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Sept.30 Shook some detritus out of the chaeto and cleaned the fuge sponge a few times. Skimmer at 15%. Large hermit molted. Turned over the surface of the substrate. Dosed 0.8mL VSV. Noticed there is no protein at the surface of the display. Fed flake only.

Oct. 01 Tested some parameters. Phosphate 0.1 ppm, Nitrate 0ppm, Nitrite 0ppm, Calcium 460. Didn’t feed. Didn’t dose VSV. Felt sick

Oct. 02 Fed 2 blood worms. Noticed some protein on the display surface. Cut VSV...

This is the begining of my documentation. It is being posted as public record so I nor you will make the same mistake twice. It will be interesting to see my own progression in this hobby.

Sept. 27 Skimmer is producing green. Dosed 0.6mL VSV. Fed flake, 1 beefheart and 1 bloodworm. Bumped Powerhead, glass bottom exposed in center. Turned on lights 1pm. No fuge light. Cleaned glass, had white film, most likely bacterial from VSV(day 3 dosing).
Sept. 28 Fed only flake food, looks...

I awoke this morning to a terrible sight. my 2 year old green spotted puffer had become curious of the power head inlet. He's become stuck once before during a change over and I was there to save him. But last night he wasn't so lucky. He knocked off the prefilter trying to get a piece of krill. And appearently chased it in.....

He was the size a guppy when I bought him, in fresh water. He was 2.5" now. He was like a cat, very playful, curious, he would eat live goldfish from...