Originally Posted by Carmen (Post 495888)

Trying hard to love my tank right now but we just don't seem to be getting along these days. Perhaps the tank is giving me a kick in the a$$ for procrastinating! So...one of my BlueFace Tilefish is not doing well??? Swimming normally 2 hours before then laying on the sand. That was yesterday...noticed in the evening at feeding time. He is still alive today but not looking great. :sad: Dori also has a nasty ich outbreak (She always gets a spot or two but this is much worse). I am sure she will be OK since she eats like a pig but...
...I figured time to look at things perhaps to see if anything is out. Found my nitrates to be up (AHHHH!)so I am doing a W/C tonight. I am sure it's my own fault for neglecting the tank. :redface: Sorta having a rough time these days and sometimes just feel like maybe I don't have enough time or money to dedicate to the tank.:sad:

Also 100% sure my Flame is eating my brain. :sad: She has done some serious damage. I've covered it with a strawberry basket in hopes it may recover but now I am faced with the dilemma of what to do with my Flame? I love the Flame...but I love LPS...what are the chances that it will leave the other LPS alone???


Hoping things start looking up...

Originally Posted by fishytime (Post 495927)

I have little to no lps left in the big tank:wink:

Originally Posted by JDigital (Post 497354)

Aww.. that sucks you gotta get rid of her. Gonna try another? Perhaps a Coral Beauty? ;)

Originally Posted by kien (Post 497355)

You guys should trade. OH wait, Josh wants a potters, nevermind. You know, I have learned over the past few days that my potters is the most laid back angel I've never had. But please don't hold me to that in case you get a potters that eats the rest of your LPS :cry:

Originally Posted by JDigital (Post 497359)

I'd love to keep my CB and add a Potters, but 50G is gonna be tight for 2 Pygmys I think.. :lol: 2 Faves, 1 Tank. *keeps dreamin*

Originally Posted by BC564 (Post 497651)

Carmen are you ready to sell that half circle yet.....?

Originally Posted by Carmen (Post 497660)

Somedays....just about!:redface::neutral:

Originally Posted by Leah (Post 497676)

:tsk:
No! no! no! girl, you can't leave me alone on here....:bored:

Originally Posted by Toolman (Post 497749)

Brain is looking good, seems happy to be in your tank. The trigger didn't nip it but was always in its face. The Angel is happy, I am happy I got it home. I have never had a fish bite a hole in the bag before and she must have put 8-10 holes in it.

Randy

Originally Posted by fishytime (Post 499010)

I wouldnt worry too much bout Dorie, Girly.....My regal routinely gets bumps and bruises in its feeding frenzy.....it always seems to pull through:wink:

Originally Posted by Red Coral Aquariums (Post 499118)

All Angels (in my opinion) are a hit and miss with corals. Added are Tank dynamics and fish personalities that can add or subtract to "fish" coral munching. If you find an Angel that behaves you are lucky but that can change at the snap of your fingers or by adding new coral. I am thinking of getting some clear glass domes that cover new corals while fish get used to them.
Anyways thinking out loud again. Tank looks great Carmen, darn sad about your losses, proud to see you keeping your chin up.
Kevin

Originally Posted by Delphinus (Post 501154)

Get the pellets and never worry about nitrate again.

(Just sayin'...)

Originally Posted by Delphinus (Post 501161)

Just feed more. :)

FWIW, the softies I have are zoanthids and gorgonians. Sadly, I don't have LPS in the tank because the butterflies would nip at them so they are not in the same tank. But the zoanthids and gorgs are not negatively impacted at least.

In fact, my purple ribbon gorgonian that has been brown for the last 4 years is starting to turn purple again since starting the pellets.

What I'd do is just start with a small amount. Then you wouldn't be risking a nutrient depletion shock.

Food for thought anyhow. :) I'm not one to give in to fads and am usually cynical of new products especially when over-hyped ... this one really is the real deal IMO.

Originally Posted by Delphinus (Post 501172)

That's really strange about the Coral Snow... if it was a really fast decline with them then I would suspect brown jelly disease (it's a protozoan) in which a LPS can melt off literally overnight or a matter of hours. :( And it may have been coincidence with the Coral Snow.

But at any rate, you don't have to do Coral Snow anyhow. It's just something that grabs ahold of the yellowing compounds and makes it easier to skim out so your water is theoretically a little more polished once the initial cloudiness clears up.

And it's totally different than the pellets anyhow. Think of the pellets as an alternative to a phosphate remover that instead 1) does both nitrates and phosphates, and 2) does not need to be replaced every month.

Hope this helps.