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Something in this tank is periodically spawning. I noticed tonight that the water is quite cloudy and has that same smell you get on your hands when you handle corals. I think it is probably the large pocillopora colony towards the back because I have babes of it popping up all over the tank. Makes me nervous though - don't want a tank crash in the bargain.
 
My Last Fish ..... For a While!

My Last Fish ..... For a While!

At close to 40, I'm about done with new fish and this little Chevron will be the final addition.



Will be in QT for another two months.
 
Adding a FOWLR

Adding a FOWLR

Thinking more and more that I'm going to setup the prior 90 I was using as a FOWLR. Not sure is I should set it up as a completely separate tank (I have all the necessary equipment) or as part of the existing system? Any thoughts?

The primary motivation for me to do this is that I do not think my leopard wrasses are going to do well longer-term in my aggressive display. I have already seen my male Bipartitus waste away (he was eating, so perhaps it was a disease problem) and I do not wish to repeat the process with my others.
 
I'm waffling - can see pros and cons to either. Sump and tank just sitting around. Yeah, I know, my silicone work sucks - but it is a sump after all!




Fish for the FOWLR will be some I already have (2 vermiculated, 1 potters, and 1 black leaoprd; 1 possum wrasse, I carpenter's and probably my Chevron Tang) along with a few additions (LemonPeel and Venustus Angels). May also add a hoeven's wrasse as a flatworm control.

Also, newest addition to the main stage ....



Must say that, for me, the build process is more satisfying than the auto-pilot stage.
 
Yes, it is actually. Funny, I had never heard it called that until I bought the thing off a fellow reefer. I guess I haven't been paying attention. Mason, it's quite large, so LMK if you want an arm.
 
Thanks Simon for the offer. I have never had good luck with Gorgonians though... I would hate to have it wither in my tank.
 
Bleaching?

Bleaching?

I'm having an issue with this coral ....



It's not dying, as I can still see the polyps, but it is going white in the middle. Generally this means either lack of light or poor flow, but subjectively I think I have enough of both.

I posted this in the SPS section also, but any suggestions from the 'big guys'?
 
I think your PO4 levels are to low. Do you keep them undetectable or do you have them above 0,02 ppm (I even keep it at 0,08 ppm)? Ask GlennF about waterparameters. He knows everything about it and could give you some good advise. I use his method and all I can say that it works.
 
Well I don't know. I'm not inclined to trade in one problem for another, but my phosphate is not measurable and nitrates are typically under 5. Perhaps I am 'stripping' the water too much as I do run carbon, GFO, an ATS and a big skimmer. Perhaps I will take the GAC off line and see if that helps.
 
I suggest moving the coral first just to see if it is a lighting or water movement issue. Why subject your whole tank to a drastic change when it is only one coral that is not happy?

If you are going to muck about with your reactors I suggest removing the GFO first. The GAC deals with more pollutants than just nitrates.

Dave.M
 
I read that a calendrium is held best at phosphate levels between 0,04 and 0,08. On dsrreefing.nl is some explanation in English and more in Dutch about this method. Here in the Netherlands this method is really growing like crazy because everyone who's following this method, their tanks are thriving. One of the biggest and best examples is GlennF (founder of DSR method) his thank. (His tank is here in the large tanks topic)

Phosphate levels are easily controllable without gfo. My advise still stands: contact GlennF. You can learn a lot and your thank and your corals will go to another level.
 
I am familiar with Glenn Fong and his approach (though not the details), and it may yet prove to be sliced bread for the reef aquarium, but I have seen too many of these so-called innovative approaches over the years to be overly swayed by another new set of clothes for the emperor. Yes, his tank is impressive, but so are many not using the DSR method. Plus are there other tanks that demonstrate the scalability of his approach? But I am open to new approaches, and if they appear to be legitimate and reproducible, I'll play.
 
Feeding Schedule

Feeding Schedule

I feed my fish a lot! Anthias make this a necessity and all others seem to benefit. Current schedule:

8 am - 4x4 sheet of nori (one day a week I substitute one of those New Era grazer rings)
10 am - one cube of spirulina brine
1 pm - a 1" square of Larry's Reef/Fish Frenzy, a small amount of cyclopese, and Ova; usually marinated in either Zoe or Brightwell HUFA
3 pm - one cube of frozen, either hikari Mysis, ocean plankton or megamarine, or a chunk of PE Mysis.
5 pm - 1/2 teaspoon of NLS pellets, either algae max or the regular 1mm pellets

Phosphates negligible; nitrates under 5 thanks to the algae scrubber and my big skimmer.

Working from a home office makes this possible; when I'm away they're out of luck.
 
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