Sharbuckle Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 Mangroves seem to be growing well. At least 80% of them anyway. Some new growth on a few of them. The added turtle grass also seems to be growing well. I think I’ve decided to do a little more with the sump, so far its just a waste of space. I’m thinking adding some marine pure blocks or perhaps some of those really porous balls. All coral and fish are happy. All the zoanthids and palythoa I took from my 40g seem to really be taking off. The constant nudi attacks in the 40 really beat up my zoa collection. Happy to see them bounce back. Removed the remainder from my 40, dipped them and im currently quarantining them in the sump. Some quick pics. 6 Quote Link to comment
Type-H20 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Sharbuckle said: Mangroves seem to be growing well. At least 80% of them anyway. Some new growth on a few of them. The added turtle grass also seems to be growing well. I think I’ve decided to do a little more with the sump, so far its just a waste of space. I’m thinking adding some marine pure blocks or perhaps some of those really porous balls. All coral and fish are happy. All the zoanthids and palythoa I took from my 40g seem to really be taking off. The constant nudi attacks in the 40 really beat up my zoa collection. Happy to see them bounce back. Removed the remainder from my 40, dipped them and im currently quarantining them in the sump. Some quick pics. This is looking really great. What is the fish in the 2nd pic from the top, blue with yellow spots? Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 24 minutes ago, Type-H20 said: This is looking really great. What is the fish in the 2nd pic from the top, blue with yellow spots? Thanks! It is a blotched rabbitfish. 1 Quote Link to comment
madtrax Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Really beautiful tank, love the scape and everything. One question, why having the return plumbing so high up ? I would think hiding the plumbing as much as possible might look better (like in the original scape where it's hidden by the rock) Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 8 hours ago, madtrax said: Really beautiful tank, love the scape and everything. One question, why having the return plumbing so high up ? I would think hiding the plumbing as much as possible might look better (like in the original scape where it's hidden by the rock) I was originally going to do a waterfall but scratched it. The scape was nice but the rocks were a bit wobbly, maybe i’ll take some time to hide it again one day. Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 Massive fish losses today. Im fish sitting some fish for a friend and I think they brought disease into my system. RIP lemonpeel splitface clown female red spot cardinal the other fish all look awful and ive got to go to work shitty start to the week 2 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 Yellow tang definitely not going to last the night and one out of three chromis im sitting is dead.... Quote Link to comment
Reef Diver Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Oh no, sorry to hear about such a loss! Beautiful scape. Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 Omg 9 fish dead within 24 hours. 2 days ago there were no signs of disease: RIP Two splitface Watchman Convict goby Red cardinal Two chromis Yellow tang Lemonpeel angel im very disheartened today. Do i even keep going with this tank.... ugh Quote Link to comment
SeaFurn Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Oh god, that’s so devastating. Im so so sorry. You have a beautiful tank...and there are a lot of us who follow you here and on IG who would encourage you to persevere. Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 49 minutes ago, SeaFurn said: Oh god, that’s so devastating. Im so so sorry. You have a beautiful tank...and there are a lot of us who follow you here and on IG who would encourage you to persevere. Thank you for the nice words. Im just super bummed right now but the tank will live on, two fish still alive so im really hoping they pull through. Will be a long time before I add more fish. 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 Okay so my yellow wrasse and rabbitfish are still alive with.no signs of velvet. What do i do now? Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 Almost been 8 weeks since the massive fish loss. only the rabbitfish remains. going to wait until 12 weeks and will consider adding more fish. Still undecided about this tanks future. 2 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 Update: rabbitfish still alive and its been 8 weeks since the deaths. My flame tip BTA ive had for 3 years has completely disappeared and all the corals arent happy. i check parameters today and salinity is through the roof somehow. 1.037!!! Slowly bringing it down over the next few days. Sad...... pod population is crazy and discovering thousands of what I think are baby limpets or stomatella... either way, still disheartened about this tank. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
skijumpersc Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I hope you hang in there, this is one of my favorite tanks I’ve seen on here Quote Link to comment
ChristopherDido Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Just now, skijumpersc said: I hope you hang in there, this is one of my favorite tanks I’ve seen on here Agreed☝️ Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 11 minutes ago, skijumpersc said: I hope you hang in there, this is one of my favorite tanks I’ve seen on here 10 minutes ago, ChristopherDido said: Agreed☝️ You guys are awesome. Thanks. Well with some help from Rachey @ReefWeeds we discovered that the unknown bugs are a Spharomatid Isopod. Interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Loweres the salinity over three days to 1.027, by tomorrow ill have it down to 1.024. After that im going to add a fish. Something small, a damsel perhaps, maybe a six line. Wait a few weeks to see how it does. Then I may potentially start adding life again. We shall see. 1 Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 It's hard to bounce back after losses. I'm still letting things ride it out from when I lost a bunch of corals during the move 4 months ago. Quote Link to comment
Lawnman Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 On 8/20/2018 at 9:37 PM, Sharbuckle said: You guys are awesome. Thanks. Well with some help from Rachey @ReefWeeds we discovered that the unknown bugs are a Spharomatid Isopod. Interesting. Wow crazy!!! Reefweeds doesn’t hang out with us anymore she to good for us she sold out and sponsored R2R 2 Quote Link to comment
clayjess Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 This build and tank look amazing, great job with this low boy I have always admired lagoon style tanks well done! 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 20 hours ago, kimberbee said: It's hard to bounce back after losses. I'm still letting things ride it out from when I lost a bunch of corals during the move 4 months ago. I hear ya. I do have an empty 78g starphire cube sitting in my living room that needs some life and attention. Maybe ill just let the lowboy ride it out a bit and see if it grabs me again in a few months. 20 hours ago, Lawnman said: Wow crazy!!! Reefweeds doesn’t hang out with us anymore she to good for us she sold out and sponsored R2R Definitely too cool for nano reef lol Quote Link to comment
wasleyscience Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Hi! I'm wondering where you got that industrial stand. I need 4 of those for my coral propagation system I'm setting up and need them 42 inches high. Wondering if that can save me time. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Troy Pais Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 So I have been stalking this thread for a while now and I just made an account and would really love some updates 😃 Quote Link to comment
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