I was gonna wait until after Monday to update but lets do it now!
I'll get some photos early next week with a good camera.
Dinos
Spent a few weeks fighting the dinos but after much work it seems like they have finally relented and my phosphates have returned to their normal above 0 levels. Now the goal is to return the tank temperature back to 80f (it was 83f during treatment) and get the lights back on a normal schedule. Something I didn't think of but want to make sure to note is if your going to do a tank blackout you should consider not dosing your supplements... Without the additional photo period length and intensity my alk consumption went down and overall value started to climb in the tank, as such cut the dose in half while it returns to normal.
I do want to note that for whatever reason it seems like my corals grew like crazy during this dinos infestation, more so then any other in my entire time in the hobby. The tank had ultra low nutrients (test kit zeros) during that time.
Recently my tank started to suffer from what I believe to be a dino outbreak, to help with treatment plans I picked up a microscope. After some reading and using the great dino id guide from @taricha I believe I have Ostreopsis but would love the experts to also share on opinion. Sorry about...
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Clams
Clams are still alive but dont look to be doing well, one seems to be gapping some and the other bleaching. They came from the vendor with a pyramid snail infestation that I have been unable to beat, just this week I found 4 more pest snails on the clams at night. I felt like the bleaching one has been doing better after the last snail removal cleaning I gave it. Alot of lessons learned on what I would do next time I buy clams if these ones dont make it through the QT process but the big 2 are : 1) remove the clam from whatever its attached to as snails will live near the foot, which you cannot clean otherwise, 2) bust all the scutes with a spoon, its near impossible to truly clean the shell with them as tiny little things will hide in them away from your brush
Fish QT // Fallow Period Ending!!!!!!!!!
Best for last! This is the light at the end of the tunnel after 78 days. On Monday the fallow period in my display and frag tanks will be over and all the fish have been treated with copper and prazi-pro. Trying to decide if I put all the fish back at once or if I put them back in stages. I contribute doing this 78 day fallow to where my dino's came from, in the end the tank started to starve from lack of feedings. Lost 4 fish doing this QT; 1 new one got the same week I started QT, 2 that brought the ich/vellvet, and 1 clownfish I had for about 3 years for some reason that came from my frag tank.
Other
Been thinking about how to mount the A360X light I got onto my ecotech RMS... If anyone has any ideas lemme know, I have seen a few threads but none of them really meet my desires. Recently ordered an
@AVAST Marine Plank Autofeeder and looking forward to getting it in Jan/Feb, been checking out the spyglass reactors to for use with biopellets (just thinking for now, no need for it today.)
