reefmutt
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Thanks, Matt. I got my hands on some. If the little buggers come back I'll nuke the tank.. Although i really hate killing off all the little good bugs in a system..
Learning/rebuilding from my epic fail
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Thanks, Matt. I got my hands on some. If the little buggers come back I'll nuke the tank.. Although i really hate killing off all the little good bugs in a system..
reefmutt
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The French hex! Indeed. Il faut venir ou Quebec pour avoir le vrais hex! Mais ca vaut la paine!Pretty sure you just put some kinda weird French hex on me Matt......
I'm super jealous of your purple tang and that dragon acro. Never seen one of those in a shop, what species are those true dragon acros Matt. I assume yours is the same species as Greg's green dragon (i want that so bad)
Turdinaria's are one coral i never took a liking to, they look a bit like cactus leaves to me lol. That acan looks yummy as does the torch and that smooth skin acro.
I didn't realise how far out of the loop i was with your progress mate, awesome to hear everything is well under way and going well so far :beer:
'Biggles is a master at subtle public shaming' - i have no idea where you get that idea Matt, if i was like that i'd be pointing out the barren pictureless screen i'm staring at on this journal page............ but that's not the way i roll :reading:
I have some photos for you Biggles. I need to take a lesson from you on proper editing. But I have these shots a real 'app wooping' to remove some of the blue but they are far from perfect..
A new fish addition.. He's besting the hell out of my poor dwarf golden angel..
I know. Lots of green. But I'm hoping they don't stay green..
reefmutt
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Shih! Thanks for dropping in!
I'm hoping to get the benefits of the t5 and mh but use the leds for the basic structure of my sunrise apex and sunset.
One of the things that frustrated me when I was only using leds was that I would buy a frag from a store that had the coral under mh or t5 and when I got it home and put in my tank, it didn't look exactly the same. It was either missing some of the subtle color tones or it just didn't have the same sheen to it. Since adding the t5/mh, I now bring a coral home and see in it what I saw at the store.. I'm much happier..
Heres a couple more shots..
sh8g8delik
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You are well on your way to another lovely tank Matt! I will be learning a lot from your thread! Can't wait to start getting into the corals you are acquiring. First gotta deal with my pesky algae.....
biggles
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Love those pics mate, good work on the colors :thumbsup:
That red one is super cool, i can't wait to see some of Greg's green dragon in your tank Matt............ #@$#@ canadian dragon hogs. :deadhorse1:
That red one is super cool, i can't wait to see some of Greg's green dragon in your tank Matt............ #@$#@ canadian dragon hogs. :deadhorse1:
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Ooooh I like! I think if I would ever do a specialty tank it would be all smooth skinned("deep water") acros. There is something just mesmerizing about the shapes that they grow into and how fine-branched they get. Congrats on getting the corals going in the tank!!!
sahin
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Same happened in my tank. I saw loads of pods floating about after Interceptor Spectrum was dosed in my tank. Many weeks after there was loads of little pods and even the large Amphipods.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Looks like its getting close to that easy with the in-tank flatworm treatment...In a few years hopefully AEWSs and red bugs will be easily dealt with.
After doing my interceptor treatment I added carbon per protocol but never did the 20% water change either, my blood shrimp survived in the tank through the treatment, and with all the good bugs coming back Interceptor apparently was removed/neutralized by skimming and carbon.
After doing my interceptor treatment I added carbon per protocol but never did the 20% water change either, my blood shrimp survived in the tank through the treatment, and with all the good bugs coming back Interceptor apparently was removed/neutralized by skimming and carbon.
sahin
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I hope an in tank AEFW treatment will be here soon and will be as easy as the Redbug treament is now.
My Blood shrimpp survived too.
trueblackpercula
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Everything looks amazing hows that lighting going for you? Also Maybe I missed it but did you get the gyro's to be less nosy?
Michael
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reefmutt
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thanks aj.. that old tank was fine! I'm feeding the fish so much that i am not too worried about the potters.. the bellus are not a concern at all..
i have done in tank treatments of interceptor in the past.. i just don't like doing it if i can help it..
the deepwater corals have always fascinated me for some reason. the growth pattern of corals interests me slightly more than colors..
i also feel that my lighting- the 150w mh and the blue/actinic are more suited to deep waters. I'm not sure i could really colour up the higher light acros. yes, my leds could completely nuke any coral if i wanted to, but I'm trying to not rely too heavily on them.. who knows maybe i'll ramp up their intensity a bit, down the road. right now they are at 50% in high efficiency mode. with the mitras, high efficiency mode runs the lights at around 75% of their maximum output and i am only running them at 50% of that..
i keep reading that par readings for leds drop off pretty quickly so maybe i can get away with some light lovers up high and some deep waters down low..
sahin, i thought i should mention that the bayer dip is very strong stuff. the coral doesn't mind it much but the pests are nailed by it..
i had an acro crab on one of my bigger frags. i didn't want to kill it in the bayer so i removed it, dipped the coral and then but the coral in a tankwater bath after the dip- to remove excess bayer. i figured that in the fresh tank water, the crab would be ok... not so much.. it was dead in less than a minute just from being near a coral that had been dipped in bayer..
mike, i'm loving the gyres and i really think that they have gotten quieter over time.
i have done in tank treatments of interceptor in the past.. i just don't like doing it if i can help it..
the deepwater corals have always fascinated me for some reason. the growth pattern of corals interests me slightly more than colors..
i also feel that my lighting- the 150w mh and the blue/actinic are more suited to deep waters. I'm not sure i could really colour up the higher light acros. yes, my leds could completely nuke any coral if i wanted to, but I'm trying to not rely too heavily on them.. who knows maybe i'll ramp up their intensity a bit, down the road. right now they are at 50% in high efficiency mode. with the mitras, high efficiency mode runs the lights at around 75% of their maximum output and i am only running them at 50% of that..
i keep reading that par readings for leds drop off pretty quickly so maybe i can get away with some light lovers up high and some deep waters down low..
sahin, i thought i should mention that the bayer dip is very strong stuff. the coral doesn't mind it much but the pests are nailed by it..
i had an acro crab on one of my bigger frags. i didn't want to kill it in the bayer so i removed it, dipped the coral and then but the coral in a tankwater bath after the dip- to remove excess bayer. i figured that in the fresh tank water, the crab would be ok... not so much.. it was dead in less than a minute just from being near a coral that had been dipped in bayer..
mike, i'm loving the gyres and i really think that they have gotten quieter over time.
reeflover62
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Those are some nice size and beautiful colored frags you have. And red bugs are nothing to worry about. Back in 2004 when I first found out I had them and had to put interceptor in my reef that was full of sps colonies for three treatments I was scared . I still have a pill and a half on standby just in case they popup again. You guys up north get all the good stuff:thumbsup:
reefmutt
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You're right, reeflover .. I'd just rather keep the chemical intervention out of my tank and keep it for myself, if possible!
So I just did a little testing and got interesting results..
Last week's tests showed a reduction in n and an increase in p. I figured that my dsb and cheato had really started to kick in... This is along with the aio biopellets I have been running since July or so..
So I began feeding way more food and even began some amino acid dosing in hopes that the extra nutrients would boost n a little which would, in turn drop the p a little. Well.. One week later or actually 5 days later, n is down further to just registering in the Red Sea kit at .25. I thought my p would have climbed past last week's reading of .09 but, in fact, it has also gone down to .04. I tested with my Elos high resolution test kit and then confirmed the reading with the Hanna ulr.. Elos gave me .05 and the egg gave me .03..
These readings are quite low but I must point out that I still have significant growth of all sorts of algae.. Bubble algea, red and green cyano in the sump- actually, the cyanos are on the wane, but still here and there in patches.. Cheato and bryopsis are also still growing..
Not so much in the dt, but in the sump..
I'm liking the numbers because it allows me to feed a lot but I don't really want to drop below this... I'll have to get more fish!!
I think that although the n is testing lower, my added nutrients are adding to the overall n in the system and that is why p is falling.. That's my theory, anyways...
So I just did a little testing and got interesting results..
Last week's tests showed a reduction in n and an increase in p. I figured that my dsb and cheato had really started to kick in... This is along with the aio biopellets I have been running since July or so..
So I began feeding way more food and even began some amino acid dosing in hopes that the extra nutrients would boost n a little which would, in turn drop the p a little. Well.. One week later or actually 5 days later, n is down further to just registering in the Red Sea kit at .25. I thought my p would have climbed past last week's reading of .09 but, in fact, it has also gone down to .04. I tested with my Elos high resolution test kit and then confirmed the reading with the Hanna ulr.. Elos gave me .05 and the egg gave me .03..
These readings are quite low but I must point out that I still have significant growth of all sorts of algae.. Bubble algea, red and green cyano in the sump- actually, the cyanos are on the wane, but still here and there in patches.. Cheato and bryopsis are also still growing..
Not so much in the dt, but in the sump..
I'm liking the numbers because it allows me to feed a lot but I don't really want to drop below this... I'll have to get more fish!!
I think that although the n is testing lower, my added nutrients are adding to the overall n in the system and that is why p is falling.. That's my theory, anyways...
