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- Final tank fill. Total ~12 buckets.
- Had to tighten and teflon tape the join where the pump supply line meets the bottom of the overflow trapezoid. Was leaking on initial pump enable.
- Calibrated, mounted, and enabled/configured the apex probes: temp, ph, salinity, ORP.
- Enabled and configured the heater.
- Hung the radion via 2 DOF (rotational) cables. Great height, great angle, clear of canopy and hinges, doesn’t affect overflow trapezoid splashguard, great color.
- Measured nitrate NO3 (2ppm), nitrite NO2 (<0.05ppm), phosphate PO4 (<0.01ppm), and ammonia (NH3) (<0.1mg/L) with salifert manual kits. All in acceptable low range, with the standard process: tap water -> rodi -> salt -> tank. Will check again after fish/coral in the tank.
- Also used a 5-in-1 strip. Nitrates and nitrites agreed with the former, negligible. Calcium content was enough (~500mg/L) just with tap -> rodi -> salt -> tank because of the traces in the salt. Carbonate hardness (ability to stabilize ph) was about 8-9 dKH, which is good. ph was ~8.2 (slightly alkaline/basic), which agrees with the apex probe at 8.1.
- Mounted the emerald hologram alveopora, ragnorak goniopora, and fruit loops zoanthids (with epoxy) to the live rock. Alveopora on left mid, zoanthids front and center (most light), goniopora lower right (least light).
- Some zoanthids have palytoxin. Check and wear protective gear.
- Dipping coral = disinfecting for a few minutes in a solution before introducing to your reef. Kills many of the common diseases: worms, nudibranchs, algae, bugs, bacteria, etc.
