265 gallon setup

niloc16 · #1 11-26-2007, 10:30 PM

that may be an idea because today is the 2nd day i have turned lights on for 4 hours to help the corals a bit and it does not seem to be coming back on the rocks and stuff but is takiing off on the sand.

blaster · #2 11-26-2007, 11:05 PM

Without reading previous posts you should give chemiclean a try.It solved my problems and never had a prob after.

niloc16 · #3 12-18-2007, 08:13 AM

well i think i may have finally kicked the dinos. dont know what 1 thing killed it but i tried alot of different things. heres a list

replaced ro/di filters twice
cleaned all pumps and redirected wavyseas
more water changes/ less water changes
replaced MH bulbs
cut feeding down to every 3 or 4th day
turned CA reactor off
tested any water associated with tank
ran lots of carbon
excessive sandbed syphoning and cleaning rocks
wet skimming
chemipure
the final draw was an 8 day blackout which killed it off finally. but the dino spread was so big that when it died off it completely polluted the tank and killed alot of corals and caused a big chain reaction of death.

but so far it has not returned. most of the corals really really browned out but now they are starting to color up again. all LPS but 2 frogspawns died. we'll see how it goes. i really hope it doesnt come back though

niloc16 · #4 12-20-2007, 01:29 AM

i'm actually enjoying looking into the tank again so i couldnt refuse taking a couple tank shots. i know its pretty drab looking right now with stuff browned up but slowly the color is coming back. i kind of wish i had taken pics when the dinos overrun everything to compare to now.

Delphinus · #5 12-20-2007, 03:31 AM

Dude it looks awesome. Don't worry about the SPS colours they'll come back.. I wish I could keep brown SPS... It's a great looking tank. Onwards and upwards.

edgv · #6 12-20-2007, 03:55 AM

Colin,
Glad to see you have won your battle. I have had same problem for the last few months and think I am finally on the winning side as well.

Ed

niloc16 · #7 12-31-2007, 11:22 PM

i got a new camera on boxing day and have taken hundreds of pics trying to figure out how to use it. starting to get there. after a couple weeks still no sign of dino's. thank god. corals are really recovering their color (still a ways to go) and they are going through a wicked growth spurt which is awesome. just thought i'd toss out a few pics to ya.

do you think i starve my naso?