Will's 300g Mixed Reef Re-Boot
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Well....just found an aptasia in my DT. I quarantine everything so my bet is that it came in with my LR. I inspected every piece but I guess it wasn't good enough. Unfortunately, it's at the bottom and at the rear of the tank, somewhat inaccessible. So, now I have to figure out if a majano wand will work?
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I added a purple Tang that I got from a local reefer, which I put through quarantine and TTM to my display. Couldn't really get him to eat during TTM, but, he seems to be fine now.
My existing tangs are a large blonde Naso, Hippo, Yellow, and a small Kole Tang. Turns out that the one Tang that picked on the purple was the smallest of the bunch, the Kole! Completely unexpected. Anyway, I used a mirror for just a day and the picking stopped. The purple has settled right in with them.
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My existing tangs are a large blonde Naso, Hippo, Yellow, and a small Kole Tang. Turns out that the one Tang that picked on the purple was the smallest of the bunch, the Kole! Completely unexpected. Anyway, I used a mirror for just a day and the picking stopped. The purple has settled right in with them.
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Will's 300g Mixed Reef Re-Boot
I now have a Leopard in QT. Doing So far I've had good success with TTM and leopards as well as Halicheorus by giving them a small area of sand that I change out when I TTM every 3 days.
Female Meleagris Leopard
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I now have a Leopard in QT. Doing So far I've had good success with TTM and leopards as well as Halicheorus by giving them a small area of sand that I change out when I TTM every 3 days.
Female Meleagris Leopard
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Bizarre...bizarre...bizarre!
I had a couple of Anthias and fairy wrasses in a 2nd set of QT that were going through TTM along with my leopard wrasse. The Anthias and Fairies died within 15 hrs after the 3rd transfer.
I had become pretty confident with my QT process and have had nothing but success provided that they were eating beforehand and I hadn't done something stupid (which I have done in the past). The only thing that was different from the leopard QT was that I used a couple of small pieces of LR (which I replace for every transfer) for the Fairies to cocoon in every night. I suppose it's possible that there was something wonky with these two pieces of LR...that's the only thing I can think of. The batch of water was the same, the tanks were cleaned in the same manner...very perplexing. I usually think nothing of putting fish through TTM....this kinda changes that for me now...until I figure this out. 
I had a couple of Anthias and fairy wrasses in a 2nd set of QT that were going through TTM along with my leopard wrasse. The Anthias and Fairies died within 15 hrs after the 3rd transfer.
I had become pretty confident with my QT process and have had nothing but success provided that they were eating beforehand and I hadn't done something stupid (which I have done in the past). The only thing that was different from the leopard QT was that I used a couple of small pieces of LR (which I replace for every transfer) for the Fairies to cocoon in every night. I suppose it's possible that there was something wonky with these two pieces of LR...that's the only thing I can think of. The batch of water was the same, the tanks were cleaned in the same manner...very perplexing. I usually think nothing of putting fish through TTM....this kinda changes that for me now...until I figure this out.
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Still working on how properly take pics with the DSLR...definilty an improvement over the iPhone.
Flame Wrasse. It was a male female pair, but now the female has now changed into a sub dominant male...hopefully he stays that way. You can see him in the back.
An Elegance that I got from Buon about a year ago. Hasn't added another eye...but then again I don't target feed it.
She's been with me through thick and thin for 9+ years. Has had those HLLE scars since I got her.
Flame Wrasse. It was a male female pair, but now the female has now changed into a sub dominant male...hopefully he stays that way. You can see him in the back.
An Elegance that I got from Buon about a year ago. Hasn't added another eye...but then again I don't target feed it.
She's been with me through thick and thin for 9+ years. Has had those HLLE scars since I got her.
WLachnit
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Gyre or chaos...that is the question.
I have my flow currently setup as a gyre as shown in the pic below. I'm using 3 MP40WQDs and 2 Maxspect Gyre 150s. As I went to replace one of my MP40s (cuz the motor got really loud...and I couldn't stand the noise), I set it up temporarily such that I caused less of a gyre and perhaps more chaotic flow. As a result, it seemed that there was much more movement in the tank. Anyway, I now wonder if I'm better off just setting up the powerheads without worrying if I have a gyre or not? Besides, the Maxspects are too noisy for me. So, I would like to pull those out.
I have my flow currently setup as a gyre as shown in the pic below. I'm using 3 MP40WQDs and 2 Maxspect Gyre 150s. As I went to replace one of my MP40s (cuz the motor got really loud...and I couldn't stand the noise), I set it up temporarily such that I caused less of a gyre and perhaps more chaotic flow. As a result, it seemed that there was much more movement in the tank. Anyway, I now wonder if I'm better off just setting up the powerheads without worrying if I have a gyre or not? Besides, the Maxspects are too noisy for me. So, I would like to pull those out.
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Well...still playing around a bit with the flow pattern. For now, I have decided to turn down my Maxspect Gyres to about 40% so that I don't hear them. Any higher than that and the sound becomes noticeable. I will try to rebuild the noisy MP40 dryside by replacing the bearings. This will then give me a total of 4 MP40s along with the 2 Gyres.
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On a completely different note, I have been ignoring the STN on my purple stag. I kept thinking that I need to deal with it and just kept putting it off. As I was staring at my tank before the lights came on with only the morning sun on my tank, ...yikes...it became really apparent how bad the STN had gotten. So, it was time to pull it out and save as much I could . I have had pretty good success stopping STN by sealing the necrotic edge with superglue, but the STN was really advanced here. So, I cut it up trying to save as much as possible. Should have a couple frags for the swap.
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So...on the basis of a few recommendations, I went ahead and ordered a Mars 300w LED grow light from Amazon for my fuge.
https://www.amazon.com/MarsHydro-Sp...03728639&sr=8-1&keywords=Mars+300w+grow+light
I thought I would go down this path and see how it goes...rather than pulling the trigger on something like the Kessil H380. Anyway, this thing is a beast! Didn't realize how big or bright it was going to be. It's actually pretty heavy as well...so have to figure out best way to hang it.
https://www.amazon.com/MarsHydro-Sp...03728639&sr=8-1&keywords=Mars+300w+grow+light
I thought I would go down this path and see how it goes...rather than pulling the trigger on something like the Kessil H380. Anyway, this thing is a beast! Didn't realize how big or bright it was going to be. It's actually pretty heavy as well...so have to figure out best way to hang it.
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I still haven't had a chance to hook up the Mars light. But I started dosing low amounts of NoPox in the meantime and it looks like over the course of 9 days, NO3 has gone from 25-30 to 15. Of course I also tweaked my skimmer at the same time. If this stays the course, I will most likely take my biopellet reactor off line.
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Will's 300g Mixed Reef Re-Boot
Well...it's official.... my CITR Red Dragon RTNd completely in about 36h.....
It's now been another week with nitrates at 12.-15. So, not sure if that caused the change? We also had a heatwave and my DT ran about 2 deg higher for 5d.
From this
To this
I've now sworn off red dragons!
Well...it's official.... my CITR Red Dragon RTNd completely in about 36h.....
It's now been another week with nitrates at 12.-15. So, not sure if that caused the change? We also had a heatwave and my DT ran about 2 deg higher for 5d.
From this
To this
I've now sworn off red dragons!
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