Recent content by tunagirll

Also best to keep him in purely clean water for now as the medication and salt can add stress to an already stressed fish. The fin rot will clear up by itself provided the water is clean.

I would put the diffuser in separately as the ph change may not help the bacteria in your filter if you hold it directly in there.

Cut down the toadstool coral, give the sand bed another deep clean, secure some of the loose structures on the live rock with reef gum. Remove a couple of frags that haven't recovered. Fresh phosban! Remove as much green hair algae as I can, manually. Try to remove some of the green star polyp...

I would put these closer together, and I think it needs some smaller rocks at the base as 'detritus' to give it a more natural look <3

It's certainly on the mend! :D Just wait until it's in its full glory though!

The colours are a little bit weird, but here it is as of 5 minutes ago - I still plan to empty the tank this weekend if I can and do some major works.  

Need stable salinity (1 tsp/litre salt, small water changes) and small feed - like strained cooked egg yolk, microworms, BBS

Another small update; chaotic week leading to no time to do work over the weekend! My new zoas closed up a bit, hopefully it's just something in the tank (chemical warfare) that has bothered them.

It may also be the actual tank glass, as cheaper glass has a greenish cast.

Small update: I pulled the skimmer and cleaned it; the intake was clogged. I noticed the pump wasn't working either, and ultimately found it was unplugged! :O Lots of debris flying around the tank now!   Now thing seem to be settling down :) I will be pulling the rock this weekend, removing and...

You're on the money - it's the same with salt. Because it's such a small tank, I buy 4 litre bottles of distilled at the shops. I mark a line on the side of the tank so I know how much to top up. I top up daily and a 4 litre bottle normally lasts a week or two.

That's a beauty of a betta cube! I love it Nick   I'm happy to share my saltwater noob learning anytime! It is really enjoyable and the challenge stepping up from fresh is a lot of fun.   In hot weather, I use a surface fan that screws onto the side of the tank. I have it plugged into a timer...

I will next month; I'm going to concentrate on getting the tank 100% first. I would hate to lose any more fish!

Comparison shot of my tank when it was first picked up, and now, after a month's TLC: