JBNY's 270 Ver2.0
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DiscusHeckel
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I used to keep chalk basses a few years ago. They were my favourite fish at the time. Sadly, I lost them all for two reasons: They either jumped (these fish are definitely jumpers) or suffered from pop eye. Having talked to fellow reefers in the UK, I came to the conclusion that they must have vulnerability to bacteria in water column that causes pop eye. In some cases, affected fishes recovered without medication and in other cases they died.
JB NY
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They are cool fish for sure. I will keep an eye on them, they had been eating great for about 1 week and a half in my QT tank, I just put them in the DT the other day and have yet to see them.
DiscusHeckel
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I hope they do well for you. Some of my chalk bass used to jump out when I entered my fish room to feed them because they knew they would be fed and perhaps must have got too excited. Equally bizarrely, when I had a nano tank seven years ago, one of them "learned" to jump between the back chamber of my nano tank and the main section. I thought it was amazing until one day I found it on the carpet. It must have missed the back chamber by jumping too high
:sad2:.If you are able to provide a tank cover, then it would definitely be a good investment.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
The tank looks great, and those GoPro cameras are pretty awesome at getting great video!
Is that your normal amount of flow in the tank? I'm curious because I run quite a bit more than that and I'm always wondering how mine compares to other people. Maybe Ill create a video tonight to show it - its like a washing machine in there...
Stylo328
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JB NY
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Thanks! That is when the pumps just switched to night flow, which drops down the gyres to about 40%. But during the day with the sand I can only get the pumps to about 50% before it starts blowing sand all around the tank.
JB NY
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are you on mobile? I am not sure why you can get the video. Here is the direct link to the youtube video.
https://youtu.be/a1iIEdIe8Cw
HTH
DiscusHeckel
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Excellent video. I love the aquascape.
You have some lps corals and dwarf angels. Are there any issues?
You have some lps corals and dwarf angels. Are there any issues?
JB NY
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Update. December was a tough month for the tank. At end of November I commented to my wife that the tank is looking great I think it has taken a turn for the better. Also commented that every time I say that the tank is doing great a few weeks later something bad happens. Since the tank was looking so good I did a Triton test just to get a feel for what the tank looked like at that time.
So about 3 weeks later near the end of December I noticed some whitening on the tips of a whole bunch of acros, then over the next week more acros were affected and a few RTN events happened on some of the frags. Over the next week a a lot of brown outs happened and as of now I am still seeing a few acros and frags getting white tips.
So right now the tank looks like crap. The sad part is I have no idea what is happening. I take meticulous records and everything that is dosed or any maintenance I do it recorded, so I'm not sure what is happening. I did change of my old MH lamps to new one in the middle of November, but I noticed no issues with the tank until almost 5 weeks later.
Tests on the tank as of Yesterday.
Alk: 8 dKH, No3: 7.5, PO4: 0.02, Ca:450, Mg: 1320, SG: 1026
Triton test from Nov 30, 2015
So about 3 weeks later near the end of December I noticed some whitening on the tips of a whole bunch of acros, then over the next week more acros were affected and a few RTN events happened on some of the frags. Over the next week a a lot of brown outs happened and as of now I am still seeing a few acros and frags getting white tips.
So right now the tank looks like crap. The sad part is I have no idea what is happening. I take meticulous records and everything that is dosed or any maintenance I do it recorded, so I'm not sure what is happening. I did change of my old MH lamps to new one in the middle of November, but I noticed no issues with the tank until almost 5 weeks later.
Tests on the tank as of Yesterday.
Alk: 8 dKH, No3: 7.5, PO4: 0.02, Ca:450, Mg: 1320, SG: 1026
Triton test from Nov 30, 2015
Sorry to hear Joe.
All the numbers look good.
I had an issue a last month also, traced the problem to a faulty skimmer feed pump. Not enough flow to skimmer and stray voltage in the water. Got that replaced, new started to crap out after 3 weeks, things got better.
I got the ARID about 3 weeks ago, got stuff plumbed last week and finally was able to get some cheato.I put it online this week. Only issue I've had so far was a small leak on the top . I greased the o-ring and tightened down the thumb screws some more, Seemed to fix the problem.
