What have you done to your set up today?

I finally got a refractometor today. What a difference.

 

I tried to set up my power head to pump water in for water changes. Pump wasnt strong enough

 

I'm partly colorblind. Is it all based on color?

 

Just 1 color - you should be fine. Well worth it.


I did something in the last couple days I hadn't done in a while: I pulled the shaft out of my skimmer impeller and did a vinegar soak - so much noise went away after that - a good reminder to do that more often.

 

If you get a refractometor I suggest the red sea one. Much easier to read in my opinion. It's a little more money but we'll worth it. My friend bought one off ebay and I couldn't read his so I never got one. I got lucky finding this refractometor. My hydrometer was way off. I thought my tank was at 1.26sg and it was only at 1.24. I'm sure I'll notice some positive changes now I that I can be a bit more accurate.

 

Today was a complete clean (actually yesterday was, shush), I managed to transfer all my little friends and then give the tank and equipment a good cleaning. I have found that I can make the equipment last a bit longer as long as I utilize proper maintenance.

 

Got a Midnight Angel, trying out Rotifers.

My coral aren't doing good, sps dead, lps not extending, and zoas not open.

 

20 gallon water change.... clean detritus and "dust" from pockets in live rock... vacuum slower flow areas... move my war coral to the edge of the tank, where I feel it will It enjoy the flow and lighting more.. wash sock filter and clean skimmer.. replace carbon and phose ban in the reactors....dose with Kent marine vita-max

 

Bringing my 45g tall in to work to day to get drilled, so excited

 

Can't wait to see that build VA reef. Today is water change day. Every Sunday the reef gets a 20% water change, the sand bed gets sifted with a net and the rocks get blasted.