28g long nano journal

[michika]

Thank you.

I am liking the system though, all the livestock drama aside, it turned out better that I could have hoped. The hood is going to be installed tomorrow, and same with the toe kick.

I bet tomorrow I will suck it up and will post photos, death aside and all.

Everyone has been so nice about everything, so it makes me feel better. I've had several offers from people to provide me frags, to host my remaining SPS (before they died off), and one super kind promise to replace my favorite fish.

 

[michika]

Photos of the disaster.

Just after I got all the fish, rock, clams, and corals into the tank. This is prior to turning the Snapper pump on, and bringing the sump online.

The sump before it was filled with cheato, reactors, and filter floss.

First moments of the overflow in use.

Noticing something is wrong with the SPS, and the two clams in the right hand corner. This is 2 days after the move.

FTS of the beginning of the disaster.

The first of 3 pails of dead skeletons.

Aquascaping and remaining SPS. More RTN.

The tank today. I have what can only be described as the beginning of a cycle.

The tank o-death in its full glory.

I'm doing what I can to just keep things under control at this point in time. It really sucks....

 

[Stan N.]

Gotta hate RTN of SPS. I see my old clams are still doing well Hope all comes around soon for you.

 

[michika]

Thanks! I hope things turn around soon too.

 

[unbreakable]

man im sorry about your losses. i hope you can stop everything and save what you can.

what happened though?

 

[michika]

No clue as to what trigger the initial disaster unfortunately.

I'm remaining optimistic though, and am planning to restock my tank again in the future.

To date here is what is left:
- all the fish
- 3 clams
- 3 sps
- 0 lps
- 0? zoas (they aren't opening)

 

[reefman13]

That sucks! Kinda what happened with my SPS....Just getting ready to move everything into my new 90g. Really annoying though.

Hows everything now?

 

[michika]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11300762#post11300762 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefman13
That sucks! Kinda what happened with my SPS....Just getting ready to move everything into my new 90g. Really annoying though.

Hows everything now?

Well the funky smell is gone! So I can have people into my house again without a fear of them keeling over. The fish all have a super healthy appetite, so that is also another positive to focus on.

I'll try and post some more photos as time goes on, show the rebound half of the disaster!

 

[willtel76]

It's cool to finally see someone else using a Reeflo pump on a nano. Everyone said I was crazy when I bought mine.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/willtel/2027647618/" title="Nano Plumbing by willtel, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2124/2027647618_ba5f0e5ea9_b.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt="Nano Plumbing" /></a>

 

[michika]

I was told I was crazy too! It works fantastically for me! Its very cool to see someone else who is making use of the Reeflo pumps!

 

[erics3000]

i think it ios a great idea. You got a lot of bang for your buck and enough power to do whatever. Willtel76 do you have any more pics of your system?

 

[willtel76]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11304758#post11304758 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by erics3000
i think it ios a great idea. You got a lot of bang for your buck and enough power to do whatever. Willtel76 do you have any more pics of your system?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/willtel/sets/1377263/

 

[michika]

I'm seeing some improvement in both my water parameters, and in how the tank itself
looks. Its nice to only have to clean the glass in my tank 2 a day instead of 5-6 times.

This was the tank last week, you can see the neon green algae on the bottom. It was nasty stuff, and resulted in me cleaning the glass extremely frequently just so I could see in.

This is about 1/3 of the dead I pulled out:

This was the tank on Tuesday:

I had another clam die on Tuesday, and at that point I decided the remaining clams needed to go somewhere else. They are now safely in the home of a friend for the time being.

This is the tank today:

Disaster survivors

Zoas that I didn't even know I had...

Neon candycane. It puffed up today and looks 150% better then it was yesterday!

Cactus coral - It was competely bleached, save for some dark spots for polyps about a week ago. It has no poylp extension though, but the color is coming back.

I need to address
- micro bubbles; I have 3 ideas; more baffles in the sump, filter socks, and changing how my skimmer is plumbed.
- feeding, I can't really turn off the pump for feeding now, so I'm considering one of those little feeding rings.
- lighting, I'm unsure if I want to stay with my current set up, 1 175w MH with 2 pc lights for supplimentation.
- Clean up crew, my crew is more like a skeleton crew right now, so I need to do something about it.

