Christopher Marks Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Get well soon Roger, thanks for checking in! You got this ? 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 Thanks for the kind words everyone. The worst has passed for sure! Now I just gotta put in the work to get back to where I was. 3 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Hope things are going well, all that PT is not much fun after surgery. Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 It’s no reef fish, but I think it’s pretty regardless. Finally set up a little freshwater tank to scratch that aquarium itch again. 1 Quote Link to comment
markalot Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Cories! I had 6 of these puppy dogs in my old bowfront when it was freshwater. What a fun fish to have! I tried the Pandas as well but could not keep the darn things alive. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 5 hours ago, markalot said: Cories! I had 6 of these puppy dogs in my old bowfront when it was freshwater. What a fun fish to have! I tried the Pandas as well but could not keep the darn things alive. It’s funny you say that. I almost walked out with pandas but changed my mind at the last second. I’ve alwats had good luck with the speckled variety. Hopefully 2 will be alright. It’s only 5g so I’m pushing the limits already. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 It's no reef tank, but it's aight I guess. Long View by Roger Klein, on Flickr 3/4 shot by Roger Klein, on Flickr I definitely want to upgrade the filtration and maybe the lights. We'll see how into plants I get before I upgrade those 4 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 I'm 90% the tank is being neglected. The filtration is the same, anything you guys recommend to help with this? GFO reactor? Roller mat? auto waterchange maybe? also, a clownfish is missing. Not on the floor, not in the overflow, not in the sump. just poof. parents are sure it was the bigger of the two clowns as well. (female) Quote Link to comment
1.0reef Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 In the fresh tank, take the java ferns and tie them to the wood or keep the rhizomes out of the substrate. They should grow like weeds, even with stock lighting. Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 19 hours ago, 1.0reef said: In the fresh tank, take the java ferns and tie them to the wood or keep the rhizomes out of the substrate. They should grow like weeds, even with stock lighting. Good to know thanks. One of them doesn’t even seem to have a rhizome maybe it’s just that small. I pulled them all out of the substrate and attached one to the driftwood. Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 My clownfish is missing. Screen top. Overflow lid. Not in the overflow, sump, or filter sock. No body found anywhere. I’ve had the clowns* for 7 years. 2 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 O no! I hope you find it and have closure. Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 It’s not looking good so far. If it managed to make it out of the tank the dogs probably would have grabbed it. I think it may have chased a fish into a crevice and gotten stuck but I can’t really check the rockwork from Wyoming. Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 clown is goneso. no sight of her. dang that stinks :/ tank is getting a little dirty so my parents asked how to help keep it a bit cleaner. They're going to use the old 29g + cpr overflow to plumb in a nice big refugium. I think that will help a lot with nutrient reduction and make the tank overall a lot more stable. plus if the pod population is good they can get some cool pipefish or something. maybe even make the tank a macro algae dominate display tank. It'd be pretty cool and effective. the lighting schedule also got reduced a few hours. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Parents don’t want to use the CPR overflow for some reason, not quite sure why. Looks like they’re going to plumb in the old frag tank. I’m not a huge fan of that idea but maybe it could be a secondary display or something. Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I have had many fish that just disappears. Usually they are stuck inside the rock work and the CUC got to it. Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 this tank's fall from grace is so. freaking. depressing. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 29g refugium is plumbed in! 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 Update: 29g fuge running well. It’s using old FW planted tank lights. I’ll probably upgrade that next. New bulbs for the ati are en route new maxspect gyre is en route. The mp10s just aren’t cutting it and with 4 of them to clean it’s not worth it. 3 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 That's great news, sounds like the new refugium will help a lot. I'm looking forward to seeing how one gyre vs four MP10's works out. I'd never thought about the maintenance aspect of it. Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 5 hours ago, teenyreef said: That's great news, sounds like the new refugium will help a lot. I'm looking forward to seeing how one gyre vs four MP10's works out. I'd never thought about the maintenance aspect of it. Yeah, cleaning all four at once is tedious and it's hard to keep on top of quality control because by the fourth one you're like "ohhhh my goddddd." cleaning just one pump is gonna be so nice. I did get the 5300gph one. The XF250 i think? i seems to have better reviews than the smaller one. I also think 2 year old ATI bulbs aren't helping with preventing algae either so I convinced the parents to get new ones. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 Doser malfunctioned. Alk is at 15. Return pump died. Wow. This tank is cursed. 2 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 3 hours ago, TheKleinReef said: Doser malfunctioned. Alk is at 15. Return pump died. Wow. This tank is cursed. Holy crap Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 everything is gone. every. single. coral. I'm done. 1 Quote Link to comment
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