drgibby Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 If anyone is in Ohio or need frags you have to go to tidal gardens! Great people and Great selection of corals! I can't wait till your tank is ready your corals looked awesome! Link to comment
FlamingPrawn Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 So we've been battling quite a few problems. Long story short... well water is not good for me. I lost all my frags, my tailspot blenny jumped. Algae went rampant from the Par30 being too much light. So I made some MAJOR MAJOR changes these past two weeks. 1. Took out some of the rock 2. Started using Distilled water 3. Added Hawaiian Black Sand 4. Added Purigen & CPE 5. Stopped using my nano-mag because it picked up sand and scratches the glass (thankfully just one side a little spot) 6. Changed lights from a par30 Coral Compulsion 18k to a Solar Flare temporarily 7. Added more snails & Blue Hermits Added an indestructible fish (hopfully). Granted he's a damsel... but a gorgeous one nonetheless & I've never seen them in any store ever! If anyone wants to take a guess at what kind he is before I post a picture take a shot Link to comment
drgibby Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I know I know! I'll let others guess first though. It's such a pretty fish. I hope all the changes pay off. A tank is no fun unless you can get something living in it! Link to comment
FlamingPrawn Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 I know I know! I'll let others guess first though. It's such a pretty fish. I hope all the changes pay off. A tank is no fun unless you can get something living in it! Well never mind. He didn't make it through the night. Absolutely perplexed at why everything keeps dying :/. But my snails and hermits are fine. It's just the fish... really want to just give up on this stupid tank right about now Link to comment
Droy008 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Well never mind. He didn't make it through the night. Absolutely perplexed at why everything keeps dying :/. But my snails and hermits are fine. It's just the fish... really want to just give up on this stupid tank right about now Where are you getting your fish from? They may be unhealthy prior to you getting them. I'm assuming that you've also tested all water parameters and they are within reason. Link to comment
FlamingPrawn Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 Where are you getting your fish from? They may be unhealthy prior to you getting them. I'm assuming that you've also tested all water parameters and they are within reason. Two different stores both were eating really well in the store and had been there for 2+ weeks. pH is between 8.0-8.2 Alk is right at 9-10 Ammonia looks like its 0. The red sea test kit sucks Nitrates i'll be honest I don't test I did have a problem my pH because I was using well water ( getting an RODI this week) The rock was dry rock when added to the tank and its been up for around 2 months. Link to comment
FlamingPrawn Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 So caved and got an RODI unit. This thing looks like a homemade bomb... My faucet adapter will be here tomorrow . For now. Here's a picture of the awesomeness, an updated FTS, and some pictures form my LFS, Aquatica, and some from the Cleveland Aquarium! And this one... This is Toby, the giant Gourami... he's been around for A LONG TIME. He first belonged to my friend Joe, who sold Toby & his entire tank set up to an Asian restaurant owner. Toby stayed at this Asian place for about 4 years. When the Aquarium opened Toby was donated to her permanent home He's super old and didn't seem to like my Fiance. Link to comment
FlamingPrawn Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 Well... RODI unit it mounted and membrane will be here this week. I did a test run and yeah my TDS before the RO membrane is around 190ish. After the current membrane it knocks it down to 25-30. Hopefully the new membrane will break in and knock that # down to zero. New digital thermometer also came and I think I may have discovered why everything died so quick This is AFTER i bumped it up... going to take it up to around 78. Link to comment
vlangel Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Well... RODI unit it mounted and membrane will be here this week. I did a test run and yeah my TDS before the RO membrane is around 190ish. After the current membrane it knocks it down to 25-30. Hopefully the new membrane will break in and knock that # down to zero. New digital thermometer also came and I think I may have discovered why everything died so quick This is AFTER i bumped it up... going to take it up to around 78. It could be the sudden change in temperature that the fish didn't like but most fish can tolerate pretty cool water. I am running my seahorse tank at 68-70° right now and the royal gramma is fine. Once my chiller malfunctioned in the middle of the night and my husband told me that it was running. I got up to check on it and the tank was down to 49°. I almost had a heart attack but i did small warm WCs for about 5 hours until i got the temp up to 70°. A clownfish, a purple firefish and 2 lyretail anthias all survived and i did not lose a single coral. Cold is not as dangerous as hot in a reef tank. Link to comment
FlamingPrawn Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 It could be the sudden change in temperature that the fish didn't like but most fish can tolerate pretty cool water. I am running my seahorse tank at 68-70° right now and the royal gramma is fine. Once my chiller malfunctioned in the middle of the night and my husband told me that it was running. I got up to check on it and the tank was down to 49°. I almost had a heart attack but i did small warm WCs for about 5 hours until i got the temp up to 70°. A clownfish, a purple firefish and 2 lyretail anthias all survived and i did not lose a single coral. Cold is not as dangerous as hot in a reef tank. I have no idea why all my zoas died then... i've never struggled this much with a nano. Hopefully this RODI unit and now that the tank is starting to show some life things get better Link to comment
vlangel Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 I have no idea why all my zoas died then... i've never struggled this much with a nano. Hopefully this RODI unit and now that the tank is starting to show some life things get better Zoas are tricky coral. They look like they are doing great and then for no reason they melt. Maybe your well has something they don't like so hopefully the RO/DI will help. I am wishing you the best! Link to comment
FlamingPrawn Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 Zoas are tricky coral. They look like they are doing great and then for no reason they melt. Maybe your well has something they don't like so hopefully the RO/DI will help. I am wishing you the best! trying not to give up... DrGibby is keeping me motivated! Link to comment
FlamingPrawn Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 I think I made a breakthrough. We are 24 hours in with the new zoa frag and they're still open! Best picture I can get right now with the wonderful Aiptasia on it... if the frag survives a week i'll super glue that bad boy closed. Sadly I have no idea what they are. Just kinda took them after the live show Link to comment
drgibby Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 We need an update on this!! Link to comment
drgibby Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Update!! Or link your build threads you have so many.... Link to comment
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