This guy is extra salty Posted February 19, 2021 Author Share Posted February 19, 2021 FTS 2/15/21 8 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 FTS 5/1/2021 9 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 6/14/21 FTS So a little update I have been dealing with a lot as of late, which in turn has caused me to seriously neglect the tank. It has a bunch of hair algae all over