Day 30.
Only 3 fish, but lots of easy corals, copepods, some inverts and live rock. Plus a steady dosing routine of nitrification bacteria.
The "ugly" stage lasted less than a 4 days and I think I am most happiest with the growth of that patch of macroalgae which I am sure is ripping out the Nitrate and phosphate but is wiping out the pest algae.
The goni isn't thriving but a drop of manganese seems to be assisting now, and I should probably try and get the peppermint shrimp out now they took care of the aiptasia but are now free to harass the BTA. Which the Clowns are not impressed by.
Day 30.
Only 3 fish, but lots of easy corals, copepods, some inverts and live rock. Plus a steady dosing routine of nitrification bacteria.
The "ugly" stage lasted less than a 4 days and I think I am most happiest with the growth of that patch of macroalgae which I am sure is ripping out the Nitrate and phosphate but is wiping out the pest algae.
The goni isn't thriving but a drop of manganese seems to be assisting now, and I should probably try and get the peppermint shrimp out now they took care of the aiptasia but are now free to harass the BTA. Which the Clowns are not impressed by.
Hawkwing and peppermint shrimp connect at the water cooler (seaweed clip).
Testing the Peppermint shrimp eating Aiptaisa Method, for Purple Monsters Zoas
Sad day. My peppermint shrimp started going after my torch coral last night and It is not looking so good. Used the bottle trap to get the shrimp back to LFS. Once they taste torch it’s really hard to get them to stop. Big mistake is I added Torch coral after the shrimp.
Started a Whatever tank* 5.5 gallons. Whatever corals that look bad or somewhat a nuisance. Will be grown out and tossed in here. I will be having emerald crabs peppermint shrimp in. Just like my own fish store I could get them and transfer into the main tank when there’s bubble/ Aiptasia.