The Goose Tank

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Weird, so I'm getting ready for a water change and decided to test my new water. Here are the params
Salinity 1.025
Alk 10.4
Mag 1100
Ca 350

I couldn't believe how low the mag was, tested it twice. So raised it up a bit as well as the calcium.

I'm getting to the bottom of my h2ocean bucket so maybe that could affect things.

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Let there be a refugium!!!!



Got some cheato from a fellow reefer, threw some rock in and got a 100w equivalent LED par 38 bulb (5000k) for some light.

I really want a mandarin goby so hoping for a healthy pod population. I went to Pisces and got their three pack of copepods rotifers and phyto. They say you're supposed to replenish it every 2-3 weeks. The bags they give you are about 2 cups big and you can see the little buggers swimming around.

Also picked up some clean up crew since I really don't have any. So to start I got 5 bumblebees, 5 astrea, 5 cerith and 1 emerald crab. I might get two more emeralds since they are really cool to watch.



Already making tracks

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How cool is this?!



Emerald crab cleaning up my Duncan.

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Day one of toadstool recovery



Just got a toadstool coral from a fellow reefer that wasn't doing well in his tank. Hoping it can recover in mine and colour up. I could barely get a toothpick into the side so I could put an elastic band around it to try and get it to attach to the rock. I'll leave like that for about a week and see if it attaches.

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Day 3,
Looks like it's trying to move off the toothpick a bit and go down the rock. Hopefully attaching itself. Definitely getting more open. Where it's been closed for a long time is discoloured and lacking polyps.


The clown is hosting the torch and eyeballing the new coral.