Finally, get my new skimmer today!!! WOO HOO!!! The Vertex Alpha Cone 200 is STILL back ordered. Thankfully, Bill from IA was able to work out a solid deal for a BK Super Marin 200 Internal skimmer. I'm excited to get this bad boy online! Thanks Bill! Much appreciated.
I will update some pics of my tank. A LOT has changed over the past few months. I am nearly fully stocked on livestock and now it is just a waiting game to get my frags and corals to start filling in.
Livestock is as follows: 1 Snowflake Clown, 1 Blacker Ice Clown, 1 Hippo Tang, 1 Purple Tang, 1 Majestic Angel, 1 CB Butterfly (Who has cleared away any little aiptasia that was moved over from my other tank!! ;D Thanks BILL!!!
) 1 Powder Brown Tang, 1 Black Spot Foxface, 2 Leopard Wrasses, 1 Harlequin Tuskfish. Might add a couple more fish when the time comes... A nice Flame Angel or something along those lines... All fish seem to be getting along quite well so far!! I was very careful as to which fish to put in at what time. Shy ones first to most aggresive last.
I have a mixed bag of SPS and LPS. Hopefully, I can keep everything happy. It will certainly be a challenge to keep the system super clean for the SPS, while still having enough nutrients for all the LPS.
Perameters are all good right now. I still need to test my MAG tonight though. Calcium is 420, ALK 8, Nitrates 0, Phosphates 0.
The bio-pellets seem to be working very well as my system is still young and there was not a pile of live rock used in my aquascaping. I have a BRS dual reactor but have decided to hold off running it for now. I will keep it attached to the system in case I ever need to run some carbon for a while or if my phoshates spike for whatever reason.
Big purchases are done. Equipment is finally done. Only future plan may be to start a frag tank using my DSB tank at some point. But for now, my corals just need to grow.
