Guess what! UPGRADE TIME

[ensquire]

Top notch photo skills . Very colorful tank.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by ensquire

Top notch photo skills . Very colorful tank.

Thanks for such high appreciation

[gregzz4]

Tank and photos look great bud

I bet that tang is just making the chromis feel comfortable around him so that when he grows up they won't run away when he goes to eat them

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Tank and photos look great bud

I bet that tang is just making the chromis feel comfortable around him so that when he grows up they won't run away when he goes to eat them

Thanks boss

I wished the tang and other inhabitants lived long enough Only the foxface and the four chromis survived the outbreak

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Only the foxface and the four chromis survived the outbreak

Outbreak ? What did I miss ?
I've not been on Canreef as much as normal lately

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Outbreak ? What did I miss ?
I've not been on Canreef as much as normal lately

After adding the kole tang, things started looking bad. One morning, the blue tang was in anemone's mouth. Kole wasn't eating for two weeks and died (ich was visible). Clownfish pair died due to brooklynella. Two chromis died for no visible sign. Banggai died with fungus like mucus on its body and fins. Kole must have brought in something more than just ich, possibly velvet. So I am not going to add any more livestock till I move to a new place in September. Foxface also had ich but it kept on shedding mucus and seems to be doing well. That's my livestock update :P

[gregzz4]

Wow, that's really crappy
Do you still have the 20g ? Might make a great QT ... for both you and your room-mate

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Wow, that's really crappy
Do you still have the 20g ? Might make a great QT ... for both you and your room-mate

Yap already planned for that But will depend on the place I will rent (haven't rented any place yet). If I get the space, I will setup a QT or if space doesn't allow it, I will possibly use store facilities (concept getting big house ) to qt for few weeks to atleast add some insurance. Lets see, only time will tell.

[mrhasan]

Well since everyone is updating their journal, I thought "WHY NOT"

TANK BREAK DOWN
Yes, I will be temporarily breaking this tank down (2 weeks) because of the move. I will have to leave my current house on 31st Aug and the new apartment will be ready on 10th Sept (property manager is going to renovate the unit). I have planned to prepare a tote at my sister's place and transfer all the livestocks over there for 10 days. Will cut down the lighting from 12hours to possibly 6 so the corals are stunted for that period (would be a PITA to dose the tote), put the powerhead and the heater to keep the things alive. I am expecting some die offs but oh well, nothing to do. This is going to be the last update from this house So enjoy

NEW SKIMMER:
Well the Bubble Mangus curve 7 is KICKING! The cup is huge. Fills half the way every two weeks and the skimmate is just GROSS! Fills the whole toilet with fish poo smell after I clean it. Damn! So much for "expensive" skimmers vs "Chinese" skimmers.

Prodibio:
I started prodibio program. Unfortunately, I haven't seen much on the way (been like 8 weeks or something); still have to clean the glass every 3/4 days despite having just 5 fishes (fox face + 4 chromis) in the tank. But nutrients remain undetected. I am not giving up on it; probably will take some more time.

Ich outbreak:
Well hopefully the tank has recovered from the outbreak. Foxface and four chromis survived. Didn't add anything afterwards.

Light:
Along with the four bulb T5 fixture, I added two more bulbs, making 6 T5s in total. Corals are loving it My "green" red planet turned red and is growing crazy.

Dosing:
My tank is already loose 1.3dkh every day (still couldn't figure out the calcium). Have been dosing c-balance part B (and occasional part A) to the tank. Yes, I personally don't like Randy's two part recipe (no offence to Randy; he is the chemistry guru after all). I just feel like just adding Ca+ and CO3- ions to the salt don't do enough, what about the other ions? Those are present in very limited amount compared to the big three and I always wonder how much would a 10% WC every week/two add to that while Ca/Alk is being depleted on a daily basis? What about the expense? Well, I try to cut down cost on things that are "not required" to be expensive (mp40 vs wp40) and add things that I feel are more important to be expensive (salt and additives). That's how my mind works

Maintenance:
Well the tank has been literally maintenance free for the past month or so. I only do 10gallon WC every two weeks. No problem of algae other that scrubbing the glass every 2/3 days. And I don't have to keep on making my hands wet :P

Pictures:
I don't know why but corals always look so much better from top than through the glass. Here are some pictures I took today. Some of them are in awkward locations and don't wanna risk me falling off the chair (I am a heavy guy ). Turned on the lights so the corals were not in their full glory. But the SPS are doing really well.

[mrhasan]

And I don't know why but this coral just doesn't give a DAMN!



And the finale with the FTS



So that's the last update of this tank. Hope you guys enjoyed my updates in this thread. Stay tuned for the new build (or more like rebuild ).