The LAST big upgrade

michika · #1 05-25-2013, 09:24 PM

I feel broke. It's turned out its a great transition food actually and now the female readily takes krill and mysis.

I think I just picked up a Fowleri tang misidentified as black spot for über cheap.

It pays to go stock up on your QT and just in case medications sometimes!

And in a completely unrelated purchase I bought a AI Sol LED fixture to try out.

The Codfather · #2 05-26-2013, 02:26 AM

Nice score, here is mine right now, colours are starting to show, you'll love him.

michika · #3 05-27-2013, 01:50 PM

The colours look great!

Here is the King. He and his missus need some proper names.

michika · #4 07-07-2013, 04:11 AM

I unfortunately have to report that neither the male or the female crosshatch made it. They both died within 24 hours of each other.

And then the Speedway DC pump on my 4-way Ocean Motions that runs the full 10.5ft of the tank died. Then there was the flooding...and then the water bans.

I have quite the cyano outbreak from rationing my water changes, pretty much I had to judge; water change with a limited supply of RO/DI given the emergency situation or not. I chose not to and the cyano got ahead of me. Bad choice, but it was the right choice at the time given I had no idea how long I'd have to top off from my reserve.

Here you can see the good stuff happening in my tank; clam growth and lots of it. This photo is nearly 3 weeks old already. The growth is wonderful. I just keep focusing on enjoying what I do have; happy fish, growing clams and SPS with no RTN or STN happening.

May 15th

Late June

brotherd · #5 07-07-2013, 04:58 AM

I'm glad you have at least some good news. Really unfortunate about the cross hatch pair though. Damn!

Alberta-newb · #6 07-07-2013, 04:18 PM

So sorry to hear a out the triggers, I always take a fish loss very personal even those times when it's out of our control :-( (I just lost a fish out of my own stupidity (uncovered pump intake), still mad at myself)

Any warning on the SpeedWave failure or did it just stop? I've heard of a few failures on RC as well, wondering if there is a common problem? I was thinking of getting a couple of the Waveline 12000 or 20000 (if they ever release them) not so sure now.

Francis

michika · #7 07-07-2013, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Alberta-newb

Any warning on the SpeedWave failure or did it just stop? I've heard of a few failures on RC as well, wondering if there is a common problem? I was thinking of getting a couple of the Waveline 12000 or 20000 (if they ever release them) not so sure now.

No warning, just died while I was sitting nearby the tank. Its unfortunate because I actually like the pump, however when I replace it it'll be going on a different 4-way return.