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Hope you have a screen cover on the tank, both of my flashers jumped right out of my tank and landed in the back when I wasn`t home. Hope to get a few for the new tank.
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No worries
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Greg, sorry to hear about the flashers being harrassed and chased all over. If the whip fin doesn't mellow out I may be interested. What page is the whip fin on in your journal?
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Our clown went back to J&L
Ever since I removed Goober, the whole center rock structure has become more lively with all kinds of guys hanging out in and around it I'm glad I got rid of the clown Our whipfin went back in the DT after a week in the QT jail and has been a model citizen ever since, barring a day or so of battling with our lubbock's I'm considering a re-scape, but it's just a thought for now I'm not liking the height of our center and right structures and am looking at how I can make room for coral growth without loosing the corals we now have The green birdsnest breached the surface last month and is looking good so far, but I'm seeing what may be some STN @ the base I can't see anything in the base that would suggest rotting dead things I'm on the fence today about removing it, breaking off the dead stuff, dipping it and putting it back in I don't want to do it right now if I'm going to do a semi-rescape Still have some green and red cyano Other than the stalled corals, everything is doing great and growing well enough The next couple months may show some different pics though ... :wink: My FTS progression shots compared to many others are not anywhere near where a lot of tanks are and I'm thinking I have to make some changes I'm liking my temp for growth as far as other tanks go - Brad reported growth after upping his temp to my 79F Maybe afterall my MP10s aren't enough ? Maybe it's still just a lack of food ? We have 17 fish that range from 1" to 3", with the majority being in the 2-3" range. They get lots of pellets for lunch (4 auto feedings of about a pinch and a half each) and 2 x 1/4" cubes of mixed frozen for dinner Params are still stable and I've been testing weekly A bit out of balance, but stable Temp 79F SG 1.025 Alk 8-8.5 - looking to drop it or raise Ca Ca 390-410 Mag 1290 - looking to boost it a bit NO2 and 3 zero PO4 zero http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...psa6ec1b27.jpg http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...psed9e168d.jpg |
Nice man! I wish I could get nice clear pics like that.
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These new year tank shots are really pointing out how much work you've put into the tank. So full of awesomeness!! Looking really good Greg!
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Looks great Greg!!!
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Greg, your tank is looking great! How is that ball of bird nest doing? Can't believe that gorg has grown that much for you! Good job!
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I still like the scape as is. But I would move that birdsnest down... Lots of pretty slow growing SPS that would like the extra light at the top.
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Great work. Just went through the whole thing from start to finish. Great job!!
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I'm not sure the gorg's grown that much, but it's definately encrusting The birdsnest is a different story I may actually have to pull it out, bust the base off, and dip it I've started taking pics of what might be some STN ..... :sad: |
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Thursday night I jumped on the Chemiclean bandwagon
I've never seen skimmer pics during the process, so here's one for all of you that haven't yet done this http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...pse5633e7b.jpg Without knowing how much air the skimmer would produce, I decided to put an airstone in the DT. It's in front of an MP10. Well, as shown in the above photo, it's not necessary One thing I did do though for safety is put my battery backup air pump in the DT. I'd hate to lose critters if the power went out I'll get before and after pics up once the process is complete |
Greg, how is the treatment? Hope it is taking care of the cyano for you. I had to do the same in January as i had a few areas in the tank with cyano and chemiclean worked well for me and I had even let it run for a few extra days just to make certain it took all the cyano out.
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Looks like it did the trick
I'm waiting for the lights to come on today to get an 'after' pic I also let it run past 48 hours - just over 60 |
As I mentioned earlier, I ran the Chemiclean for just over 60 hours - it's just how my schedule worked out
I dosed it Thursday night. As others have noted, nothing much was happening by Friday night (first 24 hours) Saturday afternoon I was able to blow pretty much all of the cyano off of everything Sunday afternoon I did some more blowing but mostly was down to LR cleaning now instead of a cyano battle :smile: Man that stuff traps a lot of crud in the rock. I still have to deal with what it's done to my sand -clumps of detritus Having a larger sized sump, I was able to perform a 25% WC without touching the DT water level As the skimmer is still going bananas on it's lowest setting, I'll do another 25% tomorrow night At that time I'll change the carbon again This is before I dosed http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps025012a8.jpg This is today http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps137cf8fe.jpg My LR hasn't looked this good since last summer http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...psc780cf78.jpg http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...pscacebd27.jpg http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps44ba7fc9.jpg |
Tonight I performed another 25% WC
The skimmer was still going balistic with the cup off, but it became better when I put the cup back on I let it run a few gallons out the drain and it's looking manageable for now. It's still turned down as far as it goes As far as Chemicleam goes; I'd do it again, but I wouldn't leave the skimmer running as it made a huge mess Next time I'd rather run an airstone in the DT and deal with a small amount of salt creep. The mess from the skimmer overflowing is a big headache to clean up Tomorrow night I will change the carbon again, and the tank will get a 10% WC Friday/Sat as part of my regular routine So, Monday I did a rescape that is not finished yet I'm very happy with how it's turning out, but can't post pics yet as it's not finished, so you'll just have to stay tuned ... :smile: |
I started rescaping the tank Feb 10th, but it's taken me this long to finish it
My reasons for the redo were to make more room for SPS I can see where things will grow now and hope my plans all come together If you look closely enough you'll see where I've remove many rocks from the tops of the burbs Before http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...psc0202f58.jpg After http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...psa2dbe0eb.jpg |
The big green birdsnest colony takes up a lot of space
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Looks great,... and you have a plan!
You could have put that birdsnest even lower, if you wanted. I have a couple down near the bottom. One is even partially shaded, but both looking good there, and growing nicely. I initially had one higher, but found the color was better lower down. |
Looking good Greg,
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Nothing exciting to post, but I'll report that the Cyano is still gone
I still have brown film algae on the glass and sand but all-in-all, I'm pleased with the Chemiclean results I've again started dosing Mg I found our tank was, on it's own, hovering around <1250 I've brought it back to 1350 - give or take - and have seen a significant increase in growth from corals that were stalled IO regular salt used to have up to 1380Mg, but is currently only 1170 :twised: I'm currently only using Mg powder from J&L, but plan on buying it in bulk So, with the proper levels of Mg, our montis are growing, some are plating, and a couple stagnant ones are brighter I've also noticed our Purple Stylo is growing. It wasn't happy in an old location so it was moved during the re-scape. Since then it's mostly done nothing. Once the Mg was brought back up it started to fill back in again and has shown signs of, shall we say, being 'bigger' as it's more 'puffy' now and is starting to spread A Green with Purple Monti I bought from Brad last summer is plating nicely, and is the first in our tank to grow this fast. I'm thinking about getting rid of our other montis .... looking for more plating critters. We have 2 beautiful red montis that encrust and grow very well, but take time to spread out. I was always looking for something to 'plate', but never knew how it could happen until I saw Brad's growing so quickly in our tank Call me impatient, but after a year and a half of 'not quite right' parameters and the wrong corals, you can't blame me for wanting the 'next level' :smile: Starting off with the proper corals makes a big difference .... I have a pump on order for Mg, and am planning a third MP10wES I think this will be enough shock for the tank this time around |
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Greg, looking good and the new scape is awesome! Is that a green slimmer in the last pick? Interesting growth pattern and likey!
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Tank is looking great. Lots of nice corals in there. Is that long spine black urchin behaving himself? I eventually had to get rid of mine.
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Yay for no cyano! Tank is looking great! So sparkly clean :-)
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I got my Mag doser setup today - Thanks J&L :smile:
I have new 4-litre space saver containers on the way from Reef Supplies http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps3cf29602.jpg |
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