I haven't been able to update this in a while because I have been really busy with work. I had some problems with cynobacteria during this time and of course I assumed that the problem came from lack of flow. All I could think of was increasing the flow but then I realized I really wasn't doing enough water changes... Now I am doing larger and more frequent water changes and I have decreased the hours of
T5 lighting to 7 hours and it has made a big difference. My cyno problem is almost solved!
I also added some more clean up crew over the last few weeks and a sand sifting starfish. They all seem to be doing well and all my levels have stayed at 0 (oh yeah during this whole cyno thing I added
phosphates to the list of things I test for and I am going to keep this up to keep a better eye on the tank).
I will add lots of pictures very soon. I know just reading about my tank is kind of boring so I will do that asap to show what is going on.
