History of my Reef Tank
| Date |
Activity
| June 10 2002
| Changed filters in R/O unit
| May 20 2002
| 20 Gallon water change. Algae seem to be all
gone! : )
| April 20 2002
| 20 Gallon water change. Algae seem to be easing
more.
| March 25 2002
| 20 Gallon water change. Algae seem to be easing a
bit lately.
| March 2 2002
| 20 Gallon water change in the never ending quest to
rid the tank of Algae .
| KH = 12, Phosp = 0.8 ( tested RO saltwater and it's 0.0 ) February 21 2002
| 20 Gallon water change in the never ending quest to
rid the tank of Algae. Also put in homemade buffer (baking / washing soda) to raise
KH to 12.
| February 5 2002
| Replenished the cleanup crew to fight the algae:
| 5 Queen Conches 2 Emerald Crabs 15 Blueleg Hermit Crabs 15 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crabs 2 Serpent Starfish 1 Abalone 45 Astrea Turbo Snails February 4 2002
| 20 Gallon water change in the never ending quest to
rid the tank of Algae and
Red Slime.
| January 24 2002
| 20 Gallon water change in the never ending quest to
rid the tank of Algae and
Red Slime.
| January 14 2002
| Chemistry...
| phosphates: 0.8mg/l nitrates: 0 mg/l calcium 255 mg/l kh: 7 (125ppm) ph: 8.2 December 30 2001
| 20 Gallon water change in the never ending quest to
rid the tank of Algae and
Red Slime.
| Put in another Phosphate Pad too. December 22 2001
| 20 Gallon water change in the never ending quest to
rid the tank of Algae and
Red Slime.
| December 16 2001
| 15 Gallon water change to get more of the Algae and
Red Slime
out. Will it ever go away!
| December 9 2001
| 10 Gallon water change to get more of the Algae and
Red Slime
out.
| December 2 2001
| 10 Gallon water change to get more of the Algae and
Red Slime
out.
| November 26 2001
| 10 Gallon water change to get more of the Red Slime
out.
| November 24 2001
|
| Added 30 snails and a Lawnmower Blenny. Last Blenny died some time back but I don't know when, it just disappeared. November 14 2001
| 10 Gallon water change to get some of the Red Slime
out.
| Maroon Clown died from unknown cause ( lived 2 years and 9 months ) October 19 2001
| 20 Gallon water change.
| Still using only Kalkwasser for evaporation but algae coming back a little. Sept 27 2001
| After two months of using Kalkwasser the algae has
almost completely disappeared.
| Sept 20 2001
| 20 Gallon water change.
| August 12 2001
| 10 Gallon water change to suck up more algae
| Added 3 spiny urchins Put in another Phosphate pad August 6 2001
| Installed new VHO lights ( top 4 or the 6 lights )
| July 22 2001
| 10 Gallon water change.
| July 8 2001
| 20 Gallon water change.
| June 11 2001
| 20 Gallon water change.
| May 11 2001
| 20 Gallon water change.
| Apr 9 2001
| 20 Gallon water change.
| Mar 11 2001
| 20 Gallon water change.
| Mar 4 2001
| 5 Gallon water change to suck up algae.
| Added a Lawnmower Blenny Feb 25 2001
| 20 Gallon water change.
| Feb 3 2001
| 20 Gallon water change.
| Jan 28 2001
| 15 Gallon water change.
| Added 33 lbs of sand. Jan 26 2001
| Added a Hippo Tang.
| Jan 21 2001
| 20 Gallon water change.
| Jan 14 2001
| 20 Gallon water change.
| Bought a Kent RO unit Jan 10 2001
| Powder Blue Tang vanished w/o a trace even though it appeared to
be doing great ???
| Cleaned up the fire-hazard of wires and added a GFI Dec 9 2000
| 20 Gallon water change.
| Added Mandarin Goby Dec 2 2000
| 20 Gallon water change.
| Added Powder Blue Tang Added another power head to circulate more water Nov 25 2000
| 50 Gallon water change.
| Added Target Goby Sept 15 2000
| Added Emerald Crab
| August 18 2000
| 20 Gallon water change.
| July 12 2000
| 15 Gallon water change.
| June 10 2000
| Mandarin Goby died. Got sucked into power head. Kept alive 1-1/2 years.
| June 5 2000
| 20 Gallon water change
| June 2 2000
| 15 Gallon water change
| Added a Regal Tang but it died the next day. May 2 2000
| Naso Tang died. No idea why? Kept alive 1-1/2 years.
| May 1 2000
| 3 New Actinic bulbs, replaced 50/50 bulb ( 2/1/2000 installed) with old
bulb.
| Apr 16 2000
| 15 Gallon water change
| Mar 12 2000
| 15 Gallon water change | Feb 18 2000
| 20 Gallon water change | Feb 1 2000
| Replaced 3 bulbs with 50/50s | Dec 23 1999 | Moved to our house 10 miles away and Aquarium Warehouse moved the tank. | In putting it back together they redecorated, leaving out lots of old rubble and did a 50 Gallon water change. Nov 15 1999 | Another 40 Gallon water change.
| Everything started to look my better about a week after this water change but I learned that you can't ignore the tank forever. Oct 3 1999
| 40 Gallon water change | Anemone had been shrunk for about 2 weeks. Today Mushrooms were all shriveled and Corals weren't extending. Things looked bad. After water change Naso was gasping but others were ok. Have too keep an eye on things. Sept 27 1999 | 10 Gallon water change
| Sept 1 1999 | Cow Fish dead. No apparent reason. It was doing great even up till the day before. Lived Nine months. : (
| Aug 29 1999 | 15 Gallon water change
| Aug 28 1999 | Added Yellow Sailfin Tang
| July 11 1999 | 10 Gallon water change
| July 3 1999 | 10 Gallon water change
| May 9 1999 | Tested water parameters
|
May 8 1999 | 15% water change
| Apr 25 1999 | 15% water change
| Apr 18 1999
| Tested water parameters
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Mar 22 1999 | Noticed Scott's Wrasse jumped ship and was lying dried out on the floor. Kept Alive - 1 month
| Mar 13 1999 | 15% Water Change |
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