Introduction
I started with a 55g in September, 2013. It had a canister filter, T5 lights, a crappy skimmer and no sump. I learned some hard lessons fast and lost some really cool critters because I didn't know better. After that I kept learning as much as I could about the hobby and slowed down; and the more I learned, the more I got into it. In January, 2014 I upgraded to a 75 with a 55 sump. Now I am really focused on the science behind what makes our tanks work and learning how to keep it simple. My goal is "simple and stable".
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- FTS February 28, 2014
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Phosphate
Calcium
Magnesium
Alkalinity
Temperature
Nitrate
Phosphorus
pH
Salinity
Nitrite
Ammonia
7 Fish
13 Corals
67 Invertebrate
Equipment
AutoTopOff
Cleaning
Controller
Food
Brine Shrimp, frozen cubes
Mysis shrimp, frozen cubes
Filter
Typhoon IV 5-Stage RO/DI Filter
Heater
Lighting
Powerhead
Pump
Reactor
Salt
Skimmer
Substrate
TestKit
API Phosphate Test Kit
1.5% automatic daily water change.
19.7% total water change in September.
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Been running carbon a few days, no change on skimmer... will do another big WC and if that doesn't work than I will have to really play with skimmer setting.
Skimmer is still not working right! The Chemiclean really changed things. I will continue WC's and start some carbon to clean out the broken down Chemiclean.
Potter's angel and fairy wrasse dead today after doing WC in QT :(
Dosed Cupramine again and tested, raised copper to 0.5 mg/l
Did a ~35-40% WC after the Chemiclean. Cleaned skimmer, elevated it, still overflowing constantly.
Sailfin Tang did not make it, found dead today after starting copper