Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board  

Go Back   Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board > General > Tank Journal

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 09-08-2013, 08:07 PM
lastlight's Avatar
lastlight lastlight is offline
Gold Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Calgary
Posts: 6,997
lastlight has a spectacular aura aboutlastlight has a spectacular aura aboutlastlight has a spectacular aura about
Default

Looking great. I'm also battling some pale coloration and apparently not doing as well as you.
__________________
Brett
My 67 392 225 101 94 34 97 404 28 93 209 gallon reef.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 09-09-2013, 06:25 PM
wreck wreck is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: moose jaw, sk
Posts: 174
wreck is on a distinguished road
Default

looking good!
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 09-09-2013, 07:29 PM
Dearth's Avatar
Dearth Dearth is offline
No Cookies
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Prince George
Posts: 1,296
Dearth is on a distinguished road
Default

I understand your pain on the hair algae when I had my small tank up and running I had a battle to keep it under control while it never killed any coral it did promote a lot of algae growth making the tank look ugly.

Hopefully things continue to go better for you also I found out from a friend that he keeps 3 electric blue hermits in his tank 2 of them eat the hair algae like there is no tomorrow while the third sifts the sandbed might be an option worth looking at.
__________________
My aquarium is nothing but a smorgasbord for my cats.....
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 09-09-2013, 07:40 PM
wayner's Avatar
wayner wayner is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Calgary, McKenzie Towne SE
Posts: 634
wayner is on a distinguished road
Default

Are you running LED's over this tank now?
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 09-09-2013, 07:55 PM
kien's Avatar
kien kien is offline
¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸. ><(((º>
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Calgary, AB
Posts: 7,665
kien will become famous soon enoughkien will become famous soon enough
Default

wow, great turn around and recovery Mindy! Many people would have either thrown in the towel or done way too much too quickly to try to "fix" their tank resulting in a much more worser tank. Your course corrections were much more precise and methodical. Like a BOSS
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 09-09-2013, 09:04 PM
mseepman mseepman is offline
Gold Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vernon
Posts: 2,529
mseepman is on a distinguished road
Default

Tank is looking good Mindy.
__________________
Mark...



290g Peninsula Display, 425g total volume. Setup Jan 2013.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 09-12-2013, 05:07 AM
lpsreefer's Avatar
lpsreefer lpsreefer is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Calgary (NE Country hills)
Posts: 513
lpsreefer is on a distinguished road
Default

i always have something go south when im on vacation also....

i lost my purple tang while at macna....

tank looks good now!
keep up the pics!
__________________
I have a little tank and little fishes!
Hmmm..... Fishies
That is what I keep telling myself.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 09-13-2013, 01:43 PM
Myka's Avatar
Myka Myka is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Saskatoon, SK.
Posts: 11,268
Myka will become famous soon enough
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dearth View Post
Hopefully things continue to go better for you also I found out from a friend that he keeps 3 electric blue hermits in his tank 2 of them eat the hair algae like there is no tomorrow while the third sifts the sandbed might be an option worth looking at.
Thank you, it looks like it is on the mend now. I did forget to mention that I add 10 Mexican Turbo snails in May, and about a month ago I removed all my small snails (Cerith, Astraea, Ring Cowries) and added 8 Scarlet Hermits. The hermits won't bother the Turbos, but they will eat smaller snails. I think I'm going to add another 8 Scarlet Hermits. However, I was impressed that the Tang that died was completely cleaned up when I got from MACNA, so the clean up crew is efficient indeed!

Quote:
Originally Posted by wreck View Post
looking good!
Thank you!

Quote:
Originally Posted by lastlight View Post
Looking great. I'm also battling some pale coloration and apparently not doing as well as you.
Thanks Brett. How are you trying to improve color?

Quote:
Originally Posted by wayner View Post
Are you running LED's over this tank now?
No. The lights are still 2x250w SE Phoenix and 2x54w KZ Super Blue.

Quote:
Originally Posted by kien View Post
wow, great turn around and recovery Mindy! Many people would have either thrown in the towel or done way too much too quickly to try to "fix" their tank resulting in a much more worser tank. Your course corrections were much more precise and methodical. Like a BOSS
Thanks Kien! It is a long road when it is so far gone.

Quote:
Originally Posted by mseepman View Post
Tank is looking good Mindy.
Thanks Mark!

Quote:
Originally Posted by lpsreefer View Post
i always have something go south when im on vacation also....

i lost my purple tang while at macna....

tank looks good now!
keep up the pics!
Thanks! Yes, it was a Tang I lost too. It always makes you wonder what the heck happened.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Scythanith View Post
Those stags look great Mindy! I hope I can get mine into a similar state down the road
Thanks Scott. I'm sure yours will look great. It just takes time.
__________________
~ Mindy

SPS fanatic.


Last edited by Myka; 09-13-2013 at 01:47 PM.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 06:22 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.