Sk8n Reefer Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Sorry about the flatworms - do you know what piece they came on? Hopefully their all gone and no eggs remain. Your getting some good growth - lots of nice acros ? Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 I am thinking it was on the ORA Miami orchid. Thanks, hopefully it will start to look as good as yours. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 A couple more pics Sunset montipora Day 2 picks by picoreef78, on Flickr Top down on the A. nasuta's Day 2 picks by picoreef78, on Flickr The best grower Mystic sunset montipora Day 2 picks by picoreef78, on Flickr Top down on the S. pisillata Day 2 picks by picoreef78, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Still messing around with the chemistry. Max alkalinity is 9.1 dKA and monks 7.28, average of 7.98. Calcium minimum 390, max of 450 and average of 427.5 Mg min1320,max 1560 and average of 1461.67. With carbon dosing my goal alk is around 7.5. Also using RedSea Pro salt which hikes up Ca by .15 mEq/l with a 10% change at 35 ppt. So I might need to hang to Regular RedSea Salt or Instant Ocean. I bought the DOS, still sitting in the box waiting to be needed. alk goes down 0.05 to0.1 mEq/l per day so far. Calcium goes down about 2.5-5 mg/l / day about. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 Started to get cyano and bubble algae, noticed by media rector was off, duh. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 New friends!! So went to LFS for a a six lined wrasse, hoping he might decide to nibble on any AEFW that the dips have missed. Big mistake In bags New Friends by Alejandro Magadan, on Flickr First one acclimated! New Friends by Alejandro Magadan, on Flickr My first Trachyphyllia geofroyi. 1 Quote Link to comment
lilmatty5dimes Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 That's going to be a sick piece. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 Thanks, I am excited. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 A little too close! New friends by Alejandro Magadan, on Flickr The new six line wrasse New friends by Alejandro Magadan, on Flickr The Baggai cardinal's New friends by Alejandro Magadan, on Flickr The cleaner wrasse New friends by Alejandro Magadan, on Flickr Just hungry New friends by Alejandro Magadan, on Flickr Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 9th dip an no more AEFW dropped. Now attached remaining corals to rock work. New friends in the tank, now busier than ever and pushing the fish stock to the limit. Original intention was to get the six line wrasse to help maybe pick off AEFW missed by the dips. Saw the Baggai's which I have wanted for a while and the yellow eye kole tang. I also so the cleaner wrasse and was not going to get him due to high maintenance, but when I had the sales person feed the fish everyone ate like a champ including the cleaner wrasse so I did not have to worry about him starving once he cleaned everyone off. He was cleaning everyone in his community tank, fun stuff. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 Good morning to all!! good morning by Alejandro Magadan, on Flickr Side shot. good morning by Alejandro Magadan, on Flickr Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 When I restarted the Bio-pellet reactor, pH dropped from 7.9 to 7.6 . Tured the return pump to agitate water more and opened the path door and every thing seems to normalize for now. Has been 8.0-8.11 through out the afternoon. All of 2.75 mEq/l, Ca 430 and Mg 1480. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 Lost two Baggai's today Cleaner wrasse MIA. Everyone else super happy and eating away. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 Cleaner wrasse dead, saw body floating before going back into the rock work. Quote Link to comment
GTi Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Have you checked ammonia levels? Is it possible there was too much of a bio load increase for the nitrifyng bacteria to keep up? 1 Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 Everything normal. Not really sure what happen, all eating well then 20 minutes later one Baggai not looking so hot, at the end of th day other baggai not looking so hot and wrasse was MIA. All the other fish looking good and acting normal. Quote Link to comment
GTi Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Weird. You did an acclimation when you added them to the tank, right? My McCoskers would occasionally go MIA for a day or two. Scared us as he rarely missed feeding time. Good luck with the others. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 I acclimated over 1 hour. They did well for two days and dead. Thanks for the concern. Quote Link to comment
GTi Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I'm out of ideas. Hope it works out - this sort of thing stinks. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 Found the wrasse this am in the floor shriveled up Almost all the new friends have died Baggy looking good as does the yellow eye kole tank. Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Found the wrasse this am in the floor shriveled up Almost all the new friends have died Baggy looking good as does the yellow eye kole tank. Aww I'm sorry. Fish are so tough; I am thinking of having a coral dominated tank with two ORA mated clownfish. They are tough, and I think are not predisposed to jump. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 I havce had two clown fish since the beginning, got the same batch of A. ocellaris, the black one became the female and doing well. A filefish usual hides but doing well as are the green chromis. This guy was my first jumper. The other 3 I have no idea what happen. Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I havce had two clown fish since the beginning, got the same batch of A. ocellaris, the black one became the female and doing well. A filefish usual hides but doing well as are the green chromis. This guy was my first jumper. The other 3 I have no idea what happen. Where did you get the clowns? Are they ORA Premium mated clowns? (I am asking because I am looking to get those) Have a close picture? Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 i guess it is time to get this guy hooked up. Ca decreases about 5 mg/l per day and alk 0.1 mEq/l per day. IMG_6881 by Alejandro Magadan, on Flickr Where did you get the clowns? Are they ORA Premium mated clowns? (I am asking because I am looking to get those) Have a close picture? i just got regular clown from the LFS. I think they look good, let me get you a close up. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 Here they are. My strategy was to get two small ones and let one become the dominant female and the other stay the submissive male. It took a few months but you could tell early on which way to was going. That might spare you the premium mated pair cost. IMG_6882 by Alejandro Magadan, on Flickr Quote Link to comment
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