Learning/rebuilding from my epic fail
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Hi Matt, I haven't visited this thread in a while... got some catching up to do!
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reefmutt
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Hey! Thanks for dropping in!
Photos please.
Pressure... I LIKE it!
Well been busy lately.. I might get some time his weekend to take some new shots.. I hope.
Doing a lot of driving this weekend to get my daughter to her hockey games all over the place..
At one now.. Tomorro's game is almost 200 km away.. With driving, warm up and game, it's a 7-8 hour trip..
BUT, on the equipment front, I got my new Maxspect mother blocks. Went to Reef solution, where I bought them and the owner Stephane gave me two blocks on the spot (he had them in stock)
I may have bought a frag or two while I was there..
This is my problem, I am physically incapable of refraining from buying a nice coral, if I am in the store... The only way I can control myself is by not going in!!
My name is Matt and I am an addict..
More photos to follow, I hope..
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
I can't stop myself either, I feel ya!Hey! Thanks for dropping in!
Pressure... I LIKE it!
Well been busy lately.. I might get some time his weekend to take some new shots.. I hope.
Doing a lot of driving this weekend to get my daughter to her hockey games all over the place..
At one now.. Tomorro's game is almost 200 km away.. With driving, warm up and game, it's a 7-8 hour trip..
BUT, on the equipment front, I got my new Maxspect mother blocks. Went to Reef solution, where I bought them and the owner Stephane gave me two blocks on the spot (he had them in stock)
I may have bought a frag or two while I was there..
This is my problem, I am physically incapable of refraining from buying a nice coral, if I am in the store... The only way I can control myself is by not going in!!
My name is Matt and I am an addict..
More photos to follow, I hope..
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
I thought I was crazy. Been there and done that (football, or should I call it soccer?!).
Good luck and have a safe journey.
nemodan
New member
You guys are affecting Americans mental health....200 Km , football instead of soccer.
They will need to use calculators and think that what they call football is more like rugby. This will finish in an international conflict. :deadhorse1:
:blown:
Daniel
Ups.... I am an American citizen.:beer:
They will need to use calculators and think that what they call football is more like rugby. This will finish in an international conflict. :deadhorse1:
:blown:
Daniel
Ups.... I am an American citizen.:beer:
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ChrisKirkland
Reef and Coral Fanatic
Quite jealous of you guys who can't leave your LFS without buying something, I'm stuck buying almost everything online. Oh well.
I know the feeling, same here.
maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
Hey Dan..
I have seen the ARID reactor. It is very cool!
JBNY uses one and he seems to like it very much.
I have considered getting one but since I have a sump sitting there and I don't have the $600-$1000 for the pax bellum, I decided to just run a traditional cheato sump.
Well, unfortunately, my daughter's team is not doing very well. The Ontario teams are much stronger. They lost both games, today and we anticipate that they will loose both games tomorrow.
It's ok, my daughter gets to hang out with her teammates and stay up late in a hotel and I get to take my younger daughter to the Museum of Natural History tomorrow..
It'll be fun for everybody and my daughter's team gets some good on ice practice against superior teams..
And my mom feeds the fish at home!
I've been using an ARID E18 since April, and it's no joke.
It pulls PO4 down with a vengeance.
It took a bit for me to dial it in...and I'm still playing with it to some extent, but it's the only thing that I've been able to use to knock PO4 down to useable levels.
I do feel it's worth the money.
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Hi Matt,
We had the above conversation a while ago. I finally managed to take a top-down close up photos of my coral, which I think resembles yours, but am not sure. If it is the same coral, then I will be delighted.
reefmutt
Active member
Yup.. Even us Canadians call it soccer.. I guess because of Canadian football.. Which is basically not as good American football (apparently.. I don't watch it)
Bulent, we do the same thing in the summer for my daughter's soccer.. She is a bit of a jock.. It's all sports all the time with her... Can't complain, really..
Doing stuff for the family always comes first Matt. And then putting up coral photos. :lol: Look forward to seeing photos of the new frag you bought.
Very true.. I may finally have a shot or two..
Lol.. Even more so fusing is that 40 years ago, Canada used miles and inches but decided to change to metric- I guess it has to do with us being all loyal to the queen..
Anyways I learned miles and inches and pounds and then had to learn km, cm and kilograms.. I'm always totally confused.
Have a safe trip and good luck with the game matt!
We will be here waiting for the photos
Can't wait to see your new addi(c)tions buddy
Ha! addi(c)tions Indeed!!
Thanks Mike.. Was an easy trip but a bit of a beating in the game.. Not a good year for my daughter's team.. Oh well.. Development, development..
Quite jealous of you guys who can't leave your LFS without buying something, I'm stuck buying almost everything online. Oh well.
Thanks, Josh, I may just have a few photos..
reefmutt
Active member
Mail order isn't so bad if they have what you want.. I've picked up some pretty sweet pieces from mail order..
I have no doubt it's worth the money and does what it's supposed to.. I just keep spending money on coral instead of equipment..
One day..
reefmutt
Active member
Hi Matt,
We had the above conversation a while ago. I finally managed to take a top-down close up photos of my coral, which I think resembles yours, but am not sure. If it is the same coral, then I will be delighted.
