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On 11/15/08, I changed the usual amounts and attacked some more red planaria and bubble algae. There is not much to report which I guess is good!
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 77.6 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 7.81
6 Gallon Tank: 77.1 degrees F, 1.0245 SG, pH 7.94
Make up water: 76.2 degrees F, 1.0245 SG, pH 8.09
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 75.7 degrees F, 1.0235 SG, pH 8.11
6 Gallon Tank: 76.2 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 8.05
Make up water: 75.9 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 8.30
I do not know why the pH's are higher this time, especially with a day-late water change. I will have to calibrate the pH meter next Saturday. The room is now in the 60's so the temperatures are those kept by the heaters now and not from the room or the hot reef lighting.
On 11/25/08, I removed poor Larry. He died.
In the 6 gallon tank, the largest mushroom coral detached a few weeks ago in certain locations. It had a huge "foot" or stalk that was attached over a large area but part detached. Now, it is obvious that the two small blobs of flesh that it left behind when it partially detached are now developing in to separate mushroom corals. I do not know if that sort of movement is common as a mode of asexual coral reproduction. Also, in the 6 gallon sponge filter was a dead bristleworm. There are still tons of them in the tank.
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 75.7 degrees F, 1.0235 SG, pH 8.14
6 Gallon Tank: 75.0 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 8.14
Make up water: 74.7 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 8.39
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 75.9 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 8.00
6 Gallon Tank: 76.1 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.10
Make up water: 75.4 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.39
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 75.9 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 7.96
6 Gallon Tank: 76.0 degrees F, 1.0245 SG, pH 8.15
Make up water: 75.6 degrees F, 1.0245 SG, pH 8.45
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 75.7 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.07
6 Gallon Tank: 75.5 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.17
Make up water: 75.3 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.37
Ut oh! I found a green bubble algae in the six gallon tank. Without Grabby, it may spread. I removed what I found. One red bubble algae finally came back (after I had killed it before when I went mad and took out the anemones). The bubble algae in the 12 gallon tank are so multitudinous now that some are shaped like colonies of hotdogs while others are still round. I cannot do anything to control them or the planaria at this point. It is their tank! The Caulerpa has taken over large sections of the six gallon tank too. The 12 gallon tank now has an explosion of stiff but soft green tufty algae that is taking over. There is also a pick thing that is shaped like a fan, some kind of algae?
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 75.0 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 7.97
6 Gallon Tank: 75.3 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.08
Make up water: 74.6 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 8.32
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 74.9 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 7.98
6 Gallon Tank: 75.2 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.11
Make up water: 74.5 degrees F, 1.0245 SG, pH 8.30
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 75.2 degrees F, 1.0245 SG, pH 7.97
6 Gallon Tank: 75.8 degrees F, 1.0245 SG, pH 8.04
Make up water: 75.1 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 8.31
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 75.4 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 7.99
6 Gallon Tank: 75.9 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.08
Make up water: 75.2 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 8.39
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 75.0 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.02
6 Gallon Tank: 75.4 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.06
Make up water: 75.2 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 8.33
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 75.0 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.05
6 Gallon Tank: 75.4 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.11
Make up water: 75.2 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 8.34
Those results were almost identical to the week before! A few hours after the tank cleaning, I put a shrimp pellet in to each of the reef tanks. The two nassarius snails in each tank came out and fought over it! They intertwined themselves. So, I put in another shrimp pellet for both sets of snails.
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 75.0 degrees F, 1.0245 SG, pH 8.13
6 Gallon Tank: 75.9 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.13
Make up water: 75.7 degrees F, 1.0245 SG, pH 8.30
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 75.7 degrees F, 1.024 SG, pH 8.03
6 Gallon Tank: 75.7 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.08
Make up water: 74.7 degrees F, 1.0255 SG, pH 8.31
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 75.0 degrees F, 1.0245 SG, pH 7.92
6 Gallon Tank: 75.7 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.02
Make up water: 75.2 degrees F, 1.0245 SG, pH 8.34
The water test results for the day were:
12 Gallon Tank: 75.9 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 7.89
6 Gallon Tank: 75.7 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.05
Make up water: 75.7 degrees F, 1.025 SG, pH 8.36
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