Katsafado's first ever 10g SW tank(nano)

[meowzer]

yes...

 

[katsafados]

oh okay lol. I've seen all the other corals poop but it never looked like the FS poop.

 

[nissan577]

take a pic!

 

[katsafados]

Its gone already! Plus it was clear so I wouldnt be able to get a pic. All the corals seem happier that I spot fed them. The FS is so much more opened now!

 

[nissan577]

i told you! but you never listen!

 

[katsafados]

lol yeah but who knows how much they got. I just chopped up my home made food some brine and some mysis really tiny almost into a paste then added some phyto and garlic with a little SW and sucked it up in a syringe and shot it at the corals. The current of my water took most of the stuff away from the corals before they could eat. Hopefully they got something though.
How often should I do this?

 

[nissan577]

2 times a week

 

[katsafados]

Okie dokie. I wont be here from friday till sunday, my fish can hold out for food untill I get back right? I was thinking of feeding everything heavy on thursday and a nice big meal on friday morning. Will they be fine untill sunday night?

 

[nissan577]

dont do that! feed it the usual. dont change it. im sure the fish will be fine till sunday. i left my fish without feeding them for 4 days. they will find food of the rocks and/or pick nip at is.

 

[katsafados]

So dont feed them more on thrusday and friday morning?

 

[melypr1985]

i did that kat. i did a water change then fed them that night a little heavy. left for 4 days then fed them normal when i got back. did another water change and everything is just fine. my corals are growing and my fish is still fat.

 

[katsafados]

okie dokie! The thing that might get me is the evap.

 

[nissan577]

like what 2 inches. you can do what mely does or my way.

 

[katsafados]

Yeha but with a 10g tank lol.. Evap is worse lol. Less water i nthe tank=higher concentration when evap happens.

 

[melypr1985]

hey kat. just top it off extra. i topped off until the water was almost to the very top of the tank. i didn't lose much water by the time i got home and did a water change anyway. the water level and salinity was the same when i got home as it usually is.

 

[nissan577]

look kat. he had the same problem.

 

[katsafados]

lol I think my plate is dieing =( or not extending its tenticles much for some reason.

 

[nissan577]

why? not every coral is gonna up the same every day. you know

 

[katsafados]

Why not?? lol it usually gets small at night then gets nice and b ig by morning. Today in the morning it was puffy and now when I got home from work its all small still. But on another note my shrooms look huge! lol The baby ones are also getting colour back.
So you think its normal for the plate?

 

[nissan577]

yea. my FS is the same way. not every coral will open up every day. sometimes they will stay closed for a week. my xenias wouldnt pump at all for 3 days. and before they did. and now they are pumping again!