Welcome Andrew! I’m also in San Jose.
You should be near the end of the uglies. I transferred from my bio cube to RS 170 and it was about a year for stability, if I recall correctly
I added a new clown fish from Clearwater Aquarium, the two clowns are hanging out now, not much show of dominance by the existing, larger clown.
I think the existing clown is happy to have a new pal/mate. I also think when you loose the most dominant fish in the tank, like the 16yo clown that...
Even though it’s only been a day? I guess I’m asking a dumb question assuming that the non-dominant clown would become the dominant clown that quickly.
my 16 year old female clown died this weekend, leaving a male mate single in the tank.
the male hosts in the corner like they did, but doesn’t have the mate to chase around, swim with, etc.
i had the female single for at least a decade of her life, but I thought she was a little happier with a...
I use a small icecap scrubber on my Reefer 170. With a small skimmer, I don’t need to change media too often (every couple months) and it does raise Ph.
Run the lights for the period of the day you want to be able to view the tank.
there are much bigger fish to fry than led lights when it comes to saving energy. Your best bet is to pre cool the house from 2-3pm on hot days, then let it drift as much as you can tolerate between 4-9.
I have...
I feed LRS reef frenzy in the morning, for the fish, corals, everything.
reef Roids, etc, raises PO4 too much for my setup, and corals grow pretty good without any target feeding