Apr
17
2008
aquaDRAMA update
Posted by Nathan in Ramblings, tags: aquaDRAMA, Mantis Shrimp, Rand, WrasseI have not posted on aquaDRAMA in a long time! Here are some of the things that have changes over the last couple months:
- Some kind of strange slime as growing on the back of the tank, and when I tried to remove it there was a serious decline in oxygen levels in the tank. This resulted in the death of a wrasse.
- In order to combat this problem, I changed 50% of the water over 2 days by syphoning out the slime as I scraped it.
- About 50% of the live rock was removed, shaken out in bucket of salt water and scrubbed lightly. This was to remove a lot of gunk that seems to be building up.
- I noticed a mantis shrimp living in my tank, I think t is a smashing kind, about 3/4 of an inch. A trap is on the way to help remove it.
- I am still having issues with large day-night pH cycles and this will be my next area of attack.
- Species list needs to be updated
The technicals still remain the same, although I have removed the x-10 control system from the setup and now use three digital timers.
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