Buildup of a 90 gallon Reef (picture intensive)

[thrlride]

She just turned three and already has a boyfriend at school.

 

[rainchief]

Wow. Nice shots and tank.

 

[MyMonkey]

Glad I found your thread. I wish I had followed it from the start. I am in the early planning stages of a 90. Very nice job on everything. Very nice.

 

[thrlride]

Thanks both of you! Feel free to ask any questions you may have.

Don't hesitate to check out this thread as well as he has an awesome 90 gallon tank.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=486263&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

 

[electric130]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6487842#post6487842 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thrlride
Big difference from the last time you saw it, huh JR?

if that's not the biggest understatement of this thread!!!!:lol:

 

[Lunchbucket]

3 and a BF already!!!!! AHHHHH. do you sleep at night?

Lunchbucket

 

[thrlride]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6494965#post6494965 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lunchbucket
3 and a BF already!!!!! AHHHHH. do you sleep at night?

Lunchbucket

I had to have a talk with the little punk. :lmao:

 

[thrlride]

I don't think I've mentioned it in this thread but I just got done doing a redbug treatment last night. So far everything seems okay.

Next up is a treatment for flatworms.

QT Ryan, QT!

 

[Lunchbucket]

red bug treatment is one of the easiest IMO

Lunchbucket

 

[thrlride]

The water was a bit cloudy last night, not sure why.

I didn't want to do it due to my pods and whatnot being wiped out.

Here's the macro that confirmed I had them:

 

[Lunchbucket]

any sign of them? how did the treatment go?

Lunchbucket

 

[Toomnymods]

HEHE pods can be replaced, but on the other hand a corals growth takes much much much longer to recover from these bugs... I say nuke'em till they glow!!

 

[VWD]

Very cool tank!!

 

[thrlride]

Thanks VWD

The treatment went well. I was able to get all hermits I could find as well as the shrimp. I was mostly worried about my electric blue hermit crab as I've had him over two years and I got him out and in my other tank.

I don't see any bugs on the corals with my naked eye so I plan on taking some more macros today to see if I can spot them.

I still don't have much if any polyp extension though.

 

[goulding.c]

I have never heard of these redbugs before. What should I look for? Those tiny specs in the pic that look like mites? What do they eat? thanks

cg

 

[thrlride]

I don't know much about them other than seem to get on acro's and prevent polyp extension as they feed on the coral.

 

[goulding.c]

Well I havn't tryed any acros yet. I want to stay with my few lps and soft corals until I get a better control of my water chemistry.

 

[thrlride]

You should be fine on redbugs then.

 

[thrlride]

I just took some more macro shots and don't see any on the corals. Here's to hoping I don't have to attack again!

 

[Toomnymods]

yea i had redbugs once.. Really small and they actually appear yellowish orange with tiny red dot.. How I noticed them was no polyp extension on 2 of my favorite corals, also the corals color went away dramaticlly so I knew it was stressed.. the interceptor pill i used worked wonders and havent seen them since..