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Old 01-20-2011, 08:11 PM
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Very nice tank, good build thred too. If you ever find out what that "unknown SPS" is from a few posts back let me know, i have the same one i think, BRIGHT green polyps and a dark green/brown base, i assume it's a pocci... but?
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Old 01-21-2011, 12:11 AM
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Nice job on the build, looks fantastic!
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How do you find the Maldives in a 70g? Beauty of a fish I'd love to have one.
I have only had them about 3 weeks or so. I feed them plankton twice a day and they gobble it up. They seem ok. No aggression. I might add an auto feeder as they also take flake. Would give me an extra feeding or two/day.

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Very nice tank, good build thred too. If you ever find out what that "unknown SPS" is from a few posts back let me know, i have the same one i think, BRIGHT green polyps and a dark green/brown base, i assume it's a pocci... but?
thank you. I still don't know the name. I just got into SPS with my 70... so I do not know anything about them to be honest. My buddy has been hooking me up with frags when he comes by so I am trying to learn. It is growing like a weed in my tank though!
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Old 01-28-2011, 01:00 AM
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Well my frag of "wanna be" hornets is dying off. All my other zoas are doing great... including my African Blue Steels... so why these are not, are beyond me. I guess sometimes things are poor shippers or something.

They are very nice, even though they are not the Hornets they were sold/promoted as, I do not like the fact they are dwindling away.

Any suggestions?
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Old 01-28-2011, 01:04 AM
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Too much light? My purple deaths have to be in the dark almost or they don't do to well.
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Old 01-28-2011, 01:16 AM
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Here is a pic of my African Blue Steel Zoas. These came from Saskatoon compliments of Myka (Mindy).

They are doing great and I am happy to say it! For the record they had of dying off... mine look awesome. I have had them since remembrance day... so over 2 months. My last two frags died in a couple weeks max.


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Old 01-28-2011, 01:20 AM
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Too much light? My purple deaths have to be in the dark almost or they don't do to well.
I will move them to a shady spot asap! Who knows?
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Old 01-30-2011, 07:57 PM
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Default Current Water Tests

NH3 - 0
NO3 - 0
NO2 - 0
Ca - 460
Kh - 90** Low


I am going to have to start dosing for Kh a little more frequently. I have never once dosed Calcium in this tank since its beginning in August last year. So that's not a bad thing. H2Ocean salt seems to be holding its own.

Corals are doing well... asides from a couple zoa colonies that seem to be struggling... Heart of Atlantis zoas and Hornet Morph. The Heart of Atlantis is from ages ago.. and never really grew in my 20. It started to grow when I moved it to the 70 last year... but then recedes again. Baffling me. Tough little Zoa.
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Old 02-05-2011, 10:24 PM
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Default KH and Anthias

So yesterday I switched from powdered SeaChem Reef Builder to liquid Seachem Carbonate. I got tired of constantly mixing the powder before dosing. Now I just measure into a sump chamber and let my pump mix it up. So much easier.

I have been, and always have, fought with my Kh level. Usually sits around 90. I dosed the liquid yesterday and early this morning. Tested, and now, for the first time in who knows how long, Kh has risen to 120. Good start.

Today I only tested:

Kh - 120
Ca - 460


On another, more sad note... one of my female Maldives Anthias passed on. It was doing very well until the male of the trio settled into the tank. He became an Alpha fish very, very quickly in the tank and started to chase the females. I moved her to my refugium last night as she was still alive... but today... no sign of her. The male is VERY fat and eating well.. and again being Alpha male... eats before all others but tang
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Old 02-15-2011, 03:59 AM
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Default Current Water Parameters

Ca - 400
Kh - 90
NO2 - 0
NO3 - 0
NH3 - 0
Ph - 8.4
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Old 02-15-2011, 04:10 AM
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The alk is low you can get away with it for a bit but too long you can have major tissue losses. Its not good to have large swings dosing and then checking a few hrs later and it was 120 so it was probably higher and fell. I see you are using h2 ocean salt i had the same problem with that salt. It was actually some of the worst salt i had ever used.
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