The unit came in with two broken thumb screws from shipping, luckily they sent two extra, I ordered a back up supply now, so I should have plenty if I need them.I set the lighting for 15 on , 9 off reverse daylight.We'll' see if I can get the cheato to grow.It looks like it has made my ph more stable, if I can believe the ph probe.I also see tiny bubbles coming towards the top plate,when you look into the reactor.Guessing it is oxygen being given off by the cheato.
All the numbers look good.
I had an issue a last month also, traced the problem to a faulty skimmer feed pump. Not enough flow to skimmer and stray voltage in the water. Got that replaced, new started to crap out after 3 weeks, things got better.
I got the ARID about 3 weeks ago, got stuff plumbed last week and finally was able to get some cheato.I put it online this week. Only issue I've had so far was a small leak on the top . I greased the o-ring and tightened down the thumb screws some more, Seemed to fix the problem.
The unit came in with two broken thumb screws from shipping, luckily they sent two extra, I ordered a back up supply now, so I should have plenty if I need them.I set the lighting for 15 on , 9 off reverse daylight.We'll' see if I can get the cheato to grow.It looks like it has made my ph more stable, if I can believe the ph probe.I also see tiny bubbles coming towards the top plate,when you look into the reactor.Guessing it is oxygen being given off by the cheato.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Wow Joe, that sucks
its mystifying with how you manage the system, as you arent carbon dosing. With the damage at the tips that can be a sign of Potassium overdosing but your test results show a very good potassium number. Are the tips dying off? Does the damage continue down the branch?
its mystifying with how you manage the system, as you arent carbon dosing. With the damage at the tips that can be a sign of Potassium overdosing but your test results show a very good potassium number. Are the tips dying off? Does the damage continue down the branch?
Sorry to hear about the troubles Joe. As Mark said, it's the hardest when it's someone knowledgeable with years of experience and a successful track record.
Stupid question, but since you see the burnt tips, and the mind goes straight to alkalinity, did you try a second/backup test kit, or re-calibrate with alkalinity calibration solution?
Hope things turn around soon (though only bad things happen quickly in this hobby, as we all know)!
Stupid question, but since you see the burnt tips, and the mind goes straight to alkalinity, did you try a second/backup test kit, or re-calibrate with alkalinity calibration solution?
Hope things turn around soon (though only bad things happen quickly in this hobby, as we all know)!
JB NY
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Wow Joe, that sucks
Ridiculously frustrating. The damage for the most part stays at the tips, they just go white and then the acro browns out a little and then starts to grow back. A few frags also turned white at the margins where it had encrusted to the rock too.
At this point I don't know what is going on. There are only three pumps in the tanks, 2 gyres and one ecotech vortech, all have been inspected and look good. Really there is not much in my tank other than two titanium heaters that look good too.
So yeah, really frustrated pretty much stayed off the board the last few week I was just so annoyed about the whole thing.
JB NY
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Cool, good luck with it, I am sure you will love it! Glad they included some extra thumb screws, I had the exact same thing happen and told them to include extras when they sent them out. The leak at the top I had once when I didn't tighten down one of the screws enough, but no problem since.
JB NY
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I did not, the last salifert test I bought did not come with calibration fluid. I bought another one the other day I will have it tomorrow.
JB NY
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So the ONLY thing that I did that was out of the ordinary was put in two good size pieces of live rock from the LFS. They had received, what they told me was some Walt Smith cultured live rock, the day before. it was ridiculously clean and VERY purple. So purple that it made my normal purple rock look almost brown, two weeks later I had the acro problems and the color of the coralin on the new rocks has faded to the a dull redish/purple color like in Walt's pictures.
I really don't know if that had anything to do with what happened, but while I was typing my other response to this thread I thought about it. Looking at my notes, the rock went in on December 4th, I had problems about the 23rd.
I really don't know if that had anything to do with what happened, but while I was typing my other response to this thread I thought about it. Looking at my notes, the rock went in on December 4th, I had problems about the 23rd.
