Marie's 175g mixed reef (new pics added jan 27)

[marie]

An interesting observation.

The big reason I renovated the tank was because I was having problems with the corals, growth had stopped, the tissue on the tips was starting to recede, there was some bleaching as well as coral die off from being stung by neighbours.
After removing half of the corals and some of the rock, things have turned completely around... problems have stopped and growth has taken off again.
I believe I had chemical warfare going on as well as physical warfare, the only water changed at the time was the 9 gallons of new water I added to replace the corals and rock I removed.... there are no softies or lps in the tank and I have at least 6 cups of carbon (replaced monthly) in the sump

[Lance]

They just can't play nice, can they? I have to weed out the mushrooms every once in awhile. If they get to within 4 to 5 inches of the SPS, the stonies stop growing. I always have to use a lot of carbon. If I let the carbon go longer than a month before changing it I can see the SPS start to pout.

On a side note: How are the Flashers doing? Are you getting a male emerging yet?

[fishytime]

Good to hear the tank is doing well again Marie!

Originally Posted by marie

I have at least 6 cups of carbon (replaced monthly) in the sump

Originally Posted by Lance

I always have to use a lot of carbon. If I let the carbon go longer than a month before changing it I can see the SPS start to pout.

6 cups!.....wow!....but I guess you are running it statically, right Marie?....
and how much is a lot Lance?....and are you running a reactor or running it statically?..and which tank?....just curious as Im using a reactor and following the recommendations and only using a cup and a half....

Originally Posted by Lance

On a side note: How are the Flashers doing? Are you getting a male emerging yet?

Im gonna try REALLY hard to leave that one alone Lance.....Being that it is Maries tank journal and all

[marie]

Originally Posted by fishytime

...6 cups!.....wow!....but I guess you are running it statically, right Marie?....

I have the carbon in 2 media bags and placed so that all the water in the sump has to pass through the carbon before getting to the return pump

[Lance]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Good to hear the tank is doing well again Marie!







6 cups!.....wow!....but I guess you are running it statically, right Marie?....
and how much is a lot Lance?....and are you running a reactor or running it statically?..and which tank?....just curious as Im using a reactor and following the recommendations and only using a cup and a half....




Im gonna try REALLY hard to leave that one alone Lance.....Being that it is Maries tank journal and all

Doug, In the 90g I'm running 3 cups of carbon in a BRS dual reactor with GFO. This tank has a large mix of SPS, LPS and softies. In the 225g I'm only running 2 cups of carbon in a TLF reactor. Not much for SPS in this tank, mostly large LPS

[marie]

Originally Posted by Lance

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On a side note: How are the Flashers doing? Are you getting a male emerging yet?

The flashers are doing great, the 2 largest ones that are doing quite a bit of scrapping so I think the jury's still out on who's going to wear the pants in the family