Weetabix7 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 12 minutes ago, spectra said: Good to hear on the slime...... Weird to hear about the fish. I had a goby that way and not sure what happened to it either..... +1. Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Dang, sorry to hear about the six line I'm glad everything else is going well! Dang, sorry to hear about the six line I'm glad everything else is going well! Quote Link to comment
Sancho Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 Finanaly got around to replacing the sixline with a orchid dottyback. Both fish are known to be complete assclowns but the dottyback has some awesome color...so what the hell. I didn't expect to see it much as my last dottyback hid all day only to come out at feeding time to beat the other fish up. This one has settled in and after a couple weeks no prison style gang fights this one seems to be a free swimmer and is out most of the day. 4 Quote Link to comment
jack1978 Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 16 minutes ago, Sancho said: Finanaly got around to replacing the sixline with a orchid dottyback. Both fish are known to be complete assclowns but the dottyback has some awesome color...so what the hell. I didn't expect to see it much as my last dottyback hid all day only to come out at feeding time to beat the other fish up. This one has settled in and after a couple weeks no prison style gang fights this one seems to be a free swimmer and is out most of the day. All them eufeelmeups look Nice! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Sancho Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 24 minutes ago, jack1978 said: All them eufeelmeups look Nice! Be careful I may sue you for a $1 for feeling me up. I'm happy with them the gold hammer and gold octospawn were MACNA purchases last year. I'm a cheap bastard and only purchased single head frags it's nice to see that they have multiplied. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 That dottyback is beautiful! I almost got one a few months ago but was worried he'd be a jerk. Fingers crossed he remains a model prisoner. 1 Quote Link to comment
Sancho Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 Just now, teenyreef said: That dottyback is beautiful! I almost got one a few months ago but was worried he'd be a jerk. Fingers crossed he remains a model prisoner. This biatch was tank raised. Basically born into the system prison life if all it knows. 1 Quote Link to comment
Sancho Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 Figured I would post a pic. Algae has been a bitch in this tank and am pretty sure its got tank herpes. Most of the sand has been sucked out because it has looked like outdoor green fuzzy carpet for the last 6 months or so Ive been manually removing it, stepped up my water changes, bought the fancy expensive DI resin, changed salt mix, feeding cut down to once a week and I even started testing my water All to no avail. I was ready to call it quits and toss this tank out with the Solana that busted a seam. It seems to be suffering from a trifecta of shit that sucks. GHA, Cyano and maybe Dino's. Hell I even bought some snake oil that another sites members claimed to be the cure to all of these issues I dabbled with the idea of a chaeto reactor but that would require another pump in the already cramped back chamber, drilling holes in the back of my janky stand, plumbing and farming the algae........At this time too much work for my ass. So I jumped on the the IM desktop reactor when it went back down to $45. Its been running a week now with a mix of GFO and ROX 0.8 carbon and I have actually seen a decrease in slimy green and brown shit. So I figured Id rescape the tank a bit and maybe start spending some cash on corals again.................Yep I also need a bit of rock work on the nem side. 6 Quote Link to comment
spectra Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Looks good............ 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Looking good @Sancho, I'm glad you kept it going! Nice to hear the reactor is helping to knock back the algae too, battling that crap is tough on morale. How long have you had that anemone now? Quote Link to comment
Sancho Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 The nem has been with me for 11 years now 1 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 The tank looks awesome! 11 years - that is really cool. Quote Link to comment
Sancho Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 I’m missing an anemone I had 2 last night now there is one. 2 Quote Link to comment
jack1978 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 58 minutes ago, Sancho said: I’m missing an anemone I had 2 last night now there is one. The nem ate it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Sancho Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 8 minutes ago, jack1978 said: The nem ate it. Doubt it but there may be some highlander shit going on 1 3 Quote Link to comment
Sancho Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 Found it!....why do these critters go on the move when I’m packing for a trip? Last time I left this thang went on the move and managed to sit atop the tanks drain Mrs. Sancho called and said hey douche bag your tanks about to overflow how do I fix it? yep one of the nems went on a walk about. I told her to gently pull it from the drain and put it back where it should be 1 2 Quote Link to comment
Sancho Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 Caught this thing eating. 4 Quote Link to comment
spectra Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 douche bag is that your pet name........... Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 On 2/13/2017 at 10:30 PM, Lawnman said: Don't tell me what to do dad I aint yo pappa Quote Link to comment
Sancho Posted April 3, 2018 Author Share Posted April 3, 2018 Tank is crashing Cleaned the glass, emptied the skimmer yesterday to come home today to a mess of bubbles and slime on the glass The damn skimmer is going nuts overflowing with bubbles, Dinos seem to have super populated overnight and octospawn (my mix of euphyllia) has decided to recede .................Yes I actually pulled out my test kit and yes all params are normal! NO IT'S NOT AN API KIT! YES I USE DI WATER AND MY TDS IS ZERO. Starting to hate this hobby Wondering if GFO can cause this? the only change i've made was using a reactor with a mix of GFO and carbon. 6 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 50% water change? Stinks Quote Link to comment
Sancho Posted April 3, 2018 Author Share Posted April 3, 2018 1 minute ago, HarryPotter said: 50% water change? Stinks Working on that now. I am just flummoxed how a clean tank can go from fairly clean to absolute shit in 24 hours. Quote Link to comment
spectra Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Something get into the tank? Sorry to hear. Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 13 minutes ago, Sancho said: Working on that now. I am just flummoxed how a clean tank can go from fairly clean to absolute shit in 24 hours. Are all the nems accounted for? Got any purigen on hands? It sure looks like something specific caused it since it only took turn for the worse in 24 hours. Bad batch of gfo/carbon? Quote Link to comment
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