Day 1148 (11/3/23) - Final Update before De-commissioning
Expenses: Equipment ($670); Fish & Invert ($370); Corals ($1500); Maintenance ($370) -> Power Used/mth ~ 32W
Water Test (Ave) Temp (26.9); Salinity (1.020); PH (8.2); NO2 (<5); PO4 (< 0.03) - Last test done about 1 year ago
I'd not been attentive to its maintenance for a while, some equipment not working well especially the overflow filter connected to my mini chiller & the skimmer. Just before my oversea travel late Feb my mini chiller broke down. The tank has been runny since without chiller. It has always been plaqued with green/red hair algae unless cleaning every other days. Currently the tank has 1 pink skunk clown, a seafare, some zoa and various corals. I intend to decommission the tank this week and maybe start a mini freshwater planted tank instead. I'm looking for someone who has the desire to take over tank and continue to maintain it as much as possible if possible (see in Sell Off section).
Tank as of today 11Mar23 (after a thorough cleanup), the torch is not going to make it.
Tank yesterday after about 2 weeks of non-maintenance and faulty chiller
Tank late Feb23 before my travel