I went back to Mike's house to get an update on his corals, he added a few new pieces from TSA that have a lot of potential! He did lose a few pieces due to a calcium issue but thankfully he is the only person I know of who still has the Jurnee's Unicorn 🦄
I recently tested my potassium and magnesium and both were well under natural seawater values. I have since corrected the levels this month and the polyp extension has exploded!
I went to my buddy Mike Nush's place to pick up some frags and took some photos while I was there. His tank is seven years old, he uses a standard 125 gallon (72"x18"x22") with a hang-on back overflow, lit by an 8 bulb 60" ATI Sunpower with ATI bulbs. He uses a refugium with caulerpa macroalgae, and a Reef Octopus protein skimmer. He doses Aquaforest two-part daily with a Jebao dosing pump and hand doses vitamins every two weeks.
Life has been busy lately between getting married, having a baby on the way, nursing school, and building a new home but I needed to update the blog with some new photos. I lost a few pieces due to my salinity being 42 PPT thanks to using old refractometer calibration solution. I now use Randy's DIY solution and after two months the tank is really turning around.
I picked up a few very unique Blastomussa corals from Pacific East Aquaculture.
I have seen many reefers lately suffering from random SPS losses and see they are finding philaster on the coral under a microscope. I decided to check one of my corals that recently died and found the same thing.
