Hi All
Since the previous thread had a question attached, I am reposting this build so it is "only" the build
I am now up to day 20. THe liverock is curing nicely and at a check last night of something "strange" I found a sponge, at least I think it is a sponge. It is just a hair opaque but it definitely has a sponge look to it and it wasn't there a couple of weeks ago when I started the tank.
The coraline is starting to come back and coloring nicely..I have a lot of pink with some green and darker pinks (not quite red). I did rearrange the liverock slightly as I had to scrub off, gently, some brown algae on one piece..too much light for now I guess. I also didn't like that one piece sitting so close to the top and right to the side of the flow return...you can see that in the day 10 picture.
I took water parameters on Wednesday. Ammonia and Nitrites were both 0..I didn't read the rest as yet. What concerns me slightly is that as far as I can tell, the ammonia only topped out at 1 about 10 days ago. I am only testing every week so it may have gone up and come back down between tests. I am going to wait another couple of weeks just to make sure things stay steady before starting a slow stocking. I am debating if I want to upgrade slightly to a 12 gallon just because I really want a clown goby and from what I have seen, they are a ten gallon+ type fish
I figure the transfer to a 12 will not be difficult as I have enough liverock in both the 8 gal and the 29 gal I am working on to transfer. The only thing it would cost me is time to transfer everything..well, that and the tank
The pics from day 1, 10 and 20 are below. Please keep the advice coming
Day one is top left; day 10 top right; day 20 on the bottom.
Terese
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