Brad's 100 'n Change Cube-like Journal

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Doug

Sorry about the problems Brad. Hope it turns around

Thanks Doug. I'm sure it will, just needs some extra coaxing -lol

[gregzz4]

Argh
Sorry to hear I'm not the only one with issues

[Myka]

Sorry to hear about your troubles Brad. I know of lots of people having trouble with dry rock from all sorts of different sources. Some of my clients have dry rock in their tanks too, and the tanks are terrible to maintain. It seems like it takes 8-12 months just for it to look half decent. I'm with you - I'd rather just pay more and enjoy the tank now. Looking at that last pic you posted and the age of the tank, I'm guessing you have at least another 3 months battle ahead. At least you have real lights over it!

I have some old, old live rock that's been cooking in vats for years - some of it like 6 years. Sometimes the barrel is only half filled with (very salty) water. It has a MaxiJet, no heater. Over the years I have added this to my tanks, removed it from tanks, it's like the rotating rock bin. Even using this old, lifeless, white rock is so much better than the dry rock. Probably because instead of being "dead" it is "sterilized". Haha!

[Aquattro]

Mindy, ya, I would guess another 3 - 6 months. However, I've now lost all my fish and am considering not doing this anymore

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Mindy, ya, I would guess another 3 - 6 months. However, I've now lost all my fish and am considering not doing this anymore

that sucks man , its frustrating when you work hard on something and it doesnt go well. what happened to the fish?


sometimes it just helps to walk away for a bit , maybe doing to much even if intentions are good isnt good for the new tank.

if your in a place now where the tank isnt enjoyable and results arnt going good then id take a breather and put the tank on auto mode.

dont buy new fish for a good while and let the system mature and just focus on the corals in there for a bit.

theres a few hard lessons to this rock , one is its filthy and filled with all kinds of dried up organics (crab claws/urchins/sponges etc) , adding any kind of bioload to this rock (pukani/fiji) when its first introduced creates big problems and the minute saltwater hits this rock the chemical reactions start , you can stay on top of it but it def becomes an issue wth the more fish you have.

good luck buddy and chin up my bonsai had to be shut down for similiar reasons i had a mass ich outbreak that wiped out half the pop and rebuilt the tank two times from hydroid infestations ....that tank got shut down at the end of the summer and i went for the last year and a bit with no display just tanks for the corals.

feeling better these days so started a display and frustrations are minimal this time around so far

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Mindy, ya, I would guess another 3 - 6 months. However, I've now lost all my fish and am considering not doing this anymore

Ugh. Go fishless for awhile. My 50 had a single Blue Eye Cardinal in it for the last year before I decided to stock it up a few months ago.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Mindy, ya, I would guess another 3 - 6 months. However, I've now lost all my fish and am considering not doing this anymore

Yikes

What happened ?

I like the idea of you going fish-less for a bit to stabilize your tank
Then you could exchange the crap rock with some LR

Chin up bud
You know you want to keep doing it

PS, I'm kinda getting there with my tank .. the whole idea of a total reset. Remove the junk rock and start with real rock
Little tank for frags, maybe a tank for the fish ... let it stew for a bit while I have a breather and calm down as I'm kinda ****ed about my tank
Maybe even another tub of LR for cooking ....

[tang daddy]

Brad sorry to hear about the losses of your fish, how are the other fishes doing?
I was trying to read through your journal quickly this morning. Did you get rid of the cyano?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

Brad sorry to hear about the losses of your fish, how are the other fishes doing?
I was trying to read through your journal quickly this morning. Did you get rid of the cyano?

Thanks Chris. I have a pair of clowns and a Leopard wrasse left. Yes, cyano let a while ago, just chmicleaned it.

[kien]

:-(