400 gallon project

[JDigital]

Damn, I wish I could take pics of this tank.. hahaha..

Looking good. Do you got a before and after tank shot of the Cyano.. like above, but before?

[Snaz]

You have the fattest fish Untamed.

[Pan]

Originally Posted by Snaz

You have the fattest fish Untamed.

Hey what about me...I have just about the fattest wrasse around

[untamed]

We lost power up here on Westwood Plateau today for about 4 hours. Believe it or not, this the first power failure I've had since the tank started. It was a pretty nice day today, so it is odd...

The tank seemed just fine throughout. The power failure happened just before lights-on, so the tank was at it's lowest daily temperature. Over the four hours, temp dropped about 2 degrees....from 78 to 76. No fish showed any signs of distress, but I think the starfish seemed to be out-and-about a bit more than normal.

I got my generator out and ready and was probably another hour or so from firing it up when the power returned.

Then, a few hours later, Buster (the white cheek tang) had some kind of accident during lunchtime feeding. I'm not sure if he got slashed by someone or just ran into a piece of coral. He was already not doing really well as he has been fighting some kind of infection/parasite of late. Now, he's going to have to recover from this wound. I hope he makes it.

So far, he continues to behave normally. I think time will tell if this wound becomes infected or not.

[Pan]

Originally Posted by untamed

We lost power up here on Westwood Plateau today for about 4 hours. Believe it or not, this the first power failure I've had since the tank started. It was a pretty nice day today, so it is odd...

The tank seemed just fine throughout. The power failure happened just before lights-on, so the tank was at it's lowest daily temperature. Over the four hours, temp dropped about 2 degrees....from 78 to 76. No fish showed any signs of distress, but I think the starfish seemed to be out-and-about a bit more than normal.

I got my generator out and ready and was probably another hour or so from firing it up when the power returned.

Then, a few hours later, Buster (the white cheek tang) had some kind of accident during lunchtime feeding. I'm not sure if he got slashed by someone or just ran into a piece of coral. He was already not doing really well as he has been fighting some kind of infection/parasite of late. Now, he's going to have to recover from this wound. I hope he makes it.

So far, he continues to behave normally. I think time will tell if this wound becomes infected or not.

Looks like a slash from a tang to me and Lymphocytis.

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/
Links left sidebar to info-links---->disease. Scroll down to lymphocytis

[JDigital]

That slash looks NASTY... Ouch!! Hope he recovers. I love White Cheeks..

[marie]

Every year (for the last 7 yrs) at this time my tank goes through a cyano cycle as well. In the past I've tried to fight it aggressively to no avail, this year I'm going to let in run its course to see if it will clear up on its own in the same time frame as the other years.

[untamed]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Looking good. Do you got a before and after tank shot of the Cyano.. like above, but before?

Next time it gets bad, I'll make a point of doing a before and after shot... But this shot, taken in January, gives you a pretty good idea of what the sand bed looked like a few days ago.


Geez....this was January. I can't believe the size that some of the little frags in this photo have become since then...

[untamed]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

I see that you have the dreaded red turf algae on your rocks. Have you figured out why you have it i had it on my rocks when i had my 120 gal and it was really bad.

I suppose I do. I've never really given that algae a 2nd thought. It doesn't seem to be any kind of problem. I assumed that it was naturally part of the Florida rocks. The tangs seem to like it and it stays closely trimmed.

Originally Posted by Snaz

You have the fattest fish Untamed.

...except for the Lookdown! I think the Atlantic Blue is getting a double chin...and the foxface does seem a bit fat....but I firmly believe that my Nasos are shaped the way Nasos are supposed to be shaped. No doubt that my challenges with cyano are related to heavy feeding.