Snow's 10G Critters of Chaos (TOTM)

[Snow_Phoenix]

WC coming up shortly. I cleaned out the filter & scraped the glass yesterday and replaced the media as well. 

 

The forest fire digi garden is finally bouncing back more quickly:

 

 

Shrooms look better too:

 

 

 

More WCs will be needed for everything to recover though. 

 

Also, Pickle threw my fascination favia into my yuma, and the poor frag was stung to death. I only realized it was missing from the rock a day too late. 😕

 

I love my clown, but sometimes....🤦‍♀️

[Snow_Phoenix]

WC done for the week. I'm slowly recovering my strength now. 👍

 

Tank looks okay, although everything is grumpy. I'll try to take pics later. 😊👍

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A few shots today. 💦

 

 

 

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I took several pics in the last few days. Current status of the Zoa Garden:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polyp regrowth has finally been evident a few areas. 👍

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Others are still bouncing back. SPS is definitely taking its time. The chili pepper monti is still very much discolored. 😕

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pickle contents herself with hosting the Mushroom Mountain nowadays. 😊

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harvey still has googly eyes. 😅👀

 

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Topview shots:

 

 

 

FTS on 25/11/22:

 

 

 

 

Sideview shots:

 

 

[Snow_Phoenix]

After nearly ~2.5 years of keeping him, I guess it's time to finally say goodbye. 😭

 

 

His legs twitch faintly, so he's still semi-alive. I dropped a few drops of iodine in the water initially, because I thought he was struggling to molt. Then I realized it didn't make sense because my hermit molted recently without issue. I checked the dates and that's when I found out Harvey is quite old for a shrimp. 

 

His true age remains unknown because he was wild-caught. Swim free, Harvey. 💦

[Snow_Phoenix]

One last glimpse. Goodbye, Harvey. 💦

 

[banasophia]

6 hours ago, Snow_Phoenix said:

One last glimpse. Goodbye, Harvey. 💦

 

Aww, I’m so sorry, Snow. 😢

[Snow_Phoenix]

8 hours ago, banasophia said:

Aww, I’m so sorry, Snow. 😢

It was a good run. And he was kinda old (?) for a shrimp. Was hoping he'd be around a little while longer, but the circle of life had other plans. 🦐

[Snow_Phoenix]

WC up for tomorrow. Did the major parts of the maintenance today. Colors have returned to 80% of their original hue in many areas, including the SPS (finally!) :

 

 

 

 

 

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Shrooms are bouncing back too. Seeing colors returning back to normal - not fully there yet, but soon. 👍

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The gold-spotted shroom actually developed *blue dots. Pretty cool, actually. 🥰

 

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Zoa Garden is filling up with new polyps again. 🥰

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nice growth coming in. I've upped my dosing too, to keep up with the demands of the nano. 💦

 

 

 

 

 

GSP bush:

 

 

Duncan:

 

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Palys from above:

 

 

SunnyD cluster:

 

 

 

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Finally, overall FTS taken today on 4/12/22:

 

 

 

 

Hoping this thing will pull through the Christmas break at the end of this month. 😕

[debbeach13]

It's great seeing everything looking healthy. This tank is so packed with corals. Always impressive!

[Snow_Phoenix]

1 hour ago, debbeach13 said:

It's great seeing everything looking healthy. This tank is so packed with corals. Always impressive!

Thanks, Deb. It still has some ways to go before it bounces back completely. Hoping another 1 or 2 WCs would do the trick. 

[Snow_Phoenix]

80% WC finally completed today. Everything is still so moody. Things should perk up some time tomorrow. 

[Ckane2]

What is your water testing and dosing schedule like?

[Snow_Phoenix]

1 hour ago, Ckane2 said:

What is your water testing and dosing schedule like?

I haven't tested my water in months. I only test when there's an issue I cannot resolve through maintenance and WCs.

 

I dose daily - kH, Mg & Ca. Iodine is *only dosed once a week if I stretch out my WCs to beyond a week. If I change my water weekly, then I skip dosing Iodine altogether. I also dose Vit. C (just one or two drops) per week.

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Things seem to have perked up today. 👍

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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More coral shots:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Few more pics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tiny fragment of garf bonsai acro that is making a comeback in its original spot:

 

 

It's a super slow grower in this tank. Moody, too.