I am not sure what you mean about sugar dosing. I am only dosing two part (B-Ionic) and Red Sea NO3PO4X via the doing pump.
I feels like it is time for a tank update. In general, not a lot of changes. I was lazy over my February recess (I am a teacher) and failed to move the sump to the basement. That and we got about 24 inches of snow here in western New York, which made getting the materials a bit of challenge. So the new plan is next week when I am on spring break. I have to build a stand for the countertop I am going to be using down there. When I put in the concrete counters in the kitchen, I kept the old countertop, which I am going to use in the basement for a sump stand/work space in the fish area.
My fish got absolutely crushed with ich. I don't know which fish brought it in, but it wiped out everyone except the orange spotted rabbit fish, the melanarus wrasse and the snowflake eel. I had ich in my old tank, and none of the fish were effected. I have read some things about mature tanks being better able to keep the ich under control because of the presence of so much micro fauna. With the tank being so new, the ich ran rampant. When the sump moves downstairs, I am going to set up a hospital tank, remove the fish that are in there and go fish-less for 8 weeks. I will be quarantining all new fish from here on out.
I was also experiencing a lot of browning of the SPS corals. I did a few things to deal with this... I turned up the Kessils a bit, extended the run time of the T5s, and took the bio pellet reactor off. I know you are not supposed to change a bunch of things at once, but it seems to be doing the trick. All of the brown SPS are slowly bouncing back. and all of the pieces I have added since look stellar.
Enough talking, here are some pics:
I am thoroughly enjoying the progression of this tank. Seeing new growth and color on the SPS makes me a happy boy.
I feels like it is time for a tank update. In general, not a lot of changes. I was lazy over my February recess (I am a teacher) and failed to move the sump to the basement. That and we got about 24 inches of snow here in western New York, which made getting the materials a bit of challenge. So the new plan is next week when I am on spring break. I have to build a stand for the countertop I am going to be using down there. When I put in the concrete counters in the kitchen, I kept the old countertop, which I am going to use in the basement for a sump stand/work space in the fish area.
My fish got absolutely crushed with ich. I don't know which fish brought it in, but it wiped out everyone except the orange spotted rabbit fish, the melanarus wrasse and the snowflake eel. I had ich in my old tank, and none of the fish were effected. I have read some things about mature tanks being better able to keep the ich under control because of the presence of so much micro fauna. With the tank being so new, the ich ran rampant. When the sump moves downstairs, I am going to set up a hospital tank, remove the fish that are in there and go fish-less for 8 weeks. I will be quarantining all new fish from here on out.
I was also experiencing a lot of browning of the SPS corals. I did a few things to deal with this... I turned up the Kessils a bit, extended the run time of the T5s, and took the bio pellet reactor off. I know you are not supposed to change a bunch of things at once, but it seems to be doing the trick. All of the brown SPS are slowly bouncing back. and all of the pieces I have added since look stellar.
Enough talking, here are some pics:
I am thoroughly enjoying the progression of this tank. Seeing new growth and color on the SPS makes me a happy boy.
