A Brief Update I was recently asked by a few aquarists regarding Chaetodon declivis in a reef. That got me browsing some photos of ours, when I realized I haven’t posted this shot. It is not the clearest, but still one of my favorites. After looking through the older photos and I snapped off a [...]
A Brief Update
I was recently asked by a few aquarists regarding Chaetodon declivis in a reef. That got me browsing some photos of ours, when I realized I haven’t posted this shot. It is not the clearest, but still one of my favorites.
After looking through the older photos and I snapped off a few new ones. Here’s an up close look at our little trouble maker. Getting shots like these are actually very easy… he always wants to be where you and the camera are. It makes getting shots of other animals much more difficult.
The new high kelvin lights don’t mix well with my current camera when trying to photograph the glassbox. But I did manage to get this okay top down shot showing part of our Acropora horrida colony. This started off as a small 2″ fragment and is now over 8″ x 8″. The color and shape of this colony always perks visitor’s attention. In person it is much more vibrant and bright.
Overall the tank is doing very well. We have modified our dosing to include the LiveSea Combination2 that was given to us by Tetsuo and Hideki. The corals have responded with an increase in coloration and polyp extension. To minimize temptation by the fish to pick at the heightened polyp extension, we have been feeding more. We mix the LiveSea with Potassium Iodide (Vibrance) and KZ Coral Snow.
We’ve also dropped the temperature from 78F to 77F and will slowly continue to 76F. We will be very careful in observing our animals, but so far there have been no observable ill effects to the corals or fish. I hope to maintain it around 76-77F for future additions…
