4x5 Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 Yeaaa rough times. I felt horrible throwing everything out. Yea they are fun, and easy lol. No more headaches that come from SPS. No more test kits! Haha. +1! One day into the redo the tank looks cooler than mine haha! My Zoas are all 1-7 polyp frags, none of those sexy colonies! Thanks. I've had them for going on 20 months now. Exponential growth is cool. Dang dude this was an incredible tank sucks when you cant help but watch your corals melt. I recently had my corals die off too so I feel ya. Cant wait to see what you do with the reboot though! Thanks. Sorry to hear about your losses. 2 Quote Link to comment
hey Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Good to see you've taken your semi crash in a way a true hobbyist does... Pick up the pieces and reboot! While it sucks, if you're anything like me I get tired of my tanks when they near or get near my vision of the final aquascape, this could end up being just as awesome just different, and different is good in most cases imo. I'll be watching to see where it's going, love the new look so far. Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Operation Reboot; I grabbed some Tonga and decided to go a different route as far as my scaping, please excuse the dirty tank, damn diatoms are back. . As far as which way I'll go with the tank, I'm not sure. I know when it's ready I wont be able to resist some Acros but I'm leaning towards anemones, zoas and clams and some nice meat for the sand bed. Dang, all you have is rocks and sand and water and diatoms, and it already looks better than half the tanks on NR 2 Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 Good to see you've taken your semi crash in a way a true hobbyist does... Pick up the pieces and reboot! While it sucks, if you're anything like me I get tired of my tanks when they near or get near my vision of the final aquascape, this could end up being just as awesome just different, and different is good in most cases imo. I'll be watching to see where it's going, love the new look so far. Thanks. While it sucks, these things happen and I'm happy with where that tank took me, I've learnt a lot. Going to try something a little different here I think. Dang, all you have is rocks and sand and water and diatoms, and it already looks better than half the tanks on NR Hah! You're too kind. 1 Quote Link to comment
Michelos Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Sorry man about your tank!...lets go with reboot! Quote Link to comment
DaveFason Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 You can do it! Enjoy the reboot. I know you can look at the negatives but think of it as a blank canvas. -Dave Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 Sorry man about your tank! ...lets go with reboot! Thanks, reboot mode is on! You can do it! Enjoy the reboot. I know you can look at the negatives but think of it as a blank canvas. -Dave Thanks Dave. It sucked at the time but I'll move onwards. 1 Quote Link to comment
Dryland Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Dang, sorry about the reboot dude. Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted August 6, 2015 Author Share Posted August 6, 2015 Dang, sorry about the reboot dude.Thanks, but it's all good. Onwards we go. Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted August 6, 2015 Author Share Posted August 6, 2015 Anemone Shrimp;Picked up a couple of inverts for the tank. First up is the Anemone Shrimp, he's an interesting fellow and found his way to one of the BTAs. 14 Quote Link to comment
Kijho Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Ah man, I'm really saddened and sorry for the recent bad luck. I truly hope you're able to continue your path forward and things go smoothly ahead.. Your tank was truly a masterpiece - art. 1 Quote Link to comment
shawnriv Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Hey Shaun, sorry to hear about the tank. But if anyone can jump back from a reefing slump, it's you sir! I am thinking about adding a new sand bed to my tank (I made the mistake of siphoning it weekly and it's pretty much resulted in a bare bottom tank) and re-aquascaping my rock work. The only problem is I have corals and coral frags that have encrusted on to these rocks. For example, I have a Hollywood Stunner chalice that has pretty much engulfed an entire rock because it's grown too quickly. I've wanted to frag it but it being stuck on such a large rock it's impossible to do without prying it off and risk killing it. Is there a way you were successful with removing encrusted corals to reshape your aquascaping? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
markalot Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Shaun, I missed the fact you had to reboot, sorry about that but looking forward to this re-incarnation. Already looks good! Quote Link to comment
billdeluz Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 I just came back to your thread sorry about what happen but I'm so excited your back in the game so looking forward to this you definitely have one of my favorite tanks Quote Link to comment
plainrt Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Looking damn nice. Love tonga scapes when done right ; ) Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Ah man, I'm really saddened and sorry for the recent bad luck. I truly hope you're able to continue your path forward and things go smoothly ahead.. Your tank was truly a masterpiece - art.Thanks man. All is good, these things happen and life goes on. Hey Shaun, sorry to hear about the tank. But if anyone can jump back from a reefing slump, it's you sir! I am thinking about adding a new sand bed to my tank (I made the mistake of siphoning it weekly and it's pretty much resulted in a bare bottom tank) and re-aquascaping my rock work. The only problem is I have corals and coral frags that have encrusted on to these rocks. For example, I have a Hollywood Stunner chalice that has pretty much engulfed an entire rock because it's grown too quickly. I've wanted to frag it but it being stuck on such a large rock it's impossible to do without prying it off and risk killing it. Is there a way you were successful with removing encrusted corals to reshape your aquascaping? Thanks! I guess that depends if you're going to just chop off the corals or not. I dumped my old rock so I have no idea but I'm sure with some patience it's pretty simple. *waits for pics* I should probably get on that. Shaun, I missed the fact you had to reboot, sorry about that but looking forward to this re-incarnation. Already looks good!Thanks Mark. I just came back to your thread sorry about what happen but I'm so excited your back in the game so looking forward to this you definitely have one of my favorite tanksThanks, we'll see how it goes. The tank is on auto pilot for the moment due to a long upcoming work and personal trip so I don't want to get too excited and then ditch it for a month. Looking damn nice. Love tonga scapes when done right ; )Thanks. The tonga is quite fun to work with, we'll see how it goes. 2 Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Update; The tank is cruising on auto pilot for the most part now due in part to an upcoming work/personal trip. So I'm hoping to get into it more seriously in December. For now I have a few Acros that survived and are looking pretty happy with life. Rest Easy my Friend; In personal news, I lost a very close friend recently - we'd been friends for nearly all of our 35 years. We shared the love for marine tanks and in more recent years he was into growing bonsais. I did this ambrotype of a bonsai he made for me as kind of a memorial piece. Enjoy your friends and family, as much as they can annoy you, you never know when they will be taken away. 8 Quote Link to comment
RollaJase Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Glad to hear things are cruising along with the tank Shaun. So sorry to hear about the loss of your friend though, the loss of a loved one never gets any easier I'm afraid. Enjoy a drink and sit back and reminisce about the good times. 3 Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Glad to hear things are cruising along with the tank Shaun. So sorry to hear about the loss of your friend though, the loss of a loved one never gets any easier I'm afraid. Enjoy a drink and sit back and reminisce about the good times. Thanks man. One just has to enjoy the good memories. 2 Quote Link to comment
D Z Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Thanks man. One just has to enjoy the good memories. Thats all you can do my friend. Sorry to hear about your loss. 2 Quote Link to comment
Rehype Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Sorry for your loss man...totally know how you feel. 1 Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Thats all you can do my friend. Sorry to hear about your loss. Sorry for your loss man...totally know how you feel.Thanks Gents. Quote Link to comment
Kijho Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Very sorry to hear about the loss of your friend Where will your work trip be taking you? (Long ago you mentioned you had some connections up here!) Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Very sorry to hear about the loss of your friend Where will your work trip be taking you? (Long ago you mentioned you had some connections up here!) Thanks man. I'm off to Sydney and then we're popping over to Calgary to visit some friends and family. If you're around we should try grab a beer or something. 1 Quote Link to comment
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