Reef Pilot's Undersea Oasis

Reef Pilot · #1 07-13-2015, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bblinks

Looking great Walter!

Thanks, Rich. Some of my nicest colonies started from your famous hoarding frag tank. The red planet was one, and was just a skin flap barely covering a frag plug, if you remember that one. But it sure turned out to have great genes, with its bright color and strong growth. So thanks also for helping me get started with SPS.

Bblinks · #2 07-13-2015, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Thanks, Rich. Some of my nicest colonies started from your famous hoarding frag tank. The red planet was one, and was just a skin flap barely covering a frag plug, if you remember that one. But it sure turned out to have great genes, with its bright color and strong growth. So thanks also for helping me get started with SPS.

How can I forget buddy. You have done exceptionally well in the sps game. I will have to come out one day and see it in person my friend.

Reef Pilot · #3 07-14-2015, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Bblinks

How can I forget buddy. You have done exceptionally well in the sps game. I will have to come out one day and see it in person my friend.

Hey, Rich, when you are in Langley sometime, let me know, and come by. Would love to get some more tips and ideas from the "master".

kien · #4 07-17-2015, 07:10 PM

just saw your pics.. and WOW! Your tank is looking amazballs Walter !

Reef Pilot · #5 07-20-2015, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

just saw your pics.. and WOW! Your tank is looking amazballs Walter !

Thanks, kien, but don't think amazballs is quite the correct description... lol.

Reef Pilot · #6 09-05-2015, 05:08 PM

Late summer update:
We had a bad storm and power outage last week. Because we normally don't get these until late fall and winter, my back up power packs were still at our lake cabin (used with our solar system there), and was not able to provide sufficient water circulation during the power outage. As a result, four of my fish died due to O2 deprivation. My corals seem to be all OK, so thankfully they were not affected.

I lost my Orange Flame Angel and Red Flame Hawkfish, both over 10 years old. Also lost both of my Pearlscale Butterfly fish, just over 5 years old. While any loss is sad, will really miss the Pearlscales. They did a wonderful job of keeping my tanks aiptasia free, while not bothering any of my corals. There are still some aiptasia in my system as I see them sometimes in my overflow and sump. So my fear now, is they will make their way back into my display tanks.

Another complication is that I just had shoulder surgery (rotator cuff) two weeks ago, and any major tank maintenance right now is out of the question, with just able to only use my left hand. I am overdue for a water change at this time, but hope to get that done next week. So, for the next couple months, will try to keep status quo, and hopefully not have any further major issues.

crimper · #7 09-06-2015, 05:58 AM

Sorry to hear your loss Walter. I know how it feels, coming from 2 heart surgeries in the past 12 months. And I lost all my sps this summer due to that heat wave, but that's another story.

Those pearl scales will be surely missed.

Get well my friend. Our health comes first before our hobbies.