swapped in the jebao wavemaker this week... flow feels a lot more natural, less of a single blast in one spot. fish seem fine with it so far.
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quiet week
nothing to report... just sat and watched the anthias and chromis for a while tonight.
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growing in
one of the frags is really taking off compared to the rest... coralline starting to show on the rock too. still patches of bare rock but coming along.
Grow-in progressPhoto Date
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algae
diatoms turned into a proper outbreak so did a blackout for a couple days... lights off, hoping it resets things.
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first fish
added the first chromis today, bag drifting in the water to acclimate... kept checking on them every ten minutes. still bare rock mostly, just a couple frags glued down. hoping they settle in ok.
First fish going inPhoto Date
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cycle check
two weeks into cycling... ammonia dropping, nitrite still climbing. rock has that brown diatom film starting. no fish yet, just numbers for now.
Cycling, still sparsePhoto Date
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filled
filled the tank today and got the filter running... gurgling more than i expected. no livestock yet, just watching for leaks.
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leveling
spent the morning leveling the stand before anything else... shimmed one corner twice. rock is placed dry for now, no water yet.
