48ish gallon bow--from ugh to ooh (I hope)

[sharuq1]

Quick update:

Started the main sand clean up and siphoned out quite a bit of it last week with a 15g water change. I decided it was safest for the mandy's sake to reastablish a sand bed. Added one bag of clean sand to one side of the tank (put all the dirty sand to the other side) and still need to get rid of the majority of the dirty sand on the other side, then mix in some of it with new sand to seed it.

GHA is majorly growing on the gsp coral which is a shame. Not really much I can do for it at this point as my options are limited due to finance. Can't even pull it off without damaging the coral.

Decided to sell off one oscellaris as I think 6 fish is too much for this tank. One or two more WC's until I can rescape I think.

Water params are still not ready for coral, so will have to wait and be patient.

As a side note everything eats out of the food stations I set up. The blenny is the fattest pig I have ever seen! The mandy while not fat does not look emaciated either, so still crossing my fingers on that one.

As a side note my blue damsel in a different tank died today of unknown causes

[Myka]

I think we need a new FTS.

[Mik_101]

Originally Posted by Myka

I think we need a new FTS.

for sure

[sharuq1]

Re-organized the rock. I may add the rock that is supposed to be in my BC, but have not decided yet. Added some more clean sand and got rid of the last of the dirty sand excepting a bit to seed the new sand with. Also changed the seio to mount on the side open instead of with the flow directional deal on it and added a koralia 2 to the other side (still not entirely sure that is where I want it though). Will be getting rid of the largest clown soon in favor of my (probably black) oscellaris--have grown attached to him I guess

Also bought a pc light off another canreefer that holds two 21" bulbs and added that to the existing 2 small pc's that were there. It doesn't all fit properly on the tank, but I can't afford better lighting than this right now. I think for what I am putting in the tank though that everything will live.

Just waiting to hear back from slickfork to get my coral back I am so glad he was kind enough to babysit it for me after the BC crashed. The people here are just great.

Pics are nothing special but here you go anyway.

very bad pic of my gsp--it is still struggling with the gha that came with it


candy cane surprisingly alive

[Myka]

Lookin good!!

[sharuq1]

And I got my coral back woohoo!!!!! Thank you to Slickfork for babysitting it; and also thanks for the snails, chaeto, red/pink macro, gsp and birdsnest frag.










Current tank setup:
Coralife super skimmer (with fishing line mod on the needlewheel and another small mod to reduce bubbles)
30" x2 pc coralife light (actinic, 50/50..--> soon to be another 10k when I get some money)
20" x2 pc coralife light (actinic, 10k)
hydor koralia 2
seio 820
rena xp2 (currently has 2 sponges in it, ceramic media and algone--will likely be getting rid of the sponges/ceramic)
diatom filter (temporary)


Current inhabitants:
lawnmower blenny
royal gramma
2 oscellaris
mandarin
1 blue legged hermit crab
2 small tuxedo urchins
4 trocus
1 astrea
1 conch
2 money cowries
and a few other small snails I don't know the name of



Corals:
ricordea
zoos (what's left of a frag)
toadstool frag (very tiny)
hammer
frogspawn
acan
mushrooms
bright green gsp
metallic green gsp
m. digi purplish base with tan polyps
birdsnest (unsure what color will be as it is a bit bleached--looks like maybe yellow)



...and lastly a very small green bubble tip anemone, who is currently in a place I cannot photograph

[sharuq1]

New tank member introduced today. Cute little dragon sifter (AMBLYGOBIUS PHALAENA, I think) given to me by dustinjm (thank you! ). Will post a pic soon as I get one (he is still setling in). Hopefully he will get along with the other tank mates in my display. Really like him, looks like one of those "personality" fish, fun to watch.

[sharuq1]

Here are some more critter pictures for those who like them, and as promised pics of the goby

[dsaundry]

Are you still having issues with the algae?

[sharuq1]

So far the only places showing gha that continues to be a nuisance are on the gsp and candy cane coral that came with the tank. Unfortunately I cannot boil the gha off a coral. Have added an AC110 refugium with chaeto to try and export nutrients as best I can and also try and manually take the gha off the 2 infested corals.

I guess we shall see what it looks like in another three months.

So much waiting in this hobby, hehe