This whole cycling thing is just throwing me off, its been a long time since I delt with one first hand. I forgot how ugly they look! My tank looks very yellow, I miss the nice crisp white-blue it was.

 

[SaltyBoG Water]

i am new what does RTN stand for rotten?

 

[michika]

RTN is rapid tissue necrosis. Really it just means that the flesh comes off of your sps really really quickly. The result is usually a white skeleton unfortunately.

 

[michika]

Things seem to be on the up and up lately, so I'm feeling much better about the future of my tank. With time I'm sure I will have a positive outcome from the disaster.

Good things!
- Canopy is here, and it is beautiful
- Toe kick is here, it just finishes out the system.
- Added more clean up crew members!
- Filter socks on their way to deal with microbubbles
- I have pocket money and it feels SO strange, but in a good way.

Not So Good things
- I don't see any pods in my system anymore
- I should have bought more snails, oh well!
- I have a lighting dilemma (see further down)
- The seal kit I ordred early December for my Snapper Pump has not arrived, I will be buying a new pump this week if its not here by Tuesday.

I have to say the customer service is disapointing when it comes to getting my pump repaired. I am now unsure if I should replace my exisiting pump with one of the same brand. :sad:

Lighting Dilemma!
I got my canopy and it is awesome, but I now I have an unexpected choice to make and would love some input please.

I have two options; 1 MH light on a luminarc reflector supplimented by actinic PCs, or 2MH lights on two batwing reflectors, again supplimented by actinic PCs.

As for the pump I am considering going to a Dart when I replace my pump. Its $4 more and I feel like my system could benefit from the extra flow in the future.

 

[michika]

The tank is still rebounding. The chemistry is staying in line, and the crazy neon algae bloom has left. Glass cleaning is but once every couple of days rather then 5 times a day. I also picked up the canopy for my system and I love it.

I mounted my temporary lighting, while I decide on a final set up. RIght now I'm running 1x175w MH with 2 actinic PCs. So far with one light (in batwing) I don't like the shadowing it creates.

Yesterday I cleaned out all the remaining skeletons that didn't make it. I also removed the remaining clam shells/pod piles as I don't see any pods right now. This is the last bucket that I will be removing, also known as bucket number 4.

Before the clean out

After

I'm still plagued by microbubbles but its going to be fixed on Thursday I hope. I have drygoods en route to me.


I came home to this yesterday

She was caught in the act, no denying it.

 

[michika]

I've had another streak of bad luck. I went away for an evening and came back to a dead sixline wrasse and a dead urchin. Both were too far decomposed to determine the cause of death. I checked my water parameters and everything was in order. My clean up crew made very short work of both corpses.

I finally received my seal replacement kit from Reeflo. I'm hoping to do the replacement soon, as the leaking is continuing. Should the replacement not work I'm debating upgrading to a Dart pump instead of another Snapper. As crazy as it sounds I don't really feel like I'm getting that much flow from the Snapper.

Green Hair Algae has appeared all over a couple of rocks. I'm plucking it off manually while taking steps to try and get rid of it. I'm running a GFO product, carbon, doing regular water changes, reducing my feedings, and looking at replacing my MH bulb.

The cactus coral that I was sure would pull through has died. It just started lightening in color, and finally it just died. I'm really sad as I've had this particular coral since 2004. I'm hoping to get a frag of a frag back in the future.

Originally I was planning to put in a canary coral into the tank in January. Just to see if things are okay, as there is only so much testkits can tell you. I'm still wary of my tank's ability to support SPS, so I may end up waiting until February.

One thing that makes me happy right now is my skimmer. Its pulling out amazing amounts of skimmate on a weekly basis. This was a great second hand purchase for me, and I'm quite sure that my investment was worth it.

A weeks worth of skimmate.

 

[stevelkaneval]

haha my ferrets love ocen nutrition. but they wont eat the formula one pellet, they really like the prime reef blend. and a bottle of purple up(oh well no loss there).

 

[michika]

My dog loves any food with a garlic smell. That is the third container in a year she has gotten to.