Tank Update
Here is an updated photo of the tank. Everything has cleared up nicely. Most of the cyanobacteria is gone. I have tons (thousands) of amphipods--tiny little bugs that are too small to photograph. The coralline algae is turning nice and red and purple. I have a patch that was neon green a couple days ago, but it is starting to turn purple.
(These are all good things that indicate that things are progressing nicely)
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It looks good. What's next?
What's next?
I just ordered another shipment of rock, so I will have almost twice as much rock in the tank. Then I have to wait about 6 weeks or so until the chemistry stabilizes, and all of the amonia gets out of the water--when stuff decay's the bacteria produce amonia which is bad. There are other bacteria which metabolize the amonia, but you have to wait for these bacteria to be established. Then I will start adding more stuff over time, but not fish. More crabs, snails, shrimp, maybe a couple corals. Then around March, I will probably start adding the first fish.
It looks really good. I hadn't realized how much work went into this project. You have done a great job.
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