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i2ik
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Thank You Mike. I lot happened and i still have to recovered from it, the reason why i have not much been updating my thread here...
A few months ago, i introduced a few fishes in my tank without QT them, ending up having velvet disease in the tank. Lost a few fishes but managed to save a couple of them. I lost my Regal angel, Watanabei Angel, Goldflake angel, Achilles Tang and a few more...
It was a big down for me, i ended up not to quit and make an QT tank.
Then later, i had a lot more corals, so my demand in calcium was higher... installed my calcium reactor but could not get it to stabilized. My alk was really high and i was afraid of getting some STN or RTN... Purchased a peristaltic pump a few days before going traveling for 2 months... I thought i could fix the problem with the peristaltic pump, i calibrated the flow and the Co2, but in the end, ended up having lots of swing with the alk and lost a lots of corals. Get really depressed but knew that someday, my passion could come back up. The fishes was still doing well and eating well so it gave me some hope.
After visiting a friend of mine, i saw how his tank changed since 4 months and it gave me back some hope to my tank. So i decided to sell my Ca reactor, pH controller and solenoid to buy everything new. Got an GEO 818 Ca reactor, a new pH controller and a Reef Fanatic Co2 Regulator. Everything should be installed this week, only waiting for the regulator to get shipped.
A few months ago, i introduced a few fishes in my tank without QT them, ending up having velvet disease in the tank. Lost a few fishes but managed to save a couple of them. I lost my Regal angel, Watanabei Angel, Goldflake angel, Achilles Tang and a few more...
It was a big down for me, i ended up not to quit and make an QT tank.
Then later, i had a lot more corals, so my demand in calcium was higher... installed my calcium reactor but could not get it to stabilized. My alk was really high and i was afraid of getting some STN or RTN... Purchased a peristaltic pump a few days before going traveling for 2 months... I thought i could fix the problem with the peristaltic pump, i calibrated the flow and the Co2, but in the end, ended up having lots of swing with the alk and lost a lots of corals. Get really depressed but knew that someday, my passion could come back up. The fishes was still doing well and eating well so it gave me some hope.
After visiting a friend of mine, i saw how his tank changed since 4 months and it gave me back some hope to my tank. So i decided to sell my Ca reactor, pH controller and solenoid to buy everything new. Got an GEO 818 Ca reactor, a new pH controller and a Reef Fanatic Co2 Regulator. Everything should be installed this week, only waiting for the regulator to get shipped.
I lost lots of SPS since my Ca reactor went nut and my alk got unstable giving my corals RTN and STN while i was traveling...
Ed Reef
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Great updates Richard...
Oooh.....LOVE your butterflies....let us know how it does in a reef as I might just consider adding them into my list
How's the parrotfish behaving?? Sorry about your Naso. Have not seen anything like this?? Maybe post int he Fish Disease section and see what they have to say??
Oooh.....LOVE your butterflies....let us know how it does in a reef as I might just consider adding them into my list
How's the parrotfish behaving?? Sorry about your Naso. Have not seen anything like this?? Maybe post int he Fish Disease section and see what they have to say??
Green Thumb
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Hey Richard. Please explain, what happened to your reactor, you have the jet stream from schuran right? I have the same and Im wondering what could possibly go wrong? I hope this never happens to me...
i2ik
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Thanks Ed: They are in a QT tank right now, there are some SPS frags in there to see if they will do considerable damage on them. Up to now, everything is going fine. I will keep them in there for maybe 2-3 weeks, trying different coral before putting them in the tank.
Good Idea in the disease forum, he still eat agressively, i hope he will be ok!
Green Thumb: The Schuran reactor did not work out for me, it was always unstable. I had it feed by my return pump and try to adjust the outlet but it was never constant, either it get stuck or no constant flow, making my parameters unstable. I thought by adding a peristaltic pump, it would solve the problem, it was a bit better but would get blocked after a a week... maybe i could have done something if i would be there, unfortunately, i was gone for 2 months this summer and it was just not reliable. I know that Invincible569 had very good result with that Ca reactor, i did not have the same result. the GEO 818 is more a peace of mind, easy to adjust and pretty stable up to now
Mcliffy2 & Ed: The parrotfish is doing very well, eating everything and not touching any corals. Its a quoyi parrotfish, being told to be the only reef safe parrotfish. I read in a couple of European website people saying them to be safe, so i gave it a try and it never touch any corals. Grazing on the rocks for algea, and to also shortening his teeth. He is doing a pretty good job in eating algea of the rocks, just like a rabbitfish or a foxface would do. No secret in keeping a parotfish in a tank. I think that all of the parrotfish except for this quoyi can't be keep in a reef.
Good Idea in the disease forum, he still eat agressively, i hope he will be ok!
Green Thumb: The Schuran reactor did not work out for me, it was always unstable. I had it feed by my return pump and try to adjust the outlet but it was never constant, either it get stuck or no constant flow, making my parameters unstable. I thought by adding a peristaltic pump, it would solve the problem, it was a bit better but would get blocked after a a week... maybe i could have done something if i would be there, unfortunately, i was gone for 2 months this summer and it was just not reliable. I know that Invincible569 had very good result with that Ca reactor, i did not have the same result. the GEO 818 is more a peace of mind, easy to adjust and pretty stable up to now
Mcliffy2 & Ed: The parrotfish is doing very well, eating everything and not touching any corals. Its a quoyi parrotfish, being told to be the only reef safe parrotfish. I read in a couple of European website people saying them to be safe, so i gave it a try and it never touch any corals. Grazing on the rocks for algea, and to also shortening his teeth. He is doing a pretty good job in eating algea of the rocks, just like a rabbitfish or a foxface would do. No secret in keeping a parotfish in a tank. I think that all of the parrotfish except for this quoyi can't be keep in a reef.
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