Mhucasey's SPS obsession

[mhucasey]

I like it Matt [emoji106]

Thanks!

Very clever way to hide the sand container. I really like the scape too. How are you treating for the space worms?

Space worms? Those sound scary!!:fun5: The flat worms are being treated by dipping the corals, though only about 5 corals had any worms on them when I moved them to the garage. All the base has been cut off of any that had even one flatworm.

Good luck with the rebuild Matt.

Thanks Mark!

Wow Matt it looks like I having some catching up to do, I'm gonna try to read it all when I get home from work. Good luck with everything!

Thanks Josh, not a lot going on lately here until this garage tank and rebuild. You haven't missed much


The initial scape is done, waiting on more epoxy to finish it. I'm pretty happy with it. I may make a small second island to accompany it:

 

[codydemmel4]

good luck!

I like the new aquascape, kind of similar to mine!

 

[reefmutt]

Absolutely love that scape, Matt.
Cool wrasse sandbox in the middle as well!
This is going to look fantastic.

 

[krazysvede]

Really like the scape and the rock! Where did the rock come from?

 

[nl146]

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[cFloor]

Love the new look Matt!

 

[mhucasey]

Thanks everyone for your kind words! I mocked up a little island with two other pieces of rock, I think that this will be the extent of the scape:

krazysvede, I got the rock through an e-bay retailer, I think it was Atlantis Aquariums or something similar. It's painted resin and up close its indistinguishable from real live rock. Obviously it serves no biological purpose, but it is great as a base for corals and is much more configurable than real live rock.

 

[Wrangy]

Looks groovy Matt Lots of acro spots and lots of nooks and crannies for the fish

 

[reefmutt]

Matt, you got water in there yet?

 

[Pife]

I want to see some fish in there! I love the scape.

 

[mhucasey]

Matt, you got water in there yet?

I want to see some fish in there! I love the scape.

Yep, water has been in for just under a week. The hospital tank was doing great at first but between alkalinity and Salinity swings it was way too unstable and I started losing acros. I finally made the decision to speed up moving fish and corals back, at the rate it was going the hospital tank was inflicting more casualties than the flatworms ever did.

When I initially removed acros from the tank, only a couple showed any flatworms. Any that were suspect went in the trash, and I re-dipped everything before moving it back to the SPS tank. Most of the corals are residing on the bottom for now, and I will observe them for signs of pests. A few corals that I am confident in have been glued to the scape. Several corals are just resting on the scape for now.

I went back to two 6 bulb fixtures over the shallow tank. 12 bulbs is plenty for such a shallow tank. My mix at the moment is 4 blue, one purple, and one neutral white bulb per fixture. I am hoping to put AIO biopellets on line tomorrow once the new impeller arrives for my pump. The tank looks kind of ugly for now, but It will shine again:thumbsup:

 

[Acronic]

oo buddy! looks like a sweet canvas! im in the same boat minus the worms... just counting the days till the system is chuggin' full steam

 

[thirst]

I have similar issues with pests and am also the process of moving sps out of tank, into a qt tank and plan to do tank transfer dipping until I can be sure to be rid of pests.

Finding pests can be so deflating!!


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[markalot]

That purple stylo. How these things can create that much rock that fast is astounding.

I hope things continue to go well!

 

[Pife]

I can't wait to see this tank banging again! I'm happy that there are corals back in there and water.

 

[krazysvede]

Looking good! Thanks again for the lead on the rocks.

 

[nemodan]

Hi Matt

I am astonished of the energy that you have to start all this again. But the corals that you have in the hospital tank deserves it. The new landscaping is looking very well. I am sure that with your experience in no time this will be a great tank.

All the best !!
Daniel

A "Hi" from my Wiener Dogs to yours.....

 

[mhucasey]

Looking good! Thanks again for the lead on the rocks.

Thanks! I'm a big fan of the rocks myself!

 

[mhucasey]

Hi Matt

I am astonished of the energy that you have to start all this again. But the corals that you have in the hospital tank deserves it. The new landscaping is looking very well. I am sure that with your experience in no time this will be a great tank.

All the best !!
Daniel

A "Hi" from my Wiener Dogs to yours.....

Thanks Dan, all corals back in the tank, now I'm just letting the system settle. I'm already liking the increased empty space - the flow is better than it was and detritus is collecting in a pile. Some coral losses since the alkalinity was pretty high in the system and I was rushing the corals back but things are stabilizing now.

Your pups are so cute!!! I love the mane that the one on the right has - so fluffy!

 

[Reef55]

What are your thoughts on the settling tank? I am thinking of doing a vertical flow settling tank in a conical, but would love to know your thoughts before heading down that road.

Thanks!