随着日子越来越短的日子,我们更加兴奋地回家了一个明亮的热带礁石坦克。今年早些时候,我们接了一个七岁的90gallon reef tank我们所做的所有辛勤工作都开始有所回报,但是,一路上并非没有一些打ic。
我们在7月初,就在夏季中旬建立了这个礁石坦克。作为一个只有罐过滤器和规定的每周换水方案的既有礁石,我们决定坚持简单的维护时间表,让坦克海岸。
Call it neglect… But hey, it was sunny outside with lots of local hiking to explore.
在每一次新的水变化之后,感觉就像我们掌握了re绳的学习越来越多的关于我们的礁石。每周我们的信心都会增强,我们准备开始应对保持健康礁石的挑战。
挑战
我们从第一天开始注意到的最大的危险信号之一是,我们的自来水在填充10-20克水桶时变成棕色。我们急于接一个四阶段Rodi单元的水生生物扭转. If you want to make any upgrades to your reef or take your reef keeping to the next level, clean filtered RODI water is a must.
还记得关于忽视的那部分吗?我们花了一个多月的时间才能拿起一套全套的水测试套件。我们的新珊瑚礁坦克(Reef Tank)坐下了夏季冒险的座位,相信既定的细菌都可以使坦克稳定,只有每周的水换水。
我们不建议将您的水参数留给机会,但这是现实生活,阳光明媚,户外在呼唤。慢慢地,我们开始注意到我们的一个大型Acropora殖民地明显恶化,今天只剩下几个碎片,其他一切都在蓬勃发展。
一个月,好吧,也许两个月的忽视开始出现。至少我们一直在使用Rodi单元,否则这个问题可能会更糟。夏天即将结束,现在是时候以每日测试方式潜入礁石坦克化学。
Test Test Test And Then Test Some More
Our reef tank came with a set of powdered dosing supplements and we used the calculation on the package to start understanding our tank’s consumption rate. This is when we started to notice the alkalinity swings.
虽然这只是我们经验的回顾,而不是化学课程,但对于我们深入研究礁石水化学的相互联系仍然非常有趣。一旦我们掌握了ALK的消费并学会了如何平衡基础元素CA和MG,我们最终从粉末补品转换为液态红海补充剂计划。
We really love how the Red Sea products come with an informative booklet that will steer any new hobbyists in the right direction. Therecipe wizard也是了解您需要服用多少元素的起点的有用工具。几天后,我们很乐意报告我们的坦克稳定在8dkh,420ca和1280mg的情况下。
New Livestock
当然,拥有礁石坦克最愉快的部分之一是添加新的鱼类和珊瑚。我们拿起了一对高鳍圆锥,它们已经在坦克的角落里建立了。我们仍在寻找一只糖果手枪虾来加入部落。
我们还为我们的坦克添加了一颗新星,这是一个年轻的Sailfin Tang,迅速拆除了一片红色的泡沫藻类,该藻类困扰着我们的Caulastrea Candy Cane Corals。
We wrote about these neon green candy cane corals in ourfirst articleand started using them as a metric for success. These corals went from the cusp of death when we first set up the tank to the happy puffy colonies there are today. And we’re sure they appreciated the spa day courtesy of our new tang.
另一个令人兴奋的补充是来自New Dawn Aquaculture位于埃德蒙顿的一家公司。我们可以说他是一个收藏家,因为他的柔软珊瑚是一些最具标志性的礁石坦克品种。
We got lucky and picked up a set of six corals including a neon green cabbage coral, a classic Fiji yellow leather, a long polyp Japanese toadstool, a purple Vargas Cespitularia, and Cracked Ice Capnella coral. We also got a pretty orange and blue riccordea to break up all the green corals going on in our tank.
未来目标
Now that we have testing and dosing under control, our next big step is to upgrade the filtration system including the daunting task of drilling the tank…
Upgrading the system with a new sump and protein skimmer is going to be a whole new challenge, but the foundations we have built with water testing, consumption, and dosing should make this process rewarding, and finally get rid of all the clutter.