Daniel's RSM 250 SPS tank

nemodan said:
Thank you Mark !!!!

This is my new tank. Started in August and it isn't a reef tank.....but I can share here at least a video.

https://youtu.be/bYxR4WEa3Fk

Now I will see if I can do what Mark suggested with the computer. I am in the phone right now


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Worked !!!! Thank you Mark again !!!

Cheers
Daniel
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Cool discus tank. discus are my first passion in Aquaria.

Are you a member on SimplyDiscus? If so, I am a moderator over there. Drop me a line if you ever have any questions :)
 
kainic said:
Hi Daniel, there's a big difference in color between the original colony and the one you have now. From a very light pink to an intense green body with true red polyps. What's the difference in your system that could explain that?
My SSC looks like your original one, but I'd like it to be more similar to the current one.
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Thanks in advance and congratulations for your future grandpa'ness.
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Thanks for the compliments.

I am not sure why my SSC are always changing to this green color. I belive are my high nutrients (?). But i am not sure as it has been 6 months that I have been only measuring ALK.

Sorry for not being more helpfull.
 
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reefmutt said:
Daniel, no one would ever know that you had problems in there. It looks like a beautiful mature reef again!
And the fact that you changed nothing to see it recover shows what a paradox reef keeping can be. One little screw up and things go to hell but doing nothing but keeping things stable can bring around such a beautiful recovery.
I LOVE ssc progression shots. What an amazing come back.
These corals are so hearty and yet so fragile at the same time.
Nice to see you back, Dan. :)
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Hi Matt

Thank you for the compliments. It has been very painfull to see the tank going down. Fortunately it is there again. Not with those WOW Acros that we all like, but it is what it is. Yet it is a very pretty tank. I am happy with it as it is today. I need to visit your thread.

Cheers !!
 
nemodan said:
Not with those WOW Acros that we all like, but it is what it is.
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Hey, you have a tank full of Acros that look great. That alone is more than most reefers (including me!) can claim. Just because they don't have ridiculous names and cost a billion dollars isn't something to be disappointed about!
 
I've just come through an almost identical episode as to what you've endured Dan. Same symptoms, same random deaths and STN/RTN. One thing that struck me reading through your thread is your switch to AF. I did the same.....and got the same results. I blamed everything BUT the AF products. I thought I had solved the issue numerous times but never thought it was the AF products. I eventually bit the bullet, stopped dosing all of the AF products, switched back to Tropic Marin salt, vodka and FM trace and within a month, the tank began to recover back to its former glory.

I know some people have success with AF but there are a few reefers now who have shown similar results as you and I. I therefore wonder if there have been bad batches/poor quality control? I doubt it is user error (I stuck rigidly to the instructions even to the point of under dosing). Or maybe its the AF products themselves that just don't suit some reefs. I'm hesitant to go with the latter as there are also success stories but it all seems a little too coincidental. I can only go from my own experiences with their products which wasn't at all what I'd hoped for and very nearly killed my reef and my passion for the hobby. AF is now off the shopping list as I firmly suspect this was the route cause of my issues.

Best wishes with the recovery, its heartbreaking when this happens.
 
Darth_Tater said:
Hey, you have a tank full of Acros that look great. That alone is more than most reefers (including me!) can claim. Just because they don't have ridiculous names and cost a billion dollars isn't something to be disappointed about!
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Thank you !!!

You are correct 100% . It is not all about growing expensive corals. On my case it is more important if I like the tank with the corals that I have. The answer is YES.

Expensive / rare corals are always a challenge, that's why they are rare in our tanks. I do not have the time to keep those alive.

I am very happy with what I have achieved and with what I have learned from my mistakes.

I am enjoying 100% my tank now. Keeping the basic maintenance and being constant has resulted in my hands to be the best.

Cheers
Daniel
 
w3bbo said:
I've just come through an almost identical episode as to what you've endured Dan. Same symptoms, same random deaths and STN/RTN. One thing that struck me reading through your thread is your switch to AF. I did the same.....and got the same results. I blamed everything BUT the AF products. I thought I had solved the issue numerous times but never thought it was the AF products. I eventually bit the bullet, stopped dosing all of the AF products, switched back to Tropic Marin salt, vodka and FM trace and within a month, the tank began to recover back to its former glory.

I know some people have success with AF but there are a few reefers now who have shown similar results as you and I. I therefore wonder if there have been bad batches/poor quality control? I doubt it is user error (I stuck rigidly to the instructions even to the point of under dosing). Or maybe its the AF products themselves that just don't suit some reefs. I'm hesitant to go with the latter as there are also success stories but it all seems a little too coincidental. I can only go from my own experiences with their products which wasn't at all what I'd hoped for and very nearly killed my reef and my passion for the hobby. AF is now off the shopping list as I firmly suspect this was the route cause of my issues.

