Did I mention in my previous post that I realized something was wrong the night before when I thought I saw some fragments of hair algae on the glass, patches on the mushroom rock that turned green and visible signs of algae growth on the sand and rocks?
I suspected it had something to do with what happened yesterday. I mentioned the water was cloudy yesterday and it turned out my electricity was off for most of yesterday without my realization and there must have been a spike in ammonia, nitrite and nitrates etc. I did a nitrate test and it showed 10 ppm. That might explain what my green Zoa suffered so badly.
I changed three-quarters of the water then and also dismantled the wave maker after the thing stopped turning when I turned it back on after the water change.
I finally managed to buy quite a number of things yesterday at Wong Loy Kee Aquarium at Blk 1 Sago Lane (Chinatown), including the following:
- Tropic Marin salt 4 kg
- sand which I did not use because it seems a tad too coarse to my liking
- Ocean Free Super Hang On Filter size 2 (650 litres/hour)
- 1 live rock, 1 mushroom coral on rock, 1 pink soft coral on rock
Day 1
Anyway, I set up the tank last night before the new year and the water was crystal clear. I am a very impatient person and bought the 3 rocks. I would have added a small clown fish if the shop had it. There were a number of yellow tail blue damsels but I refrained from buying it because my priority is a small clown. I also did not use the sand in case I can buy a slightly bigger tank in the next few days.
Day 2
The water turned slightly cloudy today and the mushroom and pink coral appeared stressed. In fact, the latter looked so dejected like it is dying. I hope it is because of the proliferation of bacteria after I added the Ocean Free Super Bacteria last night. I mean I tested the water and it was free of ammonia and nitrate. Frankly, I am not too worried about the ammonia and nitrite because I am confident the live rock and bacteria would take care of it. I felt tempted to buy a cleaner shrimp yesterday but I guess I did the right thing. Otherwise it would probably have been dead by now.
Anyway, I will wait it out and see how things go over the next few days. However, I tried to go to the aquarium shop that I knew of at Lavender Street on Saturday but I couldn't find it. I googled it but found that the phone number was no longer in use. I guess it must have closed shop although it was a good place to buy marine fishes and corals around the town area.
