700 gallon tank, or how i spent my daughters inheritance
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Reefski's
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all the photos on the last page are current, the tank photos and videos. the garage, and the sumps moved to the office awaiting the moving of the fish, etc.
i will get some more photos one of these days and of course when we actually move the tank.
that will be a fun day.
can't move the fish or tank until sure the house is sold.
the clown fish have continued to lay eggs. at least twice since moved to the display tank.
Carl
i will get some more photos one of these days and of course when we actually move the tank.
that will be a fun day.
can't move the fish or tank until sure the house is sold.
the clown fish have continued to lay eggs. at least twice since moved to the display tank.
Carl
Reefski's
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PAR levels around 2pm on a sunny day.
maybe that is why the new corals died or maybe not. they came from a system with PAR levels around 300-350.
my other livestock, the anemones and few corals were in the garage tanks for months with similar lighting to Marks and no bleaching when going back in the DT. so i don't know.
Carl
maybe that is why the new corals died or maybe not. they came from a system with PAR levels around 300-350.
my other livestock, the anemones and few corals were in the garage tanks for months with similar lighting to Marks and no bleaching when going back in the DT. so i don't know.
Carl
fishcatdog66
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Any news on the home sale? I cant imagine having to take down such an awesome system and then have it all in various places awaiting a new home somewhere.
Reefski's
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not yet on the house. i can't really imagine it either. so much work ahead. still hoping someone wants a great deal on the tank. i will move it if need be though. the tank only weighs 800 pounds. ten strong guys and a couple of dollies and suction cups should do it with a little sweat.
i have no idea where we are moving yet. somewhere not too far away though.
a few recent shots of some inhabitants.
Reefski's
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the Heliopora is just starting to put out the polyps. after i moved it back to the DT the polyps went from tan to white.
the red algae is covering much of the rockwork. the herbivores all like it. i even saw the Pink Tail Trigger eating it yesterday. he loves Nori too.
the Xenia is still pulsing like crazy.
i thought i lost this one a few weeks ago. i moved some rock when it was in the garage tank and blocked the flow to it. it started sloughing off tissue and by the time i noticed it had lost haft of itself. it has recovered well since moving back to a higher flow area.
still one of my favorites. maybe because i have had it since the beginning and it has never stopped growing.
the red algae is covering much of the rockwork. the herbivores all like it. i even saw the Pink Tail Trigger eating it yesterday. he loves Nori too.
the Xenia is still pulsing like crazy.
i thought i lost this one a few weeks ago. i moved some rock when it was in the garage tank and blocked the flow to it. it started sloughing off tissue and by the time i noticed it had lost haft of itself. it has recovered well since moving back to a higher flow area.
still one of my favorites. maybe because i have had it since the beginning and it has never stopped growing.
Reefski's
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house hasn't sold so nothing really new here except my Naso tang freaked me out the other day.
i had fed them a little while before. i noticed the Naso was hiding in the rocks and had turned dark and seemed to be barely breathing. i had never seen him hide like this before.
after i ran around calling my wife to look at the dead/dying fish he swam away, turned back to his normal color and has been fine since.
why? i have never seen him turn color before.
when i first saw this urchin the body was about pea size. that was about three years ago.
another sponge picture.
i had fed them a little while before. i noticed the Naso was hiding in the rocks and had turned dark and seemed to be barely breathing. i had never seen him hide like this before.
after i ran around calling my wife to look at the dead/dying fish he swam away, turned back to his normal color and has been fine since.
why? i have never seen him turn color before.
when i first saw this urchin the body was about pea size. that was about three years ago.
another sponge picture.
Reefski's
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over the past few years i have had two bigger and bigger urchins in my tank. they would cruise around the tank eating the short green algae and mostly the coraline. they would graze the rock bare. since i set the tank up again a few months ago most of the rock has become covered with the short red algae. the fish love it and graze all day long, even the trigger occasionally. there is a short green turf algae on the sandbed that the fish like too.
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all the fish seem healthy. the clowns are spawning regularly. the Hippo tangs have even spawned a couple of weeks ago. no pictures though. darn. that was very cool though, right at sunset.
the past few weeks i have really noticed that the urchins don't eat it though. i think they may be starving. they have become lethargic to the point of falling off the tank and landing upside down for one, not the Diadema. the coraline also only seems to grow in the darker parts of the tank. there is still a covering on the overflow but the urchins are not eating there either for some reason.
they are bigger now.
i might also ascribe their lethargy to an Incident with Lanthanum Chloride that i use to bring PO4 levels down. a few weeks ago, about the time the lethargy started, maybe, the filter sock overflowed and did not catch all the precipitate which clouded the tank overnight until removed by the skimmer or taken up by the critters or substrate i bet.
i suppose i could try and feed them some nori but how to keep the fish away.
Video
all the fish seem healthy. the clowns are spawning regularly. the Hippo tangs have even spawned a couple of weeks ago. no pictures though. darn. that was very cool though, right at sunset.
the past few weeks i have really noticed that the urchins don't eat it though. i think they may be starving. they have become lethargic to the point of falling off the tank and landing upside down for one, not the Diadema. the coraline also only seems to grow in the darker parts of the tank. there is still a covering on the overflow but the urchins are not eating there either for some reason.
they are bigger now.
i might also ascribe their lethargy to an Incident with Lanthanum Chloride that i use to bring PO4 levels down. a few weeks ago, about the time the lethargy started, maybe, the filter sock overflowed and did not catch all the precipitate which clouded the tank overnight until removed by the skimmer or taken up by the critters or substrate i bet.
i suppose i could try and feed them some nori but how to keep the fish away.
Mr. Brooks
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That is so freaking cool.
Have you thought about trying to keep them alive? Would would it take? A separate tank and food source?
Have you thought about trying to keep them alive? Would would it take? A separate tank and food source?
Reefski's
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i think it is pretty cool too. i have four from the same litter. two are mature and the other two are not. all different sizes too depending on their ranking. the smallest one doesn't usually get to hang out in the anemones. the breeding pair together and the next highest ranking one is at the other side of the anemone area in a different anemone.
no time or desire to try and raise them. i will leave that huge job to the experts. the guy i got them from raises several different types of clowns successfully. his user name is morgman on RC. Morgan is a great guy and breeder. there are different tanks and different foods that all have to be raised in different vessels and... not for me. i can barely keep the tank viewing panes clean.
they become just another meal.
Carl
no time or desire to try and raise them. i will leave that huge job to the experts. the guy i got them from raises several different types of clowns successfully. his user name is morgman on RC. Morgan is a great guy and breeder. there are different tanks and different foods that all have to be raised in different vessels and... not for me. i can barely keep the tank viewing panes clean.
they become just another meal.
Carl
fuzzy_dunlop
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