CORALS!!!

Now we officially have ourselves a genuine reef tank. The mushroom is the one I put in the tank before and almost killed it, but know it's super duper doing awesome. The other one is a ricordia, but it's still acclimating to the tank. When it settles down in a few days, I will move it up onto a rock for better light and flow. Looking Good!!!

Diatoms and Clean Up Crew

Algae! I got green and brown goo growing all over, so it's time for some snails and crabs. I have one misc. crab, one astrea snail, and one turbo grazer in right now...but adding more real soon.

Rock is 3 Weeks Old

Well, I have had my rock in the tank for three weeks today, and good things are going on.


I have good green and red color algae growth, and my chemistry is panning out. The second white square from the top shows that my nitrites are almost zilch! My trates are still about 10 - 20 ppm, but that is pretty normal for a new tank. I am pretty stoked about getting some clean up crew to take care of some algae growth.



p.s. Here is a shot of my good buddy Herb's Feather Duster. He took it with his new Olympus camera...nice shot!

Tank Update - Nothing New

I pulled that mushroom out before it was too late. All my inverts and corals from the frag swap are in Kevin's tank. This pic shows that there is not much going on these days except for bacteria. Hoping for a diatom bloom soon.

Stats at 2:30 -
Temp: 80.9 little high...I know
Nitrite: .5ppm or less
Nitrate: 20 ppm
PH: 8.4
LWC: 063007 10:00pm 4 gallon