Decisions… or, Fluke Tabs and Sad Clowns?

I’ve got a small dilemma. Per usual, as in, every summer, I get a little lax about tank maintenance. So this last week has been spent doing a bit of cleaning, water changes, scrubbing, scraping, rearranging, and what not. The dilemma is this: Xenia umbellata. I know it’s the scourge of many reef tanks out [...]

Brown coral & no algae…

It’s been a while since I’ve checked water parameters, aside from kH. Tank is totally being overfed (2x / day, heavily) since the new clowns went in. I want to be sure they’re eating and fat. Without having tested, I’ll venture to guess phosphates are over 0.14 and NO3 may be high. I plan on [...]

Prodibio dosing schedule revision

My first schedule posted didn’t include any Reef Booster. Since I went ahead and started, I’ll add it to my schedule. Since the full vial clouded my tank, I think I’ll do 1/2 vial tonight, and weekly from here on out. Not due for any biodigest or bioptim this week, but both next week.
SEPTEMBER

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