I wanted to post an update...
Of the 5 lyretails placed in the tank I had one more die due to being picked apart by the others. I have since increased my feedings to 4 times a day from the auto feeder and I feed a cube or two of mysis/cyclops throughout the evening.
On the fish side I just got a white tail kole and yellow tang through my modified version of
@HotRocks QT process and they were added to the DT last light. I will get some pics when lights come on this morning.
I also had a kessil A360we die on me which was an originally purchased in 2014. My other light from 2014 needed a fan replacement and still cuts out intermittently. I love the kessils, but a 5 year life span is pretty short considering the high initial costs of LEDs. They're also not as easily repaired as Radions. I'm currently debating whether to buy another kessil or to make the jump to two gen4 pro xr30s or four xr15s.
Lastly, I've been battling what I believe is a lyngbya bloom which I've managed to knock back significantly and a few spots of bubble algae which I've been manually removing. I had let my nitrates and phosphates get to zero, so I've been dosing nitrates and along with the increased feedings I seem to have a handle on the algae.
I hate when life gets in the way of reefing!
To do list:
Clean up QT tanks/area
Clean up basement fish area and organize wiring finally
More manual removal of algae in the DT
Remove dead kessil from aqualife fixture and rearrange the three still working.
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