Tank update, October 2009
Phosphates are finally getting close to “zero”, currently 0.07 ppm PO4
Nitrates are dropping again, currently 0.5 ppm NO3
I think the corals are starting to grow again! 
I sold Achilles tang and Niger trigger to local hobbyists but added 8 Anthias, 5 P. squamipinnis and 3 P. dispar
The new skimmer, ATB Medium, is absolutely fantastic. It is so efficient that I’m ramping up feeding again.
Biopellets continue to work as advertised. The biomass production has slowed down considerably since installing the new skimmer. I’m expecting a new shipment to arrive any day now, I will be increasing the amount of Biopellets to more reasonable 2-2.5 liters. Note that Biopellets are now sold by npbiopellets.com
Found a great manufacturer for PO4 binder, activated carbon and pulverized zeolith: Gilbers Environmental Technologies. Once again a little known company provides excellent quality, very good customer service and very competitive prizes. If you need any of the aforementioned filtering media, give them a try.
Looking good Tatu:)
Did you use any glue to bond your aquascaping.
Kevin
Hi Kevin, sorry for the late reply!
No, I don’t use glue… I’m notoriously bad at aquascaping, I basically just throw the rocks in to piles
Impressed with the tank’s comeback Tatu! People forget that the measure of a successful system is how someone looks after it over many years, not just one or two.
angie,
Thank you for your kind words!
It took a lot of work to clean that old tank
In my opinion all problems are fixable, no matter how bad your tank might look.