Other Mbonus's 28 Deep Blue Rimless Cube Mess

[Count Krunk]

Lil fellow looks great!

 

[mbonus]

Thanks, she's coming out more and more, so I'm geeked about that!

 

[mbonus]

Tested full parameters this am,
Temp 76.6 F
Salinity 35 PPT
P04 .1<.25. (salifert in between, closer to .25)
N03 10<25 (salifert in between, closer to 10)
Alk 7.7 kh
Ca 450
Mg1260

Yesterday cleaned skimmer and polisher, stared at the tank for 8+ hours (wife and kids gone for weekend)

Took that long to have a starry goby sighting @Felicia

 

[mbonus]

Maybe spending 10 straight hours staring at the tank on Saturday desensitized the starry goby to my presence

Finally got a semi lit picture

 

[mbonus]

USPS showed up today with a couple goodies.

First up is a algae turf scrubber that I won in Santa Monica's contest. The contest was for an HOG.5, but based on my configuration he sent me a drop.6. My corner overflow is too small to house both the polisher and scrubber, so I pulled the polisher for now and I'm going to test the scrubber. @SantaMonica

The other item was an octoport for my DIY lid/ screen. Thank @cromag27 for the quick shipping!

 

[floridareeflabs]

I am obsessed with making sure this mandarin is eating enough food. The little darling doesn't come out that often to see with any certainty if she is getting enough. I "should" have plenty of pods and have even seeded some more including dosing phyto to try and keep the population going. I feed heavily twice a day with a mixture of frozen baby brine/rods food/reef masstick powder/nano pellets. Once I dump the food and turn off all pumps she comes out and seems to be eating. Just can't tell if she's keeping on weight...

Here are some really crappy pics and sorry for the multiple. Trying to get different views

These guys are funny, some are recluse and others want to be in your face anytime your near the tank. As for them eating you just want to ensure the type of pods they like are dominate in your tank. Typically tisbe or apocyclops are best suited but again, it depends on the fish. You will know your pod population is good when you take a break for a day or two from cleaning your glass and you see them all over the glass.

If you have any questions feel free to reach out to us, we love to share our experiences and knowledge whenever we can!

 

[mbonus]

A little gif for your viewing pleasure...

 

[mbonus]

Testing update: salinity 35 ppt, alk 9.3, no3 >10, po4<.1

A little stumped on the alkalinity. It went up without dosing and no change in salinity. Tested twice with salifert. I like to keep it between 7.7 and 9.7, so okay I guess.

The only difference is that I tested at noon instead of the usual 7am

 

[mbonus]

3/21/2023 - Okay must have been a fluke test on Sunday for alkalinity. I hadn't dosed 2-part in a while to see how my alkalinity range was behaving and to ascertain my demand, so I expected the results to be dropping. I tested Monday AM and came up with the expected value of 7 dkh. Tested again this AM and came up with appx the same(tiny bit lower as expected).

Dosed 5ml ESV Bionic 2-part

Starry goby from top trying to hide in plain sight.

 

[mbonus]

3/24/2023 tests

No3 25>10
Po4>.03
Ca 480
Mg 1290
Salinity 34ppt
Temp 75 f

Fts on Reefi maintenance light mode
Gha looks nice and green

On a bummer note, one of the favia heads is receding; possibly being nipped by the filefish

 

[Count Krunk]

Have you seen any such behavior from the filefish?

 

[mbonus]

Have you seen any such behavior from the filefish?

Well it was pecking right below the area, but I haven't caught it in the act. I knew going in it might not be reef safe, so it is what it is...

As an aside, there's no aiptasia to be seen

 

[mbonus]

No3 25>10 (I would approximate 20)
po4 <0.1
Alk 7.7

Decent amount of gha going on, scrubber online but not producing yet. This dude is happy