Tank Update

A general tank update has been long overdue. Overall the tank has been doing great, but there are several areas in which i need to either improve or eliminate.

1. The Skimmer is really making tons of micro bubbles so I only run it at night. This problem will be fixed once I install my sump and upgrade skimmers (hopefully very soon) more on this next weekend
2. I really need to add some more LR I talked about this earlier. I need more LR mostly for coral growing space.
3. The sand is littered with shells and general rock derbies. It does not look very white either. I think once I add the Live rock I will dump a nice big bag of crushed aragonite (sand) in and pick out all those rocks so I get a better look. Until then this is relatively minor.

On the plus side of things my water parameters have been looking nice, to the point that I don't test weekly anymore. I think I will test today, and post result later today or tomorrow. I am also doing a water change today, probably a large one. Also the BTA anemone and most of my corals have been looking great. I think I will create a page that details "A day with my BTA" where I will take a picture of it every hour or two for one day, so you can see how it looks at different times of the day.

Next week I won't been in town as I am going to Washington DC !!!!! I will have my Dad manage the tank. Hopefully he won't kill everything! Also many updates will come out this week. You can read about them in detail if you scroll down to the end of the last post. I also have been subscribed to Google Anaylitics which is a really cool program that analyzes the usage of your site. I would highly recommend it, and I will post more about this sites usage when the numbers come in.

This site also has been changed slightly and I added a hit counter at the bottom of the page. I changed the logo slightly and more changes are coming. I really need to get around to setting up my own domain and creating my own website.

Finally here are some shots from my tank:
The BTA tentacles :)
Now for a quick M. Setosa update: It has been doing awesome and has really colored up.

Now for a quick teaser: Find out whats in the bag (this is the livestock i brought home from the MMC) later this week!!
I will probably update this blog with my test results later today or tomorrow, but until then see the last post for schedule.