25 gallon reef

[karazy]

well, a bit of an update.
my flatworms are insane. i tried flatworm exit. didnt work. i tried it again (and majorly overdosed) still didnt work.
i tried flatworm eating nudis. they didnt last long enough to make an impact, plus the flatworms were in my sump too so i dont think it was the best strategy.

so tonight i did the ultimate. i wish it didnt have to come to this, but i did a major salinity drop. im just happy i havent added any livestock yet and that i had this option.

buh-bye flatworms

[BlueAbyss]

Excellent (if drastic) What did you drop the salinity to?

[karazy]

Originally Posted by BlueAbyss

Excellent (if drastic) What did you drop the salinity to?

i actually haven't checked yet..let me do that real quick.

okay, its at 1.007

[karazy]

so everything is going good, i still see a few flatworms, but barley any. i may lower the salinity a bit more, and then when i raise it back to normal i will just add salt directly to the sump and also add a big dose of levamisole to really make sure there are no more of these buggers.

im kind of thinking about redoing my left island of rock. it looks really cool, but its starting to be not the best rock formation. for one,there's a dead spot on the left side of the rock that wouldn't be easily fixed.
second of all it doesn't have a whole lot of space for corals.
third of all, it really doesn't have a lot of hiding places. it has beasicaly one big hole in a rock and thats it.
the only thing im worried about is not being able to make it look as nice as before, and then not being able to get it back to normal if i want to.

opinions?

[karazy]

so i re-'scaped the left side of the tank. pictures to come

[Boomboy]

i just got flat worms i hope i dont have to go to your extreme, i have a shrimp in there.

[karazy]

Originally Posted by Boomboy

i just got flat worms i hope i dont have to go to your extreme, i have a shrimp in there.

all i can say is get rid of em as fast as you can, cuz they really suck and multiply quickly

[BlueAbyss]

I noted a single flatworm like 2 months ago in my tank, and haven't seen any since. Maybe I'm just lucky...

[karazy]

so, pictures of the new aqua scape as promised.
its full of neat holes and caves and should make for a better scape all around.
other reasons why i re-scaped will slowly reveal themselves.
i did really love my other scape, but it just wasn't functional and had barley and spots for good coral placement
(sorry for the low quality pics, the tank was cloudy from being messed around with)

so from this:


to this:


and a detailed shot of the neat caves and overhangs:


and a full system shot:

[karazy]

just because the pictures from yesterday sucked, here's another batch:

FTS


a bit closer:


and detail of the new rock island: