debbeach13 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Such a sweet tank. I hope your fish get better soon. Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 H2o2, onpy thing i have available as a last ditch effort. This sucks.. 1 Quote Link to comment
Nelson Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Looks more like dino than diatom to me, because I had the same brown mat on my sand bed and snail went away from it Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 9 minutes ago, Nelson said: Looks more like dino than diatom to me, because I had the same brown mat on my sand bed and snail went away from it Possible. Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 Lost the yellowtail damsel and male clown. The bigger clown(female) is still alive and I think is doing better (fingers crossed). 1 Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 The bigger clown is doing better. But I think it's blind now. 😞 2 Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 The bigger clown is still alive. It was almost dead a week ago, but seeing it clinging to life and breathing on its side for 2 days pushed me to sacrifice some work time to save it. Initially I tried api melafix, and after 3 days there was some improvement, from not swimming to crazy swimming around in circles on the surface. But the progress plateued and she still wasn't eating. Decided to look for any product that contained actual antibacterial ingredients and chanced upon a cheapo product that contained metronidazole and mebendazole and i found some cheap methylene blue so figured why not add it. 3 days in the treatment and so far I think it's working because she's swimming with some control now and not staying on the surface. But I still need to get her to eat...hopefully she eats tomorrow. I change the water every 2 days. So it's a combination tank transfer method and chemical treatment. From this: To this: I also did a major tank cleanup and accidentally broke a branch rock. But all is well... 7 Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 Some updates since my last post. The nem bleached out and shrank since my last picture. I've been reading up a lot about this particular nem and have come to the conclusion that mine seems to be in autophagy and is looking similar to my old carpet nem. I'm now slowly increasing my white channel to increase PAR, being careful not to bleach my zoas and shrooms. So far the nem is responding well; the color is back, but the size is still small which is a blessing of sorts because now I can just feed it enough to grow a little bit more and maintain a perfect size for this tank. 2 Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Is the anemone taking food? Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Nano sapiens said: Is the anemone taking food? Yup. 1 Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Latest FTS. The clowns are new and there's a small porcelain crab in there too. 3 Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 Latest FTS. The carpet nem continues to do worse. It actually does worse after feeding, it will plump up but soon deflate further. So, I'm holding off on feeding for now and will try a different kind of food. 1 Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 I'm trying out artificial coral food for the nem (Hikari Coralific Delite). It has a very good feeding response to it, but I have to fight off the clownfish and porcelain crab for it to ingest the food gel. I'm used to fighting off the symbionts when feeding and making sure the nem is able to swallow some, but this time the nem can't hold the food because it's gel and doesn't really stick to the tentacles and it gets messy because it powderizes when the crab nips and the clownfish attacks, but I think it still manages to get some since it looks nicely puffed up after feeding. 3 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Glad to hear the carpet anemone is responding to the new food! Everything else looks to be thriving in your nano reef! 1 Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 4 hours ago, Christopher Marks said: Glad to hear the carpet anemone is responding to the new food! Everything else looks to be thriving in your nano reef! Thanks! I'm hoping this food is the answer to the problem. I miss my old carpet nem ... less drama. Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 The tank is still chugging along, and the carpet nem seems to be slowly recovering with the new food. 🙂 It could be that frozen food fuels bad bacteria already in the nem? I'm thinking about running a small UV sterilizer after collecting NSW on a hot, sunny, UV-filled day. Maybe that will also prevent my mysterious bacterial outbreaks. Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Sorry about the nem troubles. Did you end up losing the final sick clown? Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 1 minute ago, Lula_Mae said: Sorry about the nem troubles. Did you end up losing the final sick clown? Yes. 😞 Though it seemed fine after treatment, it didn't do well after a few days when I put it back in the display so I put it back in the ocean. It was still alive, but acted like it was blind and I couldn't put it down. 1 Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 I just finished building a new stand for this tank. It's a bit oversized to store all the extra 5Gal water containers and stuff I use for the tank. Yesterday, I was forced to use the new stand because my kid dumped all the fish food for my freshwater fish into this tank. 😱 Luckily the food is a floating pellet kind and I caught it early. I fished out most of the food, cleaned up the HOB filter, and did an 80% water change in the process of moving my tank to the new stand. 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, xellos88 said: I just finished building a new stand for this tank. It's a bit oversized to store all the extra 5Gal water containers and stuff I use for the tank. Yesterday, I was forced to use the new stand because my kid dumped all the fish food for my freshwater fish into this tank. 😱 Luckily the food is a floating pellet kind and I caught it early. I fished out most of the food, cleaned up the HOB filter, and did an 80% water change in the process of moving my tank to the new stand. Wow! Thankfully you were there to catch it!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 Full stand pics to follow... 1 2 Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 Just now, WV Reefer said: Wow! Thankfully you were there to catch it!!! Yeah! I was looking at it and thinking: "Hmmm, the tank's extra bubbly today........wait...😱" 1 Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 3 Quote Link to comment
sam_the_reefer Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 Some tanks shots before I go on a week long holiday break. Everything is doing well despite the little accident and hopefully everyone will still be alive and growing when we come back. On the new stand, I might build an enclosure to hide the water dispenser ATO. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
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