Hello

[puffin04]

And now the after!

Steffen Sparks

 

[915MANG]

what polarized screen thing? we were just gonna leave it as clear

Its supposed to help you find out if you can still drill your tank or not.

Is this going to be your new tank?

 

[egq]

yea the 45 grew too little too fast... so we are going with this one.... should be sweet.... it already looks nice and it doesnt even have water in it

 

[915MANG]

Looks good!

 

[pnavarro170]

New build thread !!! MAYBE with some pictures this time. lol

 

[egq]

haha well steffen has started the picture taking idea for this build on a good note... i just hope i take pictures as i go along.... my brother and i still need to build a stand for it so i will definately try taking pictures of that... and ofcourse of the move of livestock from one to the other

 

[egq]

my pride and joy.. got it for 5 bucks and told it was gonna die...

 

[egq]

Pedro's Torch... they seem to be doing fine,i think

Mini maxi, some zoas, and "green digi" with a peppermint shrimp, and the damned snail cemetery

Tim's Frogspan, pretty sure its split

Ben's Leather, My brothers favorite

Sam's Green tip leather, need a bit of advise on this guy... he was doing fine, then about 2 weeks ago he stopped opening up

Pretty sure we got these next two from Ben also.

Eagle Eyes, got them from ebay, pretty sweet looking guys

 

[egq]

Star Polip rock, still growing and spreading

Trumpet, got this fella from the december meeting at Charlie's using the prize money.
Had/Have issues with this one, almost died

Another one from Ben, it looked a lot better back then.... also it has some red stuff growing on it... what is it? and how do i get rid of it?

Got two of these from Jesus, Lavender Mushroom.

 

[rpjaws74]

I think its the begining of a red slime algea outbreak.....caused by high phosphates which can also explain why your green tip leather not opening up..LFS sell phosphate reducers products look in to it. And a waterr change should do the trick

 

[egq]

oh crap.... well then water change is in the near recent future.... how many water changes a week can one do?

 

[pnavarro170]

your fine dont rock the boat, all your corals look healthy, good job. and you wouldnt want to do more than a 15-20% water change in a week.

 

[rpjaws74]

Yes Mr dont rock the boat and you just got wiped out haha....j\k lol! The trick with red slime algae is to take care of it quick when it appears cause if you let it go it will get out of control fast.....just my two cents

 

[egq]

hmm ok... we just did a filter change today... added new carbon.... and finally restarted the skimmer (it was grounded since it decided to clog up and spill water on the floor)... i think it learned its lesson....hopefully that helps... and maybe next thursday or wednesday we do a water change... that shouldnt rock the boat too much.... i hope haha

 

[pnavarro170]

ruben do as i say not as i do. !!!

 

[egq]

ok so to take care of it.... right now its only on that little frag piece.....so should i take out the frag piece and place it somewhere else while the slime dies?

or do you have a phosphate remover thing that you recommend?

i rather treat it now, before we move everything to the new tank....

 

[egq]

Got new fish a while back... flame angel and i forgot the other ones name... we call him torpedo cuz he swims alot and fast

 

[pnavarro170]

Looking good man, try and get me a full tank shot pic for the website !

 

[egq]

well i know i have been saying it for a while now... but the new tank should be up soon.... i hope... we decided to weld up a stand rather than deal with the wood stand we had built... so once that is up for sure i will do a full tank shot...

 

[egq]

this should be my last post on this thread considering i am starting a new one to reflect our new 85 gallon

but yea, here is my GPS rock... its got some "bumps"growing on it... could someone kindly tell me what they are please?