My first saltwater tank - Aqueon Frameless Cube Aquarium, 3 Gallon

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Little update, corals still doin' good. The mushroom coral as sprouted a small head near the base. The zoas have retracted a bit more but still haven't opened up as much as they where why I first bought them. A few zoas have disconnected and floated elsewhere. There is one that floated away from the main colony. It's in the center rock just below the mushroom coral and appears to be doing well.

 

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Got a new zoa frag colony yesterday

 

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I've been doing weekly water changes to keep the nitrates around 5ppm. They go up to around 10ppm usually but last time was 20ppm. I haven't been adding anything extra other then Seachem Reef Carbonate once, usually after the water change. pH stays around 8.4 to 8.5. Recently lost the trochus snail I believe due to no more to eat. The tank has been clean of cyanobacteria for a while. There is a small amount of green algae growth on the rocks in a couple spots, but not cyano.

Oh, and just installed new Hygger 10w heater. The one I had before broke on the glass (there was no rubber to protect it). This one has the rubber protecters and is smaller profile.

 

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The toadstool leather coral has all but retracted from the original rock it was attached to when I bought it. It's now firmly girpping the rock it was rested on when put in the tank. I assume the smaller head that has been growing will take over the rock eventually.

The zoa I had before wasn't doing so well, I did a coral dip solution on it and placed it in a different location, on the sand bed under the rocks. Seems to be doing bettter but more time will tell.

The newer zoa added has started to create new head on the rock, off of the frag plug it came on.

Also, have a single small starfish hanging out in the tank.

 

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Added new Scoly coral today, and 3 Astrea snails.

And the leather toadstool has completely detatched from original rock it came on.