Foam Filter in Refugium

Since the Ick scare with my Yellow Tang, I've been motivated to finally get the quarantine tank going.  Here's the foam filter I'll be using -- really simple one that I put in the refugium of my Display Tank for now.

Fire Shrimp Molts Again

This is the third time he's molted since I bought him.  This time, I took the shell out right away before anything else would tear it apart.

Timer for Refugium Lights

Now that the chaetomorpha has been growing and the overall algae situation is better, I'm going to put the LED aquarium lights on a reverse daylight schedule.  It's supposed to balance the CO2 levels in the tank.

Mexican Turbo Snail

I wanted to wait a bit before getting a snail to see what impact the RO/DI unit, the Chaetomorpha and Yellow Tang would have on the nuisance algae.  But it turns out there is still noticeable algae growth on the sides of the aquarium, so I went ahead and got this Mexican Turbo snail.  The only warning the LFS had for me was to make sure that if he flips over in his back, to help him out.  Otherwise, he picked one with good suction and by my request, no too big.  Here he is.

LED Light for Refugium

The chaetomorpha has been growing very, over slowly.  So I've finally decided to get a 6500k LED gooseneck light for the refugium, which according to online reports is the right spectrum for chaetomorpha.  I'm a little worried about the suction cup design -- some reviews were down on that -- but I'm going to assure this is such a fundamental part of the design that it has to work reasonably well.

Chopstick Nori Feeder for Yellow Tang

I've been worried about the Yellow Tang not eating.

Yellow Tang