November 2024
Fri
15
wet side pump
Replaced and cleaned wet side VorTech pump
filter sponge
Cleaned sponge in tank water
filter sock
Rinsed out
Measured Calcium at 430 ppm
Measured Temperature at 78 F
Measured Salinity at 1.024 SG
Measured Phosphate at 0.12 ppm
Measured Alkalinity at 7.0 dKH
Measured Ammonia at 0.00 ppm
Measured Nitrite at 0.00 ppm
Measured Nitrate at 1 ppm
Citron goby doing well. I think all the snails are gone since I don’t see them anymore. I only see a few hermit crabs. I did 5 gallon water change. I’m currently acclimating copepods to add to the tank. Tank parameters are all good. I did find a snail under further inspection. He’s hiding under the sand.
Changed 5 Gallons of water
  33.3%
Measured pH at 8.0 pH
Added Copepods
Added copepods and phytoplankton
Thu
7
Added a citron goby, 5 blue leg hermits, 5 red leg hermits and 5 nassarius snails yesterday. So far doing well. Ammonia and nitrite are registering on the tests which is to be expected after adding animals and feeding
Measured Ammonia at 0.20 ppm
Measured Nitrite at 0.05 ppm
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Fed Hikari mega-marine 1 cube
Dosed 10 ml of Alkalin8.3
Measured Calcium at 430 ppm
Measured Alkalinity at 6.0 dKH
Measured pH at 7.9 pH
Measured Temperature at 77.6 F
Added Citron Clown Goby
Added Blue Legged Hermit Crab
Added Red Legged Hermit Crab
Wed
6
Finally fully cycled. Added a piece of live rock yesterday. I’m going to try to add fish today
Measured Temperature at 78 F
Measured Salinity at 1.023 SG
Measured Phosphate at 0.16 ppm
Measured Alkalinity at 7.0 dKH
Measured Ammonia at 0.00 ppm
Measured Nitrate at 2 ppm
Measured Nitrite at 0.00 ppm
Measured pH at 7.9 pH
Tue
5
Dosed 10 ml of Alkalin8.3
October 2024
Fri
25
Measured Alkalinity at 8.0 dKH
Thu
24
Dosed 10 ml of Alkalin8.3
Wed
23
Dosed 20 ml of BacterXLM
Added more bacteria to see if it helps cycle
Dosed 10 ml of Alkalin8.3
My ammonia is finally at 0ppm after my water change yesterday. Nitrites are still extremely high and nitrate barely registers. Thinking I should get some live rock to help move things along.
Measured Salinity at 34 ppt
Measured Alkalinity at 6.0 dKH
Measured Ammonia at 0.00 ppm
Measured Nitrate at 1 ppm
Measured Nitrite at 3 ppm
Measured pH at 8.0 pH
Measured Phosphate at 0.08 ppm
Measured Temperature at 77.5 F