Pulled skeletons of noted corals that finally passed. 2x blue trumpets, Chalice, Dunkin, and Acan. Last Trumpet currently has 2 neon green heads left. Issue seemed to affect meaty LPS but not Euphyllia. Duncan coral looked to have Brown Jelly as there were two nasty heads dying when I pulled the skeleton. Blasto was suggested to be dying but is still intact.

Water tests may still be slightly off due to low salinity. No issues with nutrients via testing but coral deaths could definitely be a temp issue when the Inkbird went crazy for a few days or salinity drop from when the filter filled to high, which is still being corrected over the coming weeks.

Two mushrooms that were moved to the middle of the sand bed to stay away from the Urchin are missing from their frag plugs but plugs were still in place 🤦🏼‍♂️. I assume they let go and drifted off in the tank.

•ATO filled the sump to the top due to the filter sock and black sponge in bubble trap backing up. It doesn’t last 2 weeks so I completely removed it.

•Skimmer overflowed, splattered water all over stand and some on the floor because of the high water level in the sump. I cleaned it all up and dried everything off.

•Heaters and InkBird looked good along with the Doser and the dosing containers volume. “External ATO Reservoir” was filled. I ensured it was reset and not pumping unnecessarily. Had to add salt to the reservoir as the extremely full sump was diluted for the mishap of the ATO. Salinity was 1.023-1.024 when I started and stable at 1.024 when I finished. I could not overfill the sump like normal and allow evaporation to correct the salinity as that would sound the alarm, so I leveled it out in the sump and added 4 gallons of saltwater to the ATO to raise salinity slowly.

•I did not test as a change in salinity would effect accuracy of Alk, Cal and Mag tests. We will test again next visit after confirming Salinity has corrected.

•Fish food feeder had been twisted and was holes were closed. There was food sitting in the feeder that couldn’t fall through. I took it apart, cleaned it and ensured they were aligned properly to let the food fall.

•I did not touch the sand too much as the skimmer was not working properly prior to arrival. I wanted to add as little mess as possible.

•Fixed the circulation pump in the old ATO Reservoir

Reconnected Doser and InkBird to my phone. Correcting Alk and Cal by manually dosing but going to leave Doser alone for now. Mag is spot on after last visits correction dosage.

Pulled the remaining snails shells I found under the sand after stirring it up. Also pulled Skeleton of Blue Trumpet that looked rough last visit. Splatter hammer on left still isn’t opening all the way but it doesn’t appear to be due to flow, the flow in the area is comfortable in my opinion as the two hammers next to it are barely moving. Dunkin coral at the top left has lost all skin from stalks and lost two heads, not sure how the base looked before but heads were fine before. Chalice on right seems to be still holding on, aside from the hair algae growing on the back. See quite a bit of bubble algae all over but center structure has it the worst but the Yellow Tang was picking at them.

First routine visit:
Couldn’t connect to InkBird or ReefDose today without WiFi password.

Initial Setup and transfer of BioCube