I put a PAR meter on the tank yesterday and checked everything. The settings I was running on the Prime were putting 200-250 onto the Acros, so I turned it up a bit so the Acros are now getting 300-350. The one RFA (red center) is getting pretty high light too - 300, the others sit more around 250. Out of entertainment, when I turned the Prime up to 100% on all channels the sand was 800!! HA!

I added a Blue Lagoon Acro frag yesterday, and finally decided on placement for everything I think. I have two more spots that could use something - one at the very top, and one just above the Frogspawn. There is also a spot below the gorgonian that something could go, but that is a VERY high flow area and lowish light, so I'm not sure I'll be able to find anything that will be happy there. The Acros are all growing - encrusting the epoxy, and polyp extension is always good.

The canister is getting air build up in it, and releases a big gust of bubbles every once in awhile which irritates everything. I'm hoping to find an answer to that problem. Not sure what to do about that.

The 2nd Panda Goby died. I found his little body when I was rearranging corals. :( I thought he was doing well, but I found he was much more elusive when I added the Catalina Gobies, so maybe they were harassing him.

The Catalina Gobies are entertaining - they lazily chase each other a few times a day. Apparently they are hermaphrodites, and any two could breed. Maybe they'll start laying eggs at some point.

I'd like to add a fish that swims around, but not sure there is anything suitably small. I do plan to add a Porcelain Crab and a Pedersen's Shrimp. Maybe a couple Sexy Shrimp.

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Check out how much the ORA Chip's Acro and the RR Orange Passion have encrusted the epoxy already! Today is exactly 30 days since clipping the 3 original Acro frags. Not bad growth for a brand new tank. Now...to get some orange polyps on that OP.

I took photos of each Acro the day I cut and installed them. Check out the comparison. It's clear the Chip's Acro has grown quite a bit!

ORA Chip's Acro Feb 10:
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ORA Chip's Acro today (30 days lapsed):
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RR Orange Passion Feb 10:
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RR Orange Passion today (30 days lapsed):
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CM Purple Polyp Nasuta Feb 18:
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CM Purple Polyp Nasuta today (22 days lapsed):
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Nice to see quick growth in a short period. This little globe is coming along nicely.

Time for an update on this bad boy.

Solve your canister air issue?
I had the same problem years ago with a reactor and found I needed to restrict the outlet instead of the inlet. The back pressure allowed the pump to push the air out.

Good idea! I will do so this weekend, and take some pics! The Frag Swap is coming up in which everyone is supposed to be bringing their picos for the contest. I'm not sure how many other ones are actually still running. I think they all thought picos were easy. Well, they are, they require daily attention though. :lol:

Interesting, thanks for the tip Greg! It seems to be a self-correcting problem right now, but I will keep this idea in mind.

So how is this little tank doing Mindy?