Minh's 320 reef

[worm5406]

I agree put them all in a your QT tank.

Let it go fallow for 3 months. That will give time for all to hatch and starve and even reproduce and hatch again if they seem to live for a bit.

Good luck and dip dip dip. You can tackle it. Not a setback just a time to regroup and redesign. LOL

 

[dave.m]

I was just reading how public aquarium facilities typically quarantine everything for 6-8 months. Clearly impatience is the hobbyist's greatest downfall.

Dave.M

 

[OrionN]

I just feed my Magnifica a salmon chunk. I tink I will turn my tank to Anemone and LPS and some non Acro, non Monti SPS for a while until I starve these pest then restart.

 

[OrionN]

I started to remove all my SPS, Monti and Acro from my tank to combat Acro eating flat worms and Monti eating nudibanches. Now I just have LPS, some bird nests, clams and anemones. Will wait several months before I start to restock SPS again. Will see if this will take care of the problem.
Really good QT this tiem and all will be treat prior to put them in my DT.

 

[kegogut]

I started to remove all my SPS, Monti and Acro from my tank to combat Acro eating flat worms and Monti eating nudibanches. Now I just have LPS, some bird nests, clams and anemones. Will wait several months before I start to restock SPS again. Will see if this will take care of the problem.
Really good QT this tiem and all will be treat prior to put them in my DT.

Do you have any coris wrasse? Ive never tried but I think they eat the flat worms.

 

[OrionN]

I just going to starve them. All my Acro are gone. There are several massive encrusting Monti that I cannot remove. Will see if these are infected with Nudi. If they are, the rock with them on it will be gone. Dry out after I frag some of the corals. I have some Caps that I don't think infected with Nudi, but if needed theyse will be gone too.
I had a Banana Yellow Coris wrasse in the past that was fine in my tank your years, then he just went crazy one day and destroyed two of my prized Maxima before I can get him out. I may try again but unlikely. Wrasses just don't do well in my tank with the carpets. All my wrasses and dottybacks were eaten after a few months.

 

[Joel_155]

Just started reading your stickies on how to treat anenomes and discovered your build thread. Outstanding work so far. Definitely made me glad I thought twice before getting a nem. I'd love to keep one but want to make sure the tank is set up correctly. Nice build btw!

 

[Overboard]

Sorry you are having to battle AEF and such. You have such a great tank.

Do you know if the Gigs got any of your wrasses, or was it just the Haddon's? So far I have not lost any fish to my 2 Gigs, but maybe that is just dumb luck.

Mark

 

[mike810]

Guys over on the zeovit forum have stated using coral booster along with flatworm stop helped rid their tank of flatworms. The products themselves do not kill the flatworms, it boost the coral's health and creates a slime coat that the worms cannot penetrate thus starving them to death. Worth a shot if you still have your acros.

 

[OrionN]

I got all my Acro out of the tank.

After my Red Carpet zapped my Yellow Eye Kole, I put my Chevron tank intot he DT. I had the Chevdron in the lighted sump for several months, feeding well on Nori clip. The other tangs, mainly the Powder Blue, chased and keep him in the rock for almost 1 month. I feed him by put Nori clip on a stick and put it where he hold up in the rock. Since this weekend, he have been out and there are no fighting with the other tangs.
There are still a few scrapes and slightly nipped fins but these wounds are healing fast. I am happy to report that he have not lost much weight at all. He is the biggest tang in my tank, still pretty chubby. Now I will add my last fish. I plan to add another Regal angel. I will keep him in my frag tank by himself until he is fat and good, eating well and the best of health before release him into the DT. I will trap the other Regal and the Powder Blue tang out and put him into my sump for a few months while the new Regal adjust to the tank. I may even put the older Regal into the frag tank first and see how they interact before get both of them into my DT.

 

[kegogut]

I got all my Acro out of the tank.

After my Red Carpet zapped my Yellow Eye Kole, I put my Chevron tank intot he DT. I had the Chevdron in the lighted sump for several months, feeding well on Nori clip. The other tangs, mainly the Powder Blue, chased and keep him in the rock for almost 1 month. I feed him by put Nori clip on a stick and put it where he hold up in the rock. Since this weekend, he have been out and there are no fighting with the other tangs.
There are still a few scrapes and slightly nipped fins but these wounds are healing fast. I am happy to report that he have not lost much weight at all. He is the biggest tang in my tank, still pretty chubby. Now I will add my last fish. I plan to add another Regal angel. I will keep him in my frag tank by himself until he is fat and good, eating well and the best of health before release him into the DT. I will trap the other Regal and the Powder Blue tang out and put him into my sump for a few months while the new Regal adjust to the tank. I may even put the older Regal into the frag tank first and see how they interact before get both of them into my DT.

I just went thru something like this. I bought a purple tang and added him to DT. My yellow tang started chasing him and attacking him. I removed the yellow from DT for a week to let the purple get adjusted then re-added the yellow but he still was aggressive towards he purple for 3-4 days but now they get along fine with no real aggression towards each other.

 

[OrionN]

Here is my Petco Magnifica about 1 month after arrival to my home:

 

[worm5406]

Looks like it beat the petco trend of dying after a few weeks.

Glad to see it doing good!

 

[OrionN]

It is doing very well, eating well and growing.
Here is a poor picture of my big boys in the tank. The only fish of significant size not here are the Marine Beta pair.
In this picture there are
4 tangs
1 foxface
Regal angle,
Copperbanded Butterfly (between the Regal angel and Powder Blue tang)
Watanabe angel pair
a few Royal Gramma
Anthias

 

[deleau]

Love your tank. If it isn't too much trouble, would you post a current photo of your watanabe pair? I am really interested in getting a pair for my tank. (I should specify a close up since the pair is in the big photo above. )

Thank you in advance.

 

[OrionN]

Here is the last picture of my Indo Tusk, right before I took him in to trade.

Here is the new Australian Tusk at 2 inches

 

[OrionN]

Picture of my Goniopora today

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Minh your tank is amazing :thumbsup: Everything about it is.

I would also like to get the high resolution pictures of the clowns in the nem pair, that is so awesome!!!!! davidkuhlmann@hotmail.com

Oh my GBTA didn't make it. I'm pretty sure that the low sg water from Petco 1.020 and even with the slow acclimation to my 1.026 was too much for it. SOOOO after a few weeks of water changes and all parameters being nothing less than perfect I got a new addition on Sunday. Sunset BTA, a small one but it was too beautiful to pass up. I've got a local that sells many SPS and LTA frags and is starting our only "local" LFS. (I live in rural NW Iowa and closest lfs is Sioux City IA Petco ) He had a pair of the SBTA's and both split so I brought this little guy home. He is doing well and actually found a spot it seems to be staying in after only moving 3". It's placed it's foot in a hole in the lr it's on and seems to be happy. I'll post some pictures after it's fully acclimated to my tank and it's full colors come out. Such a beautiful animal.

 

[thorSvenson]

substrate

substrate

Hi Minh,

What do you use for substrate in your anemone tank?

 

[Mr. Brooks]

Minh,

If you haven't already, could you post a picture of your Radions? I'd like to see how you have them mounted, spacing etc.

Thank you!
Chad