pookstreet
Registered Stick Killer
Awesome additions, Dan!
AFC II at RAP will be in a new arena and hopefully expanded to include more contestants
AFC II at RAP will be in a new arena and hopefully expanded to include more contestants
DanW's 187 SPS Dominated Reef Journal
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DanW
Certified Stick Killer
Thanks Kenny and I'll chip in for some shrimp/guppies/whatever. My money is on "The Yellow Terror", he lept over the red guy to get his lure out there.:eek2: I swear I could hear John Madden yell "and Boom"!<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15722161#post15722161 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pookstreet
Awesome additions, Dan!
AFC II at RAP will be in a new arena and hopefully expanded to include more contestants
aquariumclown
New member
Thanks Dan, you need to pick something out of my tank too.
What's this one?
aquariumclown
New member
We need to do the play by play! I think the arena should be slightly bigger so the hunt will take a little longer.
DanW
Certified Stick Killer
Thanks Ryan, both the Xanthicthys Ringens and the Xanthicthys Auromarginatus have been model citizens. I have never seen them bother any fish, inverts or corals. They have never touched the aquascape. As a matter of fact, I would say that they are on the more timid side except when it comes to eating, pretty bold when the food hits the water.
aquariumclown
New member
Hey Dan. My Niger is exactly the same temperament. Has a knee jerk reaction anything that hits the water, once I put in a baby anthia and he bit right into his tummy. He didn't want to eat it, it was just instinct. I shoulda taken a picture of it but I was too busy being shocked.
DanW
Certified Stick Killer
Well, haven't posted in a while been super busy with work and kid activities but I'm still having on going issues with the tank. Looks like the Pink Lemonade that I grew from a stick to a huge colony is now having issues as I'm seeing some necrosis in the middle of the colony. Also, I added more flow to the tank (2 x 6105) which created a sand storm while I was dialing them in (facing the right direction and the right power level). As a result of kicking stuff up (**I think**) I lost 4 wrasses within 48 hours of adding the new powerheads. Geeze a tank that two months ago I though was heading in the right direction has done a 180. All of the parameters are good so I'm at a loss to understand what is going on. I know it's a long shot but I'll be changing the bulbs out this weekend to see if that could be a contributing factor.:sad1:
12/07 around 6 months after it went in to my old tank, about 1.5"
7/09 about 8" wide x 12" tall
12/07 around 6 months after it went in to my old tank, about 1.5"
7/09 about 8" wide x 12" tall
pookstreet
Registered Stick Killer
Dan, sorry to hear you are still having problems. Did you end up adding more sand a while back?
aquariumclown
New member
aw Dan, sux about the wrasses, man I hate losing fish. My sixline mysteriously died a few days ago, could be my Niger, but I saw no evidence other than a missing chunk of flesh on it's back. Had the sixline for 6 years. RIP.
Hope your acro issue is more isolated than Kenny's.
Hope your acro issue is more isolated than Kenny's.
saltyg135er
New member
Sorry to hear about your wrasses, but your PL frag is looking great. The PL frag you gave me has gotten it's color back in my tank too, due to my low alk.
Michael
Michael
Reefer08
New member
Dan im sorry to hear that your having problems with your tank again. If I can help at all please let me know, ill house some corals of yours if you want.
Since the pink lemonade has necrosis in the middle of the colony I think that means that its not getting any flow in the middle of the colony. You can try fragging it in the middle so its branches aren't so dense and the flow can get to the middle. Maybe add a modded tunze nanostream on the back of your tank and have it directed at the PL.
I think a lot of problems might have been caused by the new Tunzes that created a sandstorm. Some junk might have been released that was in the sand. I think its going to be difficult preventing a sand storm in the tank with a lot of flow and that sugar sized sand.
I was having the same problem in my tank with sand storms from the tunze + mp40 combo so I slowly started to sipon out sand each water change I did.
Since the pink lemonade has necrosis in the middle of the colony I think that means that its not getting any flow in the middle of the colony. You can try fragging it in the middle so its branches aren't so dense and the flow can get to the middle. Maybe add a modded tunze nanostream on the back of your tank and have it directed at the PL.
I think a lot of problems might have been caused by the new Tunzes that created a sandstorm. Some junk might have been released that was in the sand. I think its going to be difficult preventing a sand storm in the tank with a lot of flow and that sugar sized sand.
I was having the same problem in my tank with sand storms from the tunze + mp40 combo so I slowly started to sipon out sand each water change I did.
DanW
Certified Stick Killer
Thanks for the well wishes guys it's been a bit discouraging lately. Did some cleaning up yesterday and pulled out six more corals that were pretty much gone.:sad1:
Kenny: I did not add any sand yet but I've been soaking some Special Grade in RODI and will add it maybe today or next weekend. I need to get some PVC to add it via your method.
Ramzy: I changed my bulbs because the issues started after my last bulb change. Might be coincidental but the salinity and other parameters have been stable for the last few weeks and I'm still having issues. My NO3 is good 2.5 (Elos) but my PO4 is way up at 0.09.:eek2: My tank is usually at 0.03, I'm thinking it's because of the recent fish losses.
Kenny: I did not add any sand yet but I've been soaking some Special Grade in RODI and will add it maybe today or next weekend. I need to get some PVC to add it via your method.
Ramzy: I changed my bulbs because the issues started after my last bulb change. Might be coincidental but the salinity and other parameters have been stable for the last few weeks and I'm still having issues. My NO3 is good 2.5 (Elos) but my PO4 is way up at 0.09.:eek2: My tank is usually at 0.03, I'm thinking it's because of the recent fish losses.
pookstreet
Registered Stick Killer
Dan, my suggestion is to hold off on adding the sand for now. Part of me wondered if adding the sand was part of the problem in my tank, trapping stuff in the sandbed without any effective way of keeping it clean. You certainly don't want another headache to worry about. Just keep things simple without any major changes for now until the tank is fully recovered. At least there will be fewer potential problems to deal with
