Greg's 75g

[ensquire]

I picked one of those beauties up in Edmonton last week. Gorgeous fish.

[Kryptic4L]

<3 the purple and yellow one. What a stud

[lastlight]

yeah that fish is a stunner!

LOVE the garbage bag background btw =)

[gregzz4]

Yup, that Orange-back is a beauty, and what character too

Glad you like the backdrop Brett. It's another Greg original
I think I already mentioned that Albert suggested I try to subdue the tank a bit to keep stress levels down

Over the last 2 days, the McCosker's has taken to swimming without using his tail fin and goes to the surface quite a bit
He's still active and eating well, no stringy poops, no body marks
Just suddenly started this
I'm hoping it's a bacterial infection from the new coris that will be easily treated

There's lots of aeration from the AC50 and HOB UV return, ammo and nitrites are 0 and nitrates are almost nil
I can't find anything wrong with the params or equipment, so it's onto meds
Last night I tried to re-calibrate the pH probe and broke it
Today I grabbed a new probe and some API E.M. Erythromycin
If you've been following along, you'll know that the wrasses have already gone through a round of Maracyn-Two, so now I'll try some gram positive medication
And if you know me, you'll know I hate using meds, but when something is kinda obvious I'll be the first to use it
I'm currently waiting for some 1.008 water to come up to temp before I add the meds to the QT, just in case someone freaks out

Hopefully the dude pulls through - I really like him
Wish us luck !

[gregzz4]

Update time

We lost our McCosker's wrasse Looks like it was possibly cyanide poisoning/capture methods
He went all weird for a few days and then he was gone

Corals are starting to look better

Bought an iPhone5, so here's a FTS - washed out as I turned all 8 bulbs on
Next time I'll get a pic with half lighting

[lastlight]

that gorg has some incredible polyp extension. can you post a closer shot? are you feeding any gorg specific food to the tank?

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by lastlight

that gorg has some incredible polyp extension. can you post a closer shot? are you feeding any gorg specific food to the tank?

It's a Plexaura flexuosa
Lights have only been on for a short while, so I'll have to get a better pic at a later time

No specific gorg food
Twice or so a week I feed PhytoPlan, Coral Frenzy and Coral Vitalizer
I think it was the Vitalizer that was causing me problems with the Acans
I was stupidly dripping it directly into the tank instead of diluting it in RO first
No more recession since

Pic is blues only and lights on for only 20 mins