Agreed, great news!

Good to hear Brad. Way to go Freckles!

Last chance...?
 

Since December or so, I've been having my same old problems. Coral began slowly dying. Last time, I struggled for a year before finally replacing my skimmer and adding ozone. That solved my problems at the time, but I was never sure if it was the skimmer or the ozone.

I've lost all my gorgonians and the rest of the coral is slowly declining. Here's a couple of photos showing how unhealthy some look at the moment:
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/a485e4c3.png
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/f02c06e2.png

A few weeks back, I confirmed that my ozone generator was fried. I just installed this replacement unit... an Ultralife UZ360. This kind of generator doesn't require an air dryer and should be more reliable than my old unit.
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/a19e67f9.png

If this doesn't work, I don't know what I'll do. I don't see the point in paying for all that electricity if the coral is just going to die in the long term. FOWLR here I come!!

Nutrient buildup?
H2S accumulation under your rockwork?

No amount of cleaning seems to make any difference. I've added a few more rocks in the sump to add more area for filtration.

My tank is basically bare bottom beneath the rocks.

Bummer. Hope the new generator does it for you. You've eliminated the possibility of fish nibbling at them?

No, that is not the problem...although the angels do start to nibble once the tips are dead and covered with algae. If the ozone does the trick, I'll nip off all the dead SPS tips so they can regrow.

Do you think there would be any merit in rotating the salt brands you're using?

My corals did the same thing due to a voltage leak. Do you have a ground probe or two?

I do have a ground probe...but I'll give it a cleaning. No harm in that.

Ooops, sorry guys!
 

I've been dealing with a lot of dead coral lately, so when I saw a big dead area in one of my coral heads I cut it out aggressively.

When I looked closely at the part I removed, it was covered with eggs. It seems that my yellow coral gobies have started breeding...and I wiped out their first home. Sorry...I'm sure they will try again.

amazing tank, with all that plumbing you could redo your house!!!

I thought I would shock everyone by providing an update! Things in the tank are going well. I should actually be back in the frag business again soon. All I did to fix things was change my water change procedure. Now, I vacuum the sand bed every week and discard 50 gallons on vacuum water during the 50 gal change.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/b4310849.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/5ece4244.jpg

beautiful tank man that hammer is hugeeeeeeee lol cheers:)

That hammer is amazing. Happy to hear things turned around for you! Freckles is also looking super.

Looking good Brad

Looking great my friend.:mrgreen: Love the massive hammer.

Beautiful tank!!OMG those corals are HUGE!!

Things continue to go pretty well with the tank. My Ca reactor pump died recently. I didn't notice it had stopped for a few days. By the time I did, my Alk had dropped to 4.5DKH! The coral didn't seem to mind a bit though.

Even two weeks later, my ALk has only climbed back to 6DKH. (My Alk normally runs at 7.5 or so)

A couple views of the two big boys...

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/0aa37d2f.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/f84f0f57.jpg

What a big horn he has!

Gorgeous tangs. Lovely tank too:biggrin:

Woo dems some big boys! Great to see they're doing well and the tank is doing well too :biggrin:

Always loved your tank...those are some beautiful fish.

I vote this as the next FTOTM.
Looks great!

Thanks, but I don't know if you can be FTOTM twice... My tank was chosen back in Nov, 2008...(and I think the tank was better back then)

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46222

Freckles alone could be TOTM!

Maybe we can make a new category... FOTM (fishofthemonth)

I actually went through your whole build today. And I must say.... You fricken rock man. :mrgreen:

Wow I am glad to see this tank back into the swing of things... Sps is looking great, Brad!

Love the big tangs, the tank looks good too :biggrin:

Update please!

OK...OK... The tank is doing very well. I've removed all my use of carbon and phosphate binders. Simple sand vacuuming during water changes seems to have solved any issues I may have had.

I just increased my frag capacity by 5x with a new rack system I built.

Now...more pics.
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/ff39d651.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/7236f3b1.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/71c2efc3.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/df79a570.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/b3df3cc3.jpg

Man that is a big fish!! :) Tank looks awesome!

Yes, my two big boys... I'm glad they get along...mostly.

Looks spectacular Brad!

That first photo is just spectacular! I love how big your vlamingi is, simply awesome to see that :cool:

:thumb::thumb::thumb:

The tank is looking very healthy indeed.
How many inches of sand do you have Brad?
Thanks

Very little. Some areas are bare, some have as much as 2". Goby moves it around.

looks great, I love seeing the big tangs in there.