have peachy orangish circles on the disc). Not really sure where I should be putting these things so it's trial and error. I did put the hammer in the corner as I know they send out stingers at night.
For fish, I have the 2 gladiator clowns, 1 is still a jerk so I might return her. A coral beauty that I am keeping a close eye on. Hasn't pecked at a coral yet. And the gramma. Lost 2 blennies (a midas and then a tailspot) that just disappeared. I'm guessing they jumped and the cat ate them.
I added some diffusers from 3D reefing. Pretty slick, though there still is shimmer on the bottom.
I have yet to do a water change, but will do so this week. The fine sand I have blows around too much (I have the tunze and nero on low), so plan on removing it and adding coarser sand. Plan is to remove about 20% per water change so the filtration doesn't change too much.
That's the news from Boston.
