HammerLover
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Hi guys Ive stared my tank at November and added corals and fishes at December last year. Im also a noob that time so forgive my crappy photo and coral arrangements. The tank was stocked with a pair of clarkii clowns that they sold to me as ocellaris :/
So the tank went well and Ive rearranged the corals too especially when I saw the stingers. After a few weeks some diatoms stared showing and its been great. However I've added a yellowtail damsel that became so aggressive it killed my two juvie clarkii clowns. The damsel died after a few weeks due to itch. My corals were still alive that time but 2 of my long tentacle plates suddenly had brown jelly. I removed them immediately because I have sensitive wall hammers. I was only down to one long tentacle plate and some hammers, torch and bubble corals.
I researched again and Bought a true percula clown. It was so cute and hyper. It was the only fish that time and a little pistol shrimp which I added. Ive also bought some octospawn and they are so pretty. I haven't taken a full tank shot but I've managed to take a shot of my corals.
Here is my happy octospawn:
My wall hammers that are doing well
My pretty torch and my hyper clown
My single surviving tentacle plate
I haven't took a pic of my bubble coral lol but its still alive as well during this time.
Then I Bought a black clown. The seller said its black ocellaris. Turns out its saddlebacj :/ since then Ive never buy fishes on that LFS they always mislead people. The two became a pair however and the saddleback assumed the female form. It became larger and aggressive. The two had been doing the dance where the male one shakes to submit at the female. Ive also added a hi fin goby that paired with my pistol. The pair went to the back so I never had a pic of my goby pistol pair.
At the end of January things are getting stable. My diatoms are slowly fading and Ive bought this beautiful green coral and some nasty galaxea that killed two heads from my torch before moving it again in an isolated rockwork. My purple coralline is slowly regrowing over my livestock and green coralline is starting to show on the glass. I was really happy. Ive also had a small red wrasse that stayed in my tank for 3-4 weeks because I nursed it back to health before it had to go to my friend's larger setup.
Pic of my pretty green coral
And here is my newly added torch
My bubble coral before it died (my pistol buried it rubble and small live rocks and sand)
So everything is going well except the bubble killed my tentacle plate by stinging it. The bubble died too because of my pistol buried it. I was ready to post my full tank shot with no diatoms, with bits of green coralline. And then the incident occurred.
I don't want to elaborate the incident but you can see it in this thread:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2556413
So now I'm back to square one and my tank is undergoing a mini cycle. Last night I checked my tank and my levels are kinda fine. I had some diatom blooms again and the green coralline algae died. Some purple managed to survive but most are dead. A few specks of green coralline are still alive.
Today I'll pick one ocellaris clown and a firefish as my initial fish stocking. I'll also add some snails since the entire tank got wiped out. I'll post pics tomorrow of my FTS even though I had a minor diatom bloom.
I hope this tank will go well soon!
So the tank went well and Ive rearranged the corals too especially when I saw the stingers. After a few weeks some diatoms stared showing and its been great. However I've added a yellowtail damsel that became so aggressive it killed my two juvie clarkii clowns. The damsel died after a few weeks due to itch. My corals were still alive that time but 2 of my long tentacle plates suddenly had brown jelly. I removed them immediately because I have sensitive wall hammers. I was only down to one long tentacle plate and some hammers, torch and bubble corals.
I researched again and Bought a true percula clown. It was so cute and hyper. It was the only fish that time and a little pistol shrimp which I added. Ive also bought some octospawn and they are so pretty. I haven't taken a full tank shot but I've managed to take a shot of my corals.
Here is my happy octospawn:
My wall hammers that are doing well
My pretty torch and my hyper clown
My single surviving tentacle plate
I haven't took a pic of my bubble coral lol but its still alive as well during this time.
Then I Bought a black clown. The seller said its black ocellaris. Turns out its saddlebacj :/ since then Ive never buy fishes on that LFS they always mislead people. The two became a pair however and the saddleback assumed the female form. It became larger and aggressive. The two had been doing the dance where the male one shakes to submit at the female. Ive also added a hi fin goby that paired with my pistol. The pair went to the back so I never had a pic of my goby pistol pair.
At the end of January things are getting stable. My diatoms are slowly fading and Ive bought this beautiful green coral and some nasty galaxea that killed two heads from my torch before moving it again in an isolated rockwork. My purple coralline is slowly regrowing over my livestock and green coralline is starting to show on the glass. I was really happy. Ive also had a small red wrasse that stayed in my tank for 3-4 weeks because I nursed it back to health before it had to go to my friend's larger setup.
Pic of my pretty green coral
And here is my newly added torch
My bubble coral before it died (my pistol buried it rubble and small live rocks and sand)
So everything is going well except the bubble killed my tentacle plate by stinging it. The bubble died too because of my pistol buried it. I was ready to post my full tank shot with no diatoms, with bits of green coralline. And then the incident occurred.
I don't want to elaborate the incident but you can see it in this thread:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2556413
So now I'm back to square one and my tank is undergoing a mini cycle. Last night I checked my tank and my levels are kinda fine. I had some diatom blooms again and the green coralline algae died. Some purple managed to survive but most are dead. A few specks of green coralline are still alive.
Today I'll pick one ocellaris clown and a firefish as my initial fish stocking. I'll also add some snails since the entire tank got wiped out. I'll post pics tomorrow of my FTS even though I had a minor diatom bloom.
I hope this tank will go well soon!
