teenyreef Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Nice! The sps are doing great. Looks like you figure it out - no math required. As long as TDS of the RODI water is good, that all that matters. The math stuff is for checking TDS between your filter stages so you can figure out when/if the individual stages need new filter inserts. Link to comment
drgibby Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 So im super happy right now. I was able to finally get a piece of Katropora. Kat sent me a piece that was a side growing branch so one side is really colorful and the other is kinda dull but will get its color back soon. Im so happy with it you have no idea. I dont know how she managed to find the time to do it either with all the things she has going on but im super grateful. She was also kind enough to throw in a katropora koozie Here is the beauty 20161102_114244 by drgibby, on Flickr 20161102_114226 by drgibby, on Flickr bad pictures right now and i should get a current one soon its getting its color back so fast. This picture was right after i threw it in the tank last week. Link to comment
drgibby Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 Tank is doing fine. Went home for lunch today to feed the fish like normal and Jackson the Tailspot was dead in the back of the tank . Im not sure what happened im guessing he was bullied to death. The black clown just isn't nice to anyone. I dont Think they were sick but im not sure. I have made sure that they have been eating and that they all got food. Im sad for jackson Link to comment
vlangel Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Tank is doing fine. Went home for lunch today to feed the fish like normal and Jackson the Tailspot was dead in the back of the tank . Im not sure what happened im guessing he was bullied to death. The black clown just isn't nice to anyone. I dont Think they were sick but im not sure. I have made sure that they have been eating and that they all got food. Im sad for jackson Ah, I am sorry to hear about Jackson. TSGs are the coolest. I am glad that everything else is good though. Link to comment
drgibby Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 Yea he had lots of personality. Im stuck now trying to decide if i should replace him or trade in the black clown or just leave things as is.. Link to comment
Droy008 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 sorry to hear about your Tailspot. Ive had issues with my clowns bullying as well. It's not fun. Link to comment
teenyreef Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Dang, sorry about Jackson. I've had more than one tailspot and they never seem to last very long, unfortunately. I'm super jelly of your Katropora frag! How's it doing? Link to comment
drgibby Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 sorry to hear about your Tailspot. Ive had issues with my clowns bullying as well. It's not fun. It really isn't fun. What makes it worse is its the fish my wife picked out and its untouchable in the tank.. if it was mine it would be gone and i would have a nice pink streaked wrasse. Dang, sorry about Jackson. I've had more than one tailspot and they never seem to last very long, unfortunately. I'm super jelly of your Katropora frag! How's it doing? It is sad and unfortunate. The Katropora frag is doing well. I placed it higher up in the tank and it has plenty of flow on it. The color is starting to even out. Ill have to get some pictures of it again. Link to comment
drgibby Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 Happy late Thanksgiving and start of the Christmas season! First thing first Katropora frag mounted on the rocks looking pretty as ever> 20161127_105429 by drgibby, on Flickr Black friday frags for 20$ i couldn't say no 20161127_105412 by drgibby, on Flickr top downs 20161127_105534 by drgibby, on Flickr 20161127_105537 by drgibby, on Flickr Link to comment
teenyreef Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Wow, it looks great! Link to comment
DaveFason Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Great looking pick ups. Keep things consistent and you will be rewarded. Link to comment
drgibby Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 Great looking pick ups. Keep things consistent and you will be rewarded. I just programmed my jabo doser and have it set up in a test area to see how accurate it is Only took me 3 months Link to comment
drgibby Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Things are going well. The jabo seems to be doing the right amount and i figured out how to skip days so its dosing really close to 1 ml every other day right now. Very happy. Heres a picture of one of the new frags mounted 20161207_091036 by drgibby, on Flickr and one of the garf bonsi. I love the purple green contrast on this one. 20161207_091010 by drgibby, on Flickr Also FTS from my view that i normally see the tank at 20161207_093423_001 by drgibby, on Flickr and normal fts 20161207_093409 by drgibby, on Flickr Link to comment
drgibby Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 Doing well right now. Newstead was a fantastic secret santa and i love all her gifts. The wwc yellow tips is finally starting to show some yellow tips. and the jason fox red hot setosa is doing fantastic right now! 20161214_095654 by drgibby, on Flickr 20161214_112258 by drgibby, on Flickr 20161214_095647 by drgibby, on Flickr Link to comment
drgibby Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 That setosa = sexy I agree its turning out to be one of my favorite pieces!. I have a small frag the size of the tip of your pinky that i broke off when i was placing it that i mounted and its starting to grow really well to Makes me happy. What doesn't make me happy is this... 20161215_110703 by drgibby, on Flickr 20161215_103812 by drgibby, on Flickr random death on this frag. only one in there that has it. Just noticed it today and looked back at yesterdays FTS and you can see it. Looked back to the photo on the 7th and you can't. So sometime between then and now it has started. The polyps are out and happy on the rest of the piece so im not really sure whats up with it.. Link to comment
drgibby Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Just noticed its on the bottom of the yellow tips to... i wonder if its due to lack of flow in those areas as the rest of the corals are doing well. 20161215_140011 by drgibby, on Flickr back to monitoring alk more closely Link to comment
drgibby Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 So I think i have everything under control again. It wasn't my alk this time it was my salinity.. it had creeped up somehow to around 1.029. All other parameters were within normal limits. Since i have not had to much luck with corals living after they start to die i decided to take the 2 corals and make some frags of them. Im pretty sure the frags and the originals are ok but will know more over time. Link to comment
drgibby Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 Things look the same which I consider good... merry Christmas to me my wife said if I find a deal on a bigger tank that I just can not pass up I'm allowed to buy it!! Msrp is a deal right?! Anyway time to stalk the forum for used tanks and equipment! Hopefully close by Link to comment
Droy008 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Woohoo, congrats on your wife sharing your addiction! Link to comment
teenyreef Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Things look the same which I consider good... merry Christmas to me my wife said if I find a deal on a bigger tank that I just can not pass up I'm allowed to buy it!! Msrp is a deal right?! Anyway time to stalk the forum for used tanks and equipment! Hopefully close by Woo hoo! How the corals you had to frag doing? Did they survive? Link to comment
drgibby Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 Woo hoo! How the corals you had to frag doing? Did they survive? I think they are doing ok. The yellow tips I don't think has receded more and is encrusting on the opposite side... the other one is the difficult one to tell.. Woohoo, congrats on your wife sharing your addiction!I'm not so sure it's sharing the addiction as much as giving up stopping mine Link to comment
drgibby Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 Merry Christmas or Fishmas here! Enjoy the friends and family today!!! Link to comment
drgibby Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 So i might have been wrong with the reseeding but i can't tell. I keep comparing pictures to see if its still going. I think it is but the rate of decay is def. slowing. Anyway im going to remain positive and say things are going well. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and got to spend time with there loved ones. As i was looking at the tank yesterday i couldn't believe the PE on my Oregon tort. Its shooting off like crazy. I have also noticed that its starting to pick up some green?! Does anyone know why the coral is starting new green growth? I have noticed this on some of my other corals as well?! 20161223_123839_001 by drgibby, on Flickr Best picture i could get so i apologize. Link to comment
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