Just a bit more info.
The "engine room"
Just Some background on the system...
The LR was cycled for more than a year, coming from
@RiaanP system. Basically all life comes out of an already running and healthy system.
The pincushion frags came from a specimen in Riaan's tank that just love to frag itself, no human intervention needed!
Live stock.
2 Ocellaris Clowns (Supposedly Riaan's until I can find my own, but this might lead to a debate. They are already named, and spawned twice in my tank... Think they should stay...
The frags on the plugs are still his, but that will lead to another discussion alltogether...
There are 4 different colours of zoa's.
Two different colours of button polyps
4 / 5 different coloured mushrooms.
1 orange and 2 green Ricordia
1 smallish brittle seastar (locally collected)
5 Nerita snails (Might take some out, trying to find balance between nr of snails and algae growth)
3 Yellow ring cowries
4 Yellow tip hermits
2 Red rock anemones
1 HUGE stomatella snail
1 Pipe-organ coral
Loads of small feather worms
Pod population is growing.
Small brittle stars
Bristle worms
Spaghetti worms
Red Bubble algae. (Should I keep them? It does look rather nice)
My wishlist:
More softies, but prefereably on plugs, or VERY small LR
1 clam (the one that is suitable for rock - Distance from light is approx 10 cm. Will still investigate feasibility...)
2 Cleaner shrimp
1 Yellow Midas Blenny
1 Blue yellowtail damsel
Either one of the following:
Pigmy Dusky angel
Six-line wrasse or Fairy wrasse
Smith's blennie
Lemon coral goby
Fire goby
Bangai Cardinal might be considered...
No tangs will be tortured, tried, or considered... I know my limitations!
Substrate is aragonite.
Total LR amounts to 13kg.(This includes the LR pieces in the 1st chamber)
Engine room:
1st chamber contains LR pieces and a 50W heater. On top of LR pieces is a piece of filter mat. This is to catch big detritus coming from overflow. The mat is replaced every 2 -3 weeks.
2nd chamber contains (from bottom up) Left-over bioballs, ceramic rings, and the skimmer fitted on top of that.
3rd chamber contains a via-aqua 1100 L/h return pump with filter floss.The filter floss was placed over the pump due to the skimmer releasing microbubbles thst return pump sucks in, blowing it into the display area. This is now limited, by the floss.
Riaan removed the plastic from the back panel, and the engine room is now visible from all sides. You can actually see if there are any excess settlement on and under the bioballs / ceramic rings. So far so good...
The only foreseeable problem is aiptasia... Once there were 4... now there is 3... Tomorrow will be 2... Using Vineagar...