M&C Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, Matteo said: Pics or it didn't happen Lol why would I lie about that?? I already tossed the frag so you'll have to take my word for it 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Matteo Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, M&C said: Lol why would I lie about that?? I already tossed the frag so you'll have to take my word for it Oh rip I miss read what happened. I'm a richard 2 Quote Link to comment
M&C Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 14 minutes ago, Matteo said: Oh rip I miss read what happened. I'm a richard All good haha, RIP indeed. That is a must have SPS for me so I'm pretty bummed. Only thing I can think of without any weird parameters is some kind of bacterial infection? Or just bad luck as these things happen sometimes. As much as I hate it I'll probably wait a couple months to replace it just to let things in the tank stabilize a bit. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Matteo Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, M&C said: All good haha, RIP indeed. That is a must have SPS for me so I'm pretty bummed. Only thing I can think of without any weird parameters is some kind of bacterial infection? Or just bad luck as these things happen sometimes. As much as I hate it I'll probably wait a couple months to replace it just to let things in the tank stabilize a bit. I feel you. I have lost a few sticks too when my tank was going through a swing. I think it just happens. Still very annoying and of course spendy but that's the reefing game 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment
Matteo Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Can i have your scoly? It would look great in the corner of my tank. Thanks, 1 2 Quote Link to comment
Poodges Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Gorgeous tank. Your coral selection, placement and color mix are all top notch. I like the pink streaked wrasse too. Keep up the good work! 1 Quote Link to comment
M&C Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 13 hours ago, Matteo said: Can i have your scoly? It would look great in the corner of my tank. Thanks, Oh you mean this guy right here? This scoly? This beautiful reef donut? Nah I think I'll keep it 😄 5 hours ago, Poodges said: Gorgeous tank. Your coral selection, placement and color mix are all top notch. I like the pink streaked wrasse too. Keep up the good work! Thanks for the kind words wow!! I'm glad you can appreciate the planning that has gone into our build so far. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Tank looks great! A lot of my fav corals in here 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment
Matteo Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 4 hours ago, M&C said: Oh you mean this guy right here? This scoly? This beautiful reef donut? Nah I think I'll keep it 😄 Thanks for the kind words wow!! I'm glad you can appreciate the planning that has gone into our build so far. They have the exact scoly at my lfs for $250 they have rewards program that I get 20% off too. Gonna treat myself this Christmas 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment
M&C Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 20 minutes ago, Matteo said: They have the exact scoly at my lfs for $250 they have rewards program that I get 20% off too. Gonna treat myself this Christmas 🙂 If you wait that long it might not be there anymore... maybe an early Christmas present is in order 1 Quote Link to comment
Matteo Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 37 minutes ago, M&C said: If you wait that long it might not be there anymore... maybe an early Christmas present is in order They always have scolys and super high end collector pieces. Regardless whatever I get will be close to 300 probably haha. I have one spot on my front right sand bed that needs a fricken loud ass piece. I have baby bounce shroom in that corner but NEED MORE 1 Quote Link to comment
M&C Posted November 25, 2019 Author Share Posted November 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Matteo said: NEED MORE Are you me? This sounds familiar. 3 Quote Link to comment
Matteo Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 4 hours ago, M&C said: Are you me? This sounds familiar. My tank is full but now I wanna replace some corals with only super high end corals. There's a really good chance this hobby is more addictive and expensive than a herioin addiction 🙄 1 Quote Link to comment
M&C Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 Our starcki damsel is here! Bit of a wildcard pickup but couldn't resist when I saw him on the Diver's Den. Mean muggin. Hope his temper doesn't match his look 😄 3 1 Quote Link to comment
blizzardscout2 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Wow, that is a beautiful fish. 1 Quote Link to comment
M&C Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 47 minutes ago, blizzardscout2 said: Wow, that is a beautiful fish. Agreed, haven't seen many fish with a blue this bright. Really striking, especially with the yellow contrast. Quote Link to comment
M&C Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 New fish is not amused. Don't let the look fool you though, he gets along well with the other fish so far 😄 3 Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Nice picture! That damsel looks a lot like a Flameback Angelfish, in terms of colors. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment
Kayman Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Your tank is beautiful and that new fish is awesome! Nice to see another clown hanging around in a duncan too. My duncan hosts both my clowns but they rarely ever spend time in it together. 1 Quote Link to comment
M&C Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 2 hours ago, DutchNanoReefer88 said: Nice picture! That damsel looks a lot like a Flameback Angelfish, in terms of colors. 🙂 Wow cool you weren’t kidding, they look almost identical. Nature is weird 😆 1 hour ago, Kayman said: Your tank is beautiful and that new fish is awesome! Nice to see another clown hanging around in a duncan too. My duncan hosts both my clowns but they rarely ever spend time in it together. Thanks for the kind words! Same deal with our clowns, they hardly ever spend time together and the larger one doesn’t even let the little guy near the torch coral. Doesn’t seem like they’ve truly paired off yet, hoping it happens as they mature. 1 Quote Link to comment
M&C Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 First time making a video, nothing fancy but here it is! 12/21/19 FTS - 5 months: Well December has been a weird month. A while back I posted about having high phosphates. The tank looked just fine and even our "0 TDS" RO/DI water had a reading of 0.2-0.3, so I thought our hanna checker was faulty and put it out of my mind. Well over the next month I noticed some of the acros were losing a bit of color and a few of our prized frags RTN/STN'd on us. Parameters all checked out fine. Then it dawned on me that I hadn't replaced the RO/DI filters in a while... I checked and the DI resin was totally spent. So no, the hanna checker wasn't wrong, the "control" had high phosphates (and who knows what other bad stuff) to begin with that the TDS meter didn't pick up on. Bottom line is the tank was running with phosphates in the 0.3-0.4 range for a month or so. Really frustrating, expensive mistake. I bought new filters, phosphates are back where they should be, and the tank is now recovering. The acros were the only ones that seemed to be affected, as everything else (especially the montis?) has been growing pretty well over the past month. New fish has settled in pretty well too, everyone seems to get along nicely. Plans for the upcoming few months are to just hang back and let the tank do its thing. I want to see acros growing and coloring up again for at least a month before we replace the frags we lost. 4 1 Quote Link to comment
Poodges Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 It’s a damn nice tank. Looking great. Thanks for the reminder to check my filters. Quote Link to comment
DNR88 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Very nice video of a great looking tank! 👍 Quote Link to comment
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