Day Q2 (Quarantine day two
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Everything seems to be going well, they are all active. The one with the 'scrape' mark doesn't appear to be any worse, and I'm convinced that it is likely a different species than the rest. That could explain the less rough appearance; maybe the 'scrape' is some normal feature, or a healed scar. I'm still going to keep an eye on it though, but I won't do anything drastic like chopping off the bad arm
I put in two fist sized pieces of liverock from the main tank. Each has a little hair algea (something I've been battling for months in the main tank), and some polycheat (sp) worms. The made tracks towards the rocks and in no time, each rock had three starfish. While I was watching the largest starfish, it expelled some milky-white fluid into the water. I didn't see if it came out of the bottom (likely) or the top, but it quickly dissipated into the water column. I'm going to assume that it 'pooped' unless somebody tells me differently.
I still need to add more water, but I haven't been to the store for purified water, yet. I haven't topped off my main tank, so I can't pull more aged water off for the Q-tank. This will happen by this weekend though, and I'll get that powerfilter on the Q-tank.
If they clean off the liverock by the time I get home from work, I'll feed them some shrimp or clam this afternoon.