My 155g. BF history

[NeilFox]

I'm sorry if this makes me sounds rude, but is incredibly stupid and irresponsible... You should have raced to grab everything out ASAP. Did you really think it would be ok?

I would say callous as opposed to rude is a better choice of words. I am sure the OP thought of this. I don't suppose it would be easy getting stuff out of a 150 full of rock; moreover, where do you put the stuff? Is this post just trying to make the OP feel worse. Have you actually read through this entire thread?

 

[Palting]

So after 10 weeks of running the DT fallow, and 7 weeks of the QT hypo I began the process of raising the salinity in the QT to that of the DT. At week 10 the fish were put into the DT.
I ended up not waiting the 12 weeks because I was having problems with the QT. At around week 7 the QT apparently kept going through a bacterial bloom therefore staying cloudy although I kept doing 50% water changes, and reduced feedings.
Sadly the PBT developed some sort of bumps all over it's body which I could not identify. They were not ich, they were bumps under the skin. It died sometime last night...

I am so so tired of this. Still battling the f'en GHA! The only saving grace is that the coral seem to be doing ok. If not I would be making a FW out of my tank.

I feel you. I had an Ich outbreak with 11 fish, and had to do something similar.

The key to avoid frustration is to deal with these as separate challenges and not look back on what has already been resolved, IMO. No sense in carrying that extra baggage around. You've dealt with the Bayer incident, so close the book on that one. You're done with QT for now, PBT is history, so close the book on that, too.

So, the next challenge is GHA. At this time, that's the ONLY challenge, right? And what self respecting reefer has not faced a GHA challenge . Clear the history, and work on GHA. The usual basic stuff is a good start. Less light or a period of no light, less feeding, more frequent DT water changes, 0 TDS RODI, etc., etc. Sea urchins, snails and other algae eating CUC are another option. You can keep your QT going and pick another herbivore, like a dwarf angel or tang, to eat the GHA. Keep your chin up and all that jazz. These are the usual challenges to reef keeping, and they can be fixed! Been there, done that!

 

[Awibrandy]

I'm sorry if this makes me sounds rude, but is incredibly stupid and irresponsible... You should have raced to grab everything out ASAP. Did you really think it would be ok?

Thank you for your compassion.:sad2:

I would say callous as opposed to rude is a better choice of words. I am sure the OP thought of this. I don't suppose it would be easy getting stuff out of a 150 full of rock; moreover, where do you put the stuff? Is this post just trying to make the OP feel worse. Have you actually read through this entire thread?

NeilFox, thank you very much for your wonderful words! Really means a great deal to me!!

I feel you. I had an Ich outbreak with 11 fish, and had to do something similar.

The key to avoid frustration is to deal with these as separate challenges and not look back on what has already been resolved, IMO. No sense in carrying that extra baggage around. You've dealt with the Bayer incident, so close the book on that one. You're done with QT for now, PBT is history, so close the book on that, too.

So, the next challenge is GHA. At this time, that's the ONLY challenge, right? And what self respecting reefer has not faced a GHA challenge . Clear the history, and work on GHA. The usual basic stuff is a good start. Less light or a period of no light, less feeding, more frequent DT water changes, 0 TDS RODI, etc., etc. Sea urchins, snails and other algae eating CUC are another option. You can keep your QT going and pick another herbivore, like a dwarf angel or tang, to eat the GHA. Keep your chin up and all that jazz. These are the usual challenges to reef keeping, and they can be fixed! Been there, done that!

Palting, you are so right in all you stated!!

Been a while since I even looked at any online reef clubs! I can tell you all there is no algae in my tank other then the overflows (where I do not mind it at all). My thoughts on this is that I just needed to leave the tank be. It is now almost 2 years since I stopped fussing over it.
After losing just about everything I gave up. I do still have the tank up, and running. Just don't have much in it. Don't know if I will ever be able to stock it up again so for now it looks like a tank full of rocks with a couple of strong survivors in it.
What's in it? A Desjardini Sailfin Tang, a female Hawaii Flame Wrasse (lost the male while in QT), a Long Nose Hawkfish, Solorensis Wrasse. Couple of Frogspawns, Pink Hammer, Green Duncan, some blastos, a couple of acans, a bleached gold torch, small bubble coral, green shrooms, red shrooms. CUC a brittle starfish, a few nassirius snails, a Halloween hermit crab, and a monster black crab that I need to catch at some point.
Yes, quite the boring tank....:thumbdown