lpsouth1978
New member
It is doing well. he is eating and active, but still wont leave one particular area. Just keeps swimming in circles, hopefully he starts swimming more soon.
My 300g build
- Thread starter lpsouth1978
- Start date
It is doing well. he is eating and active, but still wont leave one particular area. Just keeps swimming in circles, hopefully he starts swimming more soon.
michael.lemke
New member
Looks great. Had to come all the way over here to see update. (Dr.harlem) on masc
lpsouth1978
New member
Yeah, sorry about that. MASC is pretty slow these days, so I find myself on here a lot more often. Kind of the opposite of what it was a few years ago.
michael.lemke
New member
Me too. I try to stir things a bit every so often but nothin. Your build looks good!
lpsouth1978
New member
Time for another update. We are almost done stocking the tank We have an Achiles Tang in QT that should go into the tank in a couple of weeks, otherwise There are only a couple of fish that we still want, a leapard wrasse and maybe a powder blue. Here is the stock list:
Fish
Naso Tang
Yellow Tang
Melanurus Wrasse
Linneatus Wrasse
Carpenters Fairy Wrasse
2x Black Ice Percula Clowns
Midas Blenny
Royal Gramma Basslet
Green mandarin Goby
2x Diamond Watchmen Gobies
7x Green Chromis
4x Lyretail Anthias (1 male, 3 female)
SPS
Red Montipora Cap
2x Green Digitata w/blue polyps
2x Purple Bonsai (different varieties)
Green Slimer (large colony)
Pink Birdsnest
2x Purple Milli w/blue tips
Pink Milli
Red Planet
Aussie Bushy Acropora
2x Encrusting Montipora, Blue w/green Polyps
2x Encrusting Montipora. Blue w/red Polyps
8x unknown SPS colonies, small to medium
LPS/Softies
Large Duncan Colonie
Large Nepthia (Sp?)
Inverts
Blue Maxima Clam
500+ crabs and snails
Fish
Naso Tang
Yellow Tang
Melanurus Wrasse
Linneatus Wrasse
Carpenters Fairy Wrasse
2x Black Ice Percula Clowns
Midas Blenny
Royal Gramma Basslet
Green mandarin Goby
2x Diamond Watchmen Gobies
7x Green Chromis
4x Lyretail Anthias (1 male, 3 female)
SPS
Red Montipora Cap
2x Green Digitata w/blue polyps
2x Purple Bonsai (different varieties)
Green Slimer (large colony)
Pink Birdsnest
2x Purple Milli w/blue tips
Pink Milli
Red Planet
Aussie Bushy Acropora
2x Encrusting Montipora, Blue w/green Polyps
2x Encrusting Montipora. Blue w/red Polyps
8x unknown SPS colonies, small to medium
LPS/Softies
Large Duncan Colonie
Large Nepthia (Sp?)
Inverts
Blue Maxima Clam
500+ crabs and snails
lpsouth1978
New member
And here is a new video taken this morning.
lpsouth1978
New member
Looks like it has been a little over a month since my last update. There have been a few changes, one major, the others are just small hurdles.
The big thing is that we are in the process of attempting to catch all of the fish and get them into QT due to an Ich outbreak. Most of the fish show no outword signs, but it is there none the less. We found one of the females Anthais dead for no apparent reason the other day, and also lost our Ruby Red Scooter blenny when it somehow managed to get past the screen top, into the overflow, down to the sump, out of the filter sock, and into the skimmer intake, where the needle wheel put an abrupt end to his journey.
On a positive note, it appears that our Diamond Watchmen Gobies have paired and mated and the female is pregnant. I have attached a few pics (sorry about the quality) of her below. She has had the bulging belly for about a week now.
The big thing is that we are in the process of attempting to catch all of the fish and get them into QT due to an Ich outbreak. Most of the fish show no outword signs, but it is there none the less. We found one of the females Anthais dead for no apparent reason the other day, and also lost our Ruby Red Scooter blenny when it somehow managed to get past the screen top, into the overflow, down to the sump, out of the filter sock, and into the skimmer intake, where the needle wheel put an abrupt end to his journey.
On a positive note, it appears that our Diamond Watchmen Gobies have paired and mated and the female is pregnant. I have attached a few pics (sorry about the quality) of her below. She has had the bulging belly for about a week now.
lpsouth1978
New member
It has been quite a while since I last updated this thread. Things have been progressing slowly. Color and growth have been sub par. We have done everything we could to ensure all of our parameters are stable and in desired range. We now believe that the LED's are just not cutting it. We have a couple of 250W Phoenix 14k bulbs over one end of the tank to see if things improve under them.
I also got a new camera and took a few shots of the tank and some corals today. I think these show how things are doing, even though they are not perfect pics (I am still learning the camera and lenses, and have never used a DSLR before).
I also got a new camera and took a few shots of the tank and some corals today. I think these show how things are doing, even though they are not perfect pics (I am still learning the camera and lenses, and have never used a DSLR before).
lpsouth1978
New member
A couple more pics taken yesterday.
One of our many acro crabs.
The latest addition to the tank.
One of our many acro crabs.
The latest addition to the tank.
BornToHula
New member
Great pics! What kind of anemone is that?
lpsouth1978
New member
It is a tube anemone, however, it is on the process of rebuilding it's tube.
lpsouth1978
New member
Well, if it is not one thing it is another. We finally have fish back in the tank, and so far there are no additional signs of ich, including the powder brown tang. However, while cleaning the glass this morning, I noticed red bugs on some of the corals. I have already contacted my vet about getting some Interceptor, but am waiting for her to get back to me. Here is a pic of one of the worst infected corals.
lpsouth1978
New member
The corals that have acro crabs in them seem to be mostly free of the red bugs. Unfortunately, there are only about 5 corals that have acro crabs in them. Many of them do not have enough places for the crabs to hide, and therefore they found other corals to live in. One coral even has 2 of them in it.
lpsouth1978
New member
I only have one wrasse at this point, a Melanurus, and I don't have any cardinals.
My vet got back to me this morning and, after doing some research and talking to other vets, she approved an Rx for Interceptor, it should be here in a day or two, so we will start treatment by the end of the week. Now we just have to fish out all of the crabs, and try to get as many acro crabs out as possible.
Does anyone know if the Interceptor will also kill snails? I am not sure what we will do with all of the snails, especially the HUGE conch's during treatment, if they have to come out.
lpsouth1978
New member
Completed the first treatment with Interceptor last night. This morning things are MUCH better. Here is a shot of the same coral. I could only find 1 red bug and it seems to just be stuck to the slime on the coral. you can see it toward the top of the pic.
