Super overdue update of this little journal of mine...
Some basic updates:
1. Installed TIR lens for the lighting
2. Change dosing regime to balance up key parameters. After so many weeks, i finally managed to bring CA to 430, Mg to 1320 & KH down to 8.9. Didnt dare to be so drastic so slight adjustments daily.
3. NO3 & PO4 undetectable for the last 2 weeks. Hmm algae issue still present but can see them dying of and balancing off liao.
4. Lost a whole lot of sps which i transfered over from my other tank. Stupid parameters
5. Again added a few more inside which i am closely monitoring (touchwood).
Daily regime:
AM - Dose Ultrabak, UltraMinS & Ultra Organic
AM - Feed Articpods & Rotifer
PM - Tank glass cleaning
PM - Feed Oyster Shake
Weekly: Off skimmer and dose Henry's bacteria powder, change filter sock
Bi Weekly: Water Change, Dose BioDigest & Its Clear!
Have been sticking to this habit for the past 2/3 weeks and have been quite happy with whats happening in the tank.
I did get an STN outbreak on many of my spses and am still closely monitoring it. Suspect due to really low mag&cal and extremely high KH. Weirdly some of the sps are starting to encrust at the base and i look forward to some growth soon.
Realised about 1 week back that my radion was not setup correctly and only running at 20% stupidly changed it back up to 100% and many corals started showing signs of bleaching. Upgraded to TIR lenses and running at 60% now. Aim to raise by 5% weekly till 100%.
Well some pictures taken 1+ week ago to share. As you can see i have bad bout of algae issues, now it is slowly settling down.
Tank View:
front & side view
Another view:
Sump (messy messy):
Some pic of livestocks (apologies for horrible photos):
Hopefully will get sometime this weekend to update on livestocks.