vision Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 What up NR, Started this tank at the end of December 2018 - I got the itch again. Equipment: Tank: Innovative Marine Nuvo 10 Lighting: AI Prime HD Heater: Eheim Jager 25w Return: Mighty Jet Circulation: MP10 Filtration: InTank Media Basket - Floss & Seachem Matrix ATO: IceCap ATO Controller: Neptune Apex Doser: CoralBox WF-04 - B-Ionic 2 part Light schedule: 7 hour AB+ with a 1 hour ramp up/down. Maintenance: Bi-monthly 30% water changes, weekly Reef Roids, daily Marine S pellets for the clowns. I rarely test, but when I do, I use Hannah checkers. Alk: 9.2 dkh ~ 9.4 dkh Ca: 380 ppm ~ 420 ppm Mg: Never tested PO43-: Never tested -- Corals SPS - Red Montipora - Meteor Shower Cyphastrea - Seriatopora (rescue) LPS - 3x Acans, not sure on ID's - Green Hammer - Green Duncan w/ purple tips - Emerald Mummy Eye Chalice - Red Blastomussa - Mini teal Scoly (rescue) Softies - Eagle Eye Zoa + unidentified Zoa - 2x Florida Ricordea, Green & Orange Fauna Inverts - Orange Rock Flower Anemone - Purple Banded Trochus - Dwarf Ceriths - Nassarius vibex - Florida Ceriths - Small Nerites - 1 tiny Brittle Star hitch hiker Fish: - 2x Snowflake Clowns, purchased as extreme juveniles 1 Quote Link to comment
vision Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 Front 01.12.19 04.19.19 08.30.19 Top down 05.18.19 08.30.19 Stuff 08.30.19 3 Quote Link to comment
billygoat Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Oh yeah, looks like a winner. 😎 Glad to see you decided to get back in the saltwater game! Super nice collection there. 👌 2 Quote Link to comment
dillct Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 at what intensity are you running the ab+ spectrum? Quote Link to comment
vision Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 full intensity. Quote Link to comment
vision Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 I have an inverted Rock Flower. Has anyone had this happen before? It’s been this way for like 2-3 weeks. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Wonderboy Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Wonderful little setup - super nice looking corals! What the heck is that nem doing?? lol - I hope it's okay 3 Quote Link to comment
vision Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 Thank you! Not sure about the nem, good news is his health doesn’t seem affected! 2 Quote Link to comment
billygoat Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 1 hour ago, vision said: Thank you! Not sure about the nem, good news is his health doesn’t seem affected! I've heard of this happening to RFAs for extended periods of time in other people's tanks as well, but I am still not sure what the cause is. The traditional wisdom when dealing with an everted anemone is to increase flow; sometimes 'nems turn themselves inside-out because they are trying to improve oxygenation of their tissues. Not sure if this will work or not though since certain RFAs seem to just do this for long intervals with no other ill effects. 🤷♂️ Does it still take food when its inside-out like that? 1 Quote Link to comment
vision Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 15 hours ago, billygoat said: I've heard of this happening to RFAs for extended periods of time in other people's tanks as well, but I am still not sure what the cause is. The traditional wisdom when dealing with an everted anemone is to increase flow; sometimes 'nems turn themselves inside-out because they are trying to improve oxygenation of their tissues. Not sure if this will work or not though since certain RFAs seem to just do this for long intervals with no other ill effects. 🤷♂️ Does it still take food when its inside-out like that? I run as high of flow as possible without blowing sand everywhere. When first introduced to the tank he moved himself to a lower flow side and hasn’t moved since. I moved the rock he’s on to coax him to relocate, seeing if maybe that will help. He does take food and eats. His mouth further inverts and kinda sucks in, but not fully. If disturbed, it “pulls in” normally, his mouth shrinks in size, but again it doesn’t fully retract into his body. Will continue to update. 2 Quote Link to comment
vision Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 Welp. I finally lost the RFA. It was in it's inverted state for about 2 months, it went back to normal but then ended up dying. I had a drop in alch, recalibrated/upped dosing and I think swing that was the kicking point for him. Everything else in the tank is doing fine. I will post update photos at the end of this month. 2 Quote Link to comment
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