Thank you!
sometimes the guts are thrust upon you! When I installed my DIY Kalk reactor I accidentally spilled a bunch of Kalkwasser slurry in my sump; The Ph went up to 8.35 from 8.11; I quickly dumped in about 12oz of soda water and 100ml vinegar to bring it down again.@Projects with Sam
Are the corals growing fast with the higher alkalinity? I don’t have the guts to go that high in my tank lol.
My alk is only 8dkh.
| 2022-09-10 9:58 PM | Alkalinity | 12.3 |
| 2022-09-10 10:01 PM | Calcium | 485 |
| 2022-09-10 10:04 PM | Magnesium | 1335 |
I had my clown bite me one day when I was doing maintenance on the 5 gallon. It scared her so much she jumped out of the tank. After that, she hasn't bit me again until yesterday. She must have finally forgot she doesn't like the ground.
| 2022-09-11 11:45 PM | Alkalinity | 12.3 |
| 2022-09-11 11:50 PM | Calcium | 495 |
| 2022-09-11 11:54 PM | Magnesium | 1425 |
Timmy accidentally bit me when I was hand feeding him today. it didn't hurt too much. didn't draw blood. was more of a scrape. It surprised him as much as it did me. The Larger of the Blue Hippo Tangs ate from my hand today too which was cool. I think he realized yesterday that he was theoretically the tank boss after Timmy now.
@Projects with Sam so you’re trying to catch the Sixline? Is it being aggressive?I have no idea what is going on. I've changed over 40 gallons of water @10dkh and my tanks dkh went from 12.3 to 12.5. I've re-measured both numbers... lowered my kalk dosing to 50ml/hr.
Over the weekend:
Setup DIY overflow for the QT tank so I can do two auto water changes at once.
Added second tier to the 'off the Timmy menu tank' (but the clam attached to the egg crate not a frag :/)
Installed saltwater mixing bucket water tap and float switch:
Weird gloop from heated tank water with no flow:
FTS:
Caught a chromis in the clear trap... no 6-line yet though.
I think its responsible for killing my 4 Anthias, a canary blenny, a striped blenny, a cleaner shrimp and a coral banded shrimp, and injuring another coral banded shrimp and another cleaner shrimp. Pretty expensive death toll.
haha I'd be happy anywhere between 8 and 10.
@Projects with Sam wow that is quite a toll. You must have had a male, I've heard they're more aggressive. I must have had a female for 3 months before tearing down my tank. It was a model citizen and didn't bother anything!!
I didn't see mine for a few months after I put it in. One morning I checked my tank an an anthias had jumped into a tank 2 feet away and a little higher. I put it back in the DT. The next day all the anthias were toast. The two blennies were acting sketched-out for a few days till they were ended.
I googled around. This almost look like Nerites.clam moved! I think he is still on the plastic... rest lookin ok too.
I hope these are baby nasarius snails. I got two from a Petco way back when. Came down one morning a week or two later and the tank was all cloudy in the morning. It cleared up and I was hoping they spawned...
or a bunch of flatworms hitched in on the clam... all the flatworm images I've seen have two little tails at the end; these are rounded.
That would be great!
