2 years . 14 g Biocube. Pretty much stock filtration with some modifications... No bioballs ( they were the first to go), stock carbon insert, 2 chamber has floss over ceramic balls, upgraded pump to mj900. 2 ocallaris, one Tail-spot Blenny. 4 hermits, one Mithrax, 2 Trochus, a few dwarf cerith's. My Toadstool is doing great, but they're pretty much bulletproof. I do 15% weekly water changes and floss replacement. Much to my chagrin I haven't siphoned the sand in a while, bit it's pretty much a bare-bottom anyway. I do have a lovely growth of turf algae there and as I said my GHA and bubble algae are doing well. I will be siphoning the sand this weekend and starting to add more sand, a bit at a time.
Sorry for your loss :/
Thanks. I'm not new to saltwater tanks... had my first one in 1970, but this was to be my first reef. I'm a bit bummed, but also recognize things like this happen and it has been a learning experience for me. Other than the Toadstool, I think I'll just keep it as a FOWLR for a while. Thanks to everyone who has given me input and support, and I'll keep you updated as I go along, including pics. BTW, I was only kidding about the guppies
, but if that's all I lose I'll count myself lucky. It was slowly fading anyway. The Tailspot Blenny went in today and he's already staked a claim to a tube in the mushroom rock. I'll give it a few days and if everything looks fine I'm going to add my bonded clowns back in. Still on the fence as to whether to keep my Mithrax or swap him out for a porcelain crab. Pic is from early last week before anything went in. I'll update as I go along.
Just a little pic of the tank.
33 gallon tank, have 115 small colonies or frags in it, almost 50 of these are acans, I feed every other day most of the time, sometimes every 3 days. Do 5 gallon water change maybe every 3 weeks or month. Have 2 clowns in there, actually still use bio-balls in my sump, have probably 75 lbs of rock in the tank and sump. Honestly, I check my water like every 2 weeks or so, I have been terrible for years at checking water. (As I am starting to get my 90 setup for SPS, I will be keeping better tabs on water parameters) I believe keeping things the same and not making huge changes to water parameters is the most important thing. My lighting is nothing real special. My goal is to get everything out of the tank but acans.
Nice looking tank!I spot feed mine twice a week with coral frenzy 1mill pellets. They love it