It's always so hard to tell, Bulent.. My guess would be that it isn't the same.. The corralites on your piece look like a different shape..
Here's my latest shot of that coral..
Actually, a shot from 3 weeks ago.. Photo bucket is so buggy right now and slow, it is unusable.. I can't upload or edit pics right now.. Don't know why but can't. It makes me crazy when the electronics you come to expect to work seamlessly, start malfunctioning..
Anyways.. Here it is:
I see the similarity in colour pattern the green body and red rimmed corralites. It seems to me that the corralites on your piece seem slightly pinched and more pronounced. I guess that could be flow or other environmental conditions..
reefmutt
Active member
So, it's been 3 weeks since my cyano treatment and the cyano is coming back HARD..
Interestingly, or may not.. Maybe predictably.. After having n of 2 and p of .13 last weekend, I decided to change nothing but add a bit more food -- and add some potassium--
This weekend n had dropped to .5 and p had dropped to .09..
Oh! And my co2 bottle is running low on pressure so my regulator has been screwing up a bit- pumping out more co2 than usual so kh jumped to 9..
Corals didn't even notice..
I find it a bit odd that n and p dropped with the extra feeding.. Maybe the cheato has grown faster than before- it's possible- it has grown significantly this week but so has the cyano and some spots of bryopsis.. Not to mention the frickin bubble algea..
Corals continue to grow faster and faster. More and
More corals are pushing out from the base and growing...
I am very tempted to begin dosing a vinegar and nitrate mixture... But I think I'll hold off for a little longer..
I am going to treat the tank with Chemiclean this time.. Try to get rid of the cyano and see where n and p go again....... Sigh..
All I can say is thank goodness the corals are doing well.. If they weren't, I'd be in the edge of throwing in the towel...
BUT.. I'm not because... We'll here.. This is why..
Here's a fragbox Mail order cultured piece.. I know, very common but I love the sort of burnt orange colour. Usually, this coral is boring green.. So far, this guy has resisted turning green and has already begun to grow out..
Here's a couple side shots:
I guess some might find this one colour less and boring but there's something about it I like..
Another fragbox mail order.. Which sat for months and did nothing but browned.. Now it's looking great and the base is about the really spread:
I would usually warm this pic up and then sharpen it a bit but photobucket is not cooperating..
What else..
This frag is the top frag from my group of frags I picked up from Raja..
It's nice!
The others in that group (from the plastic container shot) are taking more time to adjust..
Here's a wild Aussie piece from reef solution- the place I bought my gyres from.. Still extremely pale.. But potential!
Very blue, I know.. Bottom of the tank..
side:
You can see, it's got colouring up to do..
Interestingly, or may not.. Maybe predictably.. After having n of 2 and p of .13 last weekend, I decided to change nothing but add a bit more food -- and add some potassium--
This weekend n had dropped to .5 and p had dropped to .09..
Oh! And my co2 bottle is running low on pressure so my regulator has been screwing up a bit- pumping out more co2 than usual so kh jumped to 9..
Corals didn't even notice..
I find it a bit odd that n and p dropped with the extra feeding.. Maybe the cheato has grown faster than before- it's possible- it has grown significantly this week but so has the cyano and some spots of bryopsis.. Not to mention the frickin bubble algea..
Corals continue to grow faster and faster. More and
More corals are pushing out from the base and growing...
I am very tempted to begin dosing a vinegar and nitrate mixture... But I think I'll hold off for a little longer..
I am going to treat the tank with Chemiclean this time.. Try to get rid of the cyano and see where n and p go again....... Sigh..
All I can say is thank goodness the corals are doing well.. If they weren't, I'd be in the edge of throwing in the towel...
BUT.. I'm not because... We'll here.. This is why..
Here's a fragbox Mail order cultured piece.. I know, very common but I love the sort of burnt orange colour. Usually, this coral is boring green.. So far, this guy has resisted turning green and has already begun to grow out..
Here's a couple side shots:
I guess some might find this one colour less and boring but there's something about it I like..
Another fragbox mail order.. Which sat for months and did nothing but browned.. Now it's looking great and the base is about the really spread:
I would usually warm this pic up and then sharpen it a bit but photobucket is not cooperating..
What else..
This frag is the top frag from my group of frags I picked up from Raja..
It's nice!
The others in that group (from the plastic container shot) are taking more time to adjust..
Here's a wild Aussie piece from reef solution- the place I bought my gyres from.. Still extremely pale.. But potential!
Very blue, I know.. Bottom of the tank..
side:
You can see, it's got colouring up to do..
reefmutt
Active member
Thanks mark!
I don't really know how image sites and star wars are connected but I'll take your word for it!
Thanks, Matt.. I know you are right.. Such a pain...
If I just went with Aquaforest, all my troubles would just fade away!!!
Gonna watch your tank first!
I'm not where I want to be yet before I embark on a whole tank revolution like aquaforest.. But man o man, it's tempting.
So I may have found a green dragon..
I have it in 3 spots in the tank..
This piece was pale white when I got it.. It's coloured up now.. Not sure what it is.. Maybe turaki?
This guy Is also fairly new- fragbox Mail order.. Hoping it'll colour up more. Looking for more red.
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