Sweet set up, I like your potography too!:rock:
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I took biopellets offline last night. I also cleaned my MP40's. So if red slime goes away in a week, was it the pellet removal or was it the improved flow? Just like getting to the center of a tootsie pop, the world may never know.
The other thing I did this weekend was add a webcam. I can pick it up from the interwebs or via an app on my phone. It allows me to capture still images. See below. I need to work out the kinks on how and where to mount it, but so far I like it! Took about 10 minutes to set up. Crazy.
The other thing I did this weekend was add a webcam. I can pick it up from the interwebs or via an app on my phone. It allows me to capture still images. See below. I need to work out the kinks on how and where to mount it, but so far I like it! Took about 10 minutes to set up. Crazy.
When I took biopellets offline my cyano went away. No flow changes. Didn't have cyano before the pellets, battled it the whole time using pellets, went away after the pellets. My best quess is that as the pellets dissolve some of it makes its way to the show tank and feeds the cyano bacteria as well.
Still too soon to tell on red slime. Keeping up with proper skimmer maintenance might make a bigger impact...my bad on that one. Still not out of the woods.
Idol and angels doing well.
Idol and angels doing well.
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Yep. Nice tank James-looking great.
A switch must have flipped in the Moorish idol yesterday. He would not get off one of my acros. I was hanging algae every two hours to try to keep him busy , but to no avail.
He has been rehomed as of late this afternoon. Sad deal. He is now in a Fish only display.
He has been rehomed as of late this afternoon. Sad deal. He is now in a Fish only display.
Regal Angel passed away at the end of January. Funny thing, it ate on the day it died....so, even if it eats, not a done deal. I could tell it was acting funny, but it was still eating. Couple of people have told me that they have seen that happen before. Oh well, that party is over. Bummer.
Tossed in a purple tang, no pics. Very nice.
Meanwhile, I bought a rock structure from a tank tear down. Dry dead and gunky, but much more open and ready to go. 'Instant aquascape'. I keep saying I am not committed to the project, but no one believes me. I think the rock is more porous and the more open layout should help with flow and red slime and algae etc. However, I don't think I will be able to keep all of my fish and corals if I take on the project, so in the meantime, I just sit and ponder....I for sure have to bleach them though, they stink.
Crappy cell phone pics.
Tossed in a purple tang, no pics. Very nice.
Meanwhile, I bought a rock structure from a tank tear down. Dry dead and gunky, but much more open and ready to go. 'Instant aquascape'. I keep saying I am not committed to the project, but no one believes me. I think the rock is more porous and the more open layout should help with flow and red slime and algae etc. However, I don't think I will be able to keep all of my fish and corals if I take on the project, so in the meantime, I just sit and ponder....I for sure have to bleach them though, they stink.
Crappy cell phone pics.
Not sure why you say you can't keep your fish. The ceramic bioballs provide huge amounts of biological filtration, Stick a gallon of those in your sump a month prior to the move and you should be fine with less rock. Maybe add some bacteria in a bottle or probidio tubes same day you make the changes you should be good to go.
I would do it in stages though. At least 1 half at a time. Soak/cure in a tub beforehand as well.
I would do it in stages though. At least 1 half at a time. Soak/cure in a tub beforehand as well.
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I am mostly concerned with hiding places/homes for them all. Have to see how it goes. Thanks, David.
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This has been my big take away from having less rock work . less hiding places means more conflict.
Sorry to hear about the regal. They are really difficult fish. The time period your in makes me wonder if it's a collection issue. I've always read/heard about fish dying 3-6 months afterwards due to collection techniques, just impossible to prove frm the hobbiest position.
Regarding rock work, yea I'm worried about that too. Fish can make due with just about anything as a hiddie hole but I'm sure that's less than ideal. My regal has a few fin nips, my flames are being too aggressive against the potters in my tank which has me thinking of fish/rock changes.
Regarding rock work, yea I'm worried about that too. Fish can make due with just about anything as a hiddie hole but I'm sure that's less than ideal. My regal has a few fin nips, my flames are being too aggressive against the potters in my tank which has me thinking of fish/rock changes.
Sorry about Regal James. It looked like a great fish.
That rock change looks like a daunting task. Cleaning, curing the old stuff and then breaking off so many of your mature colonies to attach to the new stuff. And with less rock there might not be enough space for everything.
That rock change looks like a daunting task. Cleaning, curing the old stuff and then breaking off so many of your mature colonies to attach to the new stuff. And with less rock there might not be enough space for everything.
I noticed these corals were growing together, then I saw that I had a picture from about 1.5 months ago where they were still quite far apart. I just took a quick pic with the cell phone. Not exactly the same angle, but you get the idea...
I never have more than 6 T5 bulbs on at a time.
Pic above is 1.5 months ago.
Pic below is from today.
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Super jealous!
If you get that much growth and that good of color help me dial things in more. Do you think its more T5s instead of LEDS? The back tank at SWE with the Efflo has 2 or 3 T5 bulbs and I swear it seems to almost double in size in a few months. I've had corals for almost 2 years that have barely grown, sure a little encrusting here and there and some noticeable changes if I look at pictures from a year ago, but its so minor compared to what you achieved in less than 2 months. I do prefer color over growth but you seem to have dialed in both.
I've ramped down my GFO, Carbon and Biopellets lately as lots of reading still says over stripping nutrients is way worse than having too much.
I know we chatted about you changing things up this winter, it seems to have paid off. What was the final mix of things you settled on? Do you think I should be investing in a T5 with blue LED light combo and designing a stand to fit a regular skimmer? It is tax season after all.
If you get that much growth and that good of color help me dial things in more. Do you think its more T5s instead of LEDS? The back tank at SWE with the Efflo has 2 or 3 T5 bulbs and I swear it seems to almost double in size in a few months. I've had corals for almost 2 years that have barely grown, sure a little encrusting here and there and some noticeable changes if I look at pictures from a year ago, but its so minor compared to what you achieved in less than 2 months. I do prefer color over growth but you seem to have dialed in both.
I've ramped down my GFO, Carbon and Biopellets lately as lots of reading still says over stripping nutrients is way worse than having too much.
I know we chatted about you changing things up this winter, it seems to have paid off. What was the final mix of things you settled on? Do you think I should be investing in a T5 with blue LED light combo and designing a stand to fit a regular skimmer? It is tax season after all.
I think adding a T5 or some UV strips like Grigor did would help. I am of the opinion that some of the LED fixtures lack something. Maybe it is the "full spectrum" designation that is important. I know enough to know that I don't know and that if I wanted to go to LEDs I would first ask Grigor what I needed and then still probably keep 2 T5's on the tank to spread the light better and to help me sleep at night. See Jonty's thread about world wide corals. They use a couple T5's and reefbrites.
I think you do a good enough job with filtration and parameters. If it were my tank, I would probably just ditch biopellets and keep the rest and try some T5's or add some LEDs per the master's recommendation. I have a cheapo 20 inch 2 bulb T5 fixture you can borrow for a while to use as a supplement to see if it helps. It will look like heck, but you could rig it up for 4-8 weeks and see if it has an impact.
I think you do a good enough job with filtration and parameters. If it were my tank, I would probably just ditch biopellets and keep the rest and try some T5's or add some LEDs per the master's recommendation. I have a cheapo 20 inch 2 bulb T5 fixture you can borrow for a while to use as a supplement to see if it helps. It will look like heck, but you could rig it up for 4-8 weeks and see if it has an impact.
Have any new pictures after cleaning, rearranging the rock, and remounting the corals? Or any in progress pics if its a gradual change.