I've had some nice tanks over the years and was generally happy with all of them. My last one had some problems, but it was only after I tore it apart that I discovered ( someone else that is ) that i had planaria flat worms and that kept me from keeping SPS and some other corals. My LPS did fairly well, but I just wasn't able to do what I did in the past. That, combined with my busiest year, professionally, 6 months of home renovations and planning a month long destination wedding, to say I'v been preoccupied would be an understatement!
Of course, that meant the tank was neglected and suffered. I was over run by majona anemones, which i thought were just aiptasia and finally, a sand sifting goby I bought had something and died as soon as I put it in the tank, which then infected my fish. I lost 2 gorgeous leopard wrasses, bengaii cardinal, stunning blond naso and a couple more.
SO! I decided to throw out all my rock and sand, clean everything and start from scratch! THAT was not fun. Took me two days of nastiness to clean everything. I forgot how much work it was!
Here are older pics of my tank over the last few years:
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I am now aquascaped, filled and ready to go! Oh wait...not so fast....once I got everything running again, my Red Dragon return pump started overheating and bringing my tank temp up to 87 degrees! *sigh* I had hoped it was a simple repair but alas, had to order a new pump. Red at Coral Reef Shop was great in getting the pump looked at and ordering one quickly - but it takes two weeks to get it here, so just running powerheads and circulating a few hours a day to keep the water healthy.
I've attached pics of the aquascape, ready to go.I used Marco bonding kit - cement - to put everything together. I had to support the pieces while it dried and found it flimsy to work with, but when it dries, it's very solid!
I have a 60 X 24 X 20 starfyre peninsula with a 55 gal sump. The powerheads sitting in the sump are just until the new return pump arrives. It's going to be a slow process, but once I am settled I am looking forward to getting back to my former glory!
The stocking list is similar to what I had before with great success. couple of tangs, 2 wrasses - leopard for sure, possibly a lineatus, bengali cardinals, 2 black ice clowns (see my other post), goby/blenny and orange filefish. I'm open to suggestions of really colourful fish I might substitute , but no anthias. My wife doesn't like them and I haven't had the best luck keeping them, although i quite like the square spot!
Cheers
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Of course, that meant the tank was neglected and suffered. I was over run by majona anemones, which i thought were just aiptasia and finally, a sand sifting goby I bought had something and died as soon as I put it in the tank, which then infected my fish. I lost 2 gorgeous leopard wrasses, bengaii cardinal, stunning blond naso and a couple more.
SO! I decided to throw out all my rock and sand, clean everything and start from scratch! THAT was not fun. Took me two days of nastiness to clean everything. I forgot how much work it was!
Here are older pics of my tank over the last few years:
I am now aquascaped, filled and ready to go! Oh wait...not so fast....once I got everything running again, my Red Dragon return pump started overheating and bringing my tank temp up to 87 degrees! *sigh* I had hoped it was a simple repair but alas, had to order a new pump. Red at Coral Reef Shop was great in getting the pump looked at and ordering one quickly - but it takes two weeks to get it here, so just running powerheads and circulating a few hours a day to keep the water healthy.
I've attached pics of the aquascape, ready to go.I used Marco bonding kit - cement - to put everything together. I had to support the pieces while it dried and found it flimsy to work with, but when it dries, it's very solid!
I have a 60 X 24 X 20 starfyre peninsula with a 55 gal sump. The powerheads sitting in the sump are just until the new return pump arrives. It's going to be a slow process, but once I am settled I am looking forward to getting back to my former glory!
The stocking list is similar to what I had before with great success. couple of tangs, 2 wrasses - leopard for sure, possibly a lineatus, bengali cardinals, 2 black ice clowns (see my other post), goby/blenny and orange filefish. I'm open to suggestions of really colourful fish I might substitute , but no anthias. My wife doesn't like them and I haven't had the best luck keeping them, although i quite like the square spot!
Cheers
I think the last addition - the yellow tang - introduced ich into the system and all my fish have it. To say the least I was ticked! It was flawless when i put it in and it was almost a week after that it happened. Weird thing is there have been no signs of stress and all the fish seem to be getting along well.