Best wishes with the recovery, its heartbreaking when this happens.
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Thank you Rich !!!

I have though so many times to blame the AF salt, but at the end , i do not have proof for that.

What I blame is my DECISION TO CHANGE WHAT IT WAS GOING WELL, with the aim to improve it more.

Today, when i go back to my pictures posted around December 2015, befire the change, I tell my self "what the hell you wanted to improve " if all looks so nice and colourful. BUT I DID IT !!! ..... changed the salt.

Was the AF salt ? Or was the change ?

I am now more convinced than ever that Was the Change !!!

I returned to my Reef Crystal's salt, and started to avoid doing anything to the tank. Just water change once a week and dosing Alk to keep it ~ 7-7.5

I do NOT have any idea of my Nitates or Phosp. levels, neither my Ca levels.

Why I will bother to know ?

If they are high you try to get them down, if they are low, you try to get them higher.....bottom line, we are changing the environment constantly. That didnt work in my hands and with all my travels.

I let the corals to decide their fate. The ones that find my conditions comfortable will survive. I kept those conditions stables (WC every weekend and 2 part dosing with b-ionic, the AF NP-pro dosing with the bacterias, and feeding always the same type and amount of fish food every other day ).

So far, under that policy, the tank has been recovering. And I am very happy with it.

Cheers
Daniel
 
I wonder if husbandry techniques need to be different for those rare and expensive corals or if we just get a bit paranoid when we suddenly have rare and expensive corals in the tank and begin to second guess ourselves, leading to bad husbandry choices..
Perhaps, now that your tank is so stable and healthy, a rare and expensive piece would do just fine.
:) I know this is rocking the boat, Daniel.. I couldn't resist! :)
All the best in the coming new year to you and your family.. and your reef!
 
nemodan said:
Thank you !!!

You are correct 100% . It is not all about growing expensive corals. On my case it is more important if I like the tank with the corals that I have. The answer is YES.

Expensive / rare corals are always a challenge, that's why they are rare in our tanks. I do not have the time to keep those alive.

I am very happy with what I have achieved and with what I have learned from my mistakes.

I am enjoying 100% my tank now. Keeping the basic maintenance and being constant has resulted in my hands to be the best.

Cheers
Daniel
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I wonder if husbandry techniques need to be different for those rare and expensive corals or if we just get a bit paranoid when we suddenly have rare and expensive corals in the tank and begin to second guess ourselves, leading to bad husbandry choices..
Perhaps, now that your tank is so stable and healthy, a rare and expensive piece would do just fine.
:) I know this is rocking the boat, Daniel.. I couldn't resist! :)
All the best in the coming new year to you and your family.. and your reef!
 
Hi Daniel,
Happy New Year man! Glad to see things are heading in the right direction, good to see you posting here too. I also love that Discus Tank, beautiful my friend.
 
Your tank has great "depth perception" As you look back into the tank, there are more layers of corals all the way to the back wall. It is a great affect that most tanks don't have. It is like looking back through a never ending forest.

It is probably the best definition of a true mixed reef. It is amazing to me that you are able to keep that many different corals with completely different preferences all happy and in one tank.

I was about to get rid of my non sps pieces to make more room for acros but seeing your reef makes me re think this a little.

I totally agree with you decision to let things be. To a point, all our corals must do some adapting to earn the Darwinian right to survive in our reefs. Unfortunately I cannot be all things to all corals. I strive to provide the absolute best environment that I can. Some natural selection is going to take place in each of our tanks and in our husbandry practices. What is great is when both the coral and the reef keeper have evolved to be a peace with the tank.

Best wishes this year'

Kevin
 
KEVIN..... those are very encouraging words !!!

And I can not agree more with you. Ocean means stability and my experience is telling me that what we have to provide is stability in our tanks.

Some reefers achieve certain tank parameters that allows them to growth those rare corals. Others do not, like myself. Could be many reason, from water parameters to light. I have tried to have the best "parameters" that my setup and my life style (work and family life) allowed me.

And I am more than happy with what I have achieved.

After I read your comments I went to take a look to the tank, in the way you did it. And is true. The way I have my landscape agains the back, plus all those corals and mushrooms growing agains the wall, mixed with the coraline algae, have a feeling of a continuum.

Sometimes we do not see what is just in drint of us.

Thank you very much !!!!

Daniel

Ps: And these corals are real survivors!!! I have not added any new coral. So they have adapted, as you mentioned. I hope i can keep the same conditions for years to come !!!
 
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