Christopher Marks Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 7 hours ago, Draco said: here's the pic as of now. It's pretty unhappy. You can get it back on track, that first water change will help a lot! Those are some hardy corals too. The next water change will make an even bigger difference. Hang in there @Draco! Have you considered getting an ATO of some sort to help automate that aspect of your pico? Quote Link to comment
Draco Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 4 hours ago, Christopher Marks said: You can get it back on track, that first water change will help a lot! Those are some hardy corals too. The next water change will make an even bigger difference. Hang in there @Draco! Have you considered getting an ATO of some sort to help automate that aspect of your pico? THanks, I hope so 🙂 tested the water after the change at my LFS and he didn't see any nitrates. when I get back thursday I'll bring my test kit in to check again. As for ATO, I am too cheap to buy anything else for the tank, lol. I don't mind manually topping off. though 3+ day weekends its tough. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Wonder if you could do a clear glass, plastic, or acrylic lid for weekends? To help with evap. 1 Quote Link to comment
Draco Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 3 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: Wonder if you could do a clear glass, plastic, or acrylic lid for weekends? To help with evap. that's an idea, worth a shot. I think I still have the glass top from my 9g that may be good to use 1 Quote Link to comment
Draco Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 I think Minion is gone 😞 He didn't come out to greet me and I don't see him anywhere. about to do water testing now or not, I brought the tests, but forgot to bring the tubes. ugh 3 Quote Link to comment
Draco Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 Took my water to a LFS to be tested. Ammonia was a little elevated (Which was expected by the death of Minion). Nitrates went down to a better level. Another water change today and should be good to go. They're getting a green clown goby in tomorrow. Tempting... lol 1 Quote Link to comment
Draco Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 I brought my nitrate test in, it was through the roof. Took it to my LFS, it was normal. Goes to show that you can't trust API test kits. I threw mine out. 1 Quote Link to comment
Firefish15 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 58 minutes ago, Draco said: I brought my nitrate test in, it was through the roof. Took it to my LFS, it was normal. Goes to show that you can't trust API test kits. I threw mine out. That's unfortunate. I've got the API Saltwater master test kit. I've only used it for pH and ammonia so far though. Quote Link to comment
Draco Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 Got a little black clown goby. He's awesome 😄 I started using distilled water, got the nitrates under control. tank is happy again 😄 took some rock out to give the fish more room too. ignore color quality, cellphone pics are hard, lol 5 Quote Link to comment
Damien Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Any updates on the tank? @Draco 1 Quote Link to comment
Draco Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Hey @Damien Since my goby died (he wasn't eating), I decided to break down the tank and convert it into a freshwater shrimp tank. My sexy shrimps went into my 20g Nuvo at home, and the corals went into good homes with other reefers. It's been a fun 2 years with this tank, challenging at times but all good things come to to an end. 1 Quote Link to comment
TatorTaco Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 That's a shame @Draco. This is one of those tanks that have inspired many other reefers to try out a pests tank. 1 Quote Link to comment
Draco Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 33 minutes ago, TatorTaco said: That's a shame @Draco. This is one of those tanks that have inspired many other reefers to try out a pests tank. Thank you @TatorTaco I appreciate the kind words 🙂 Quote Link to comment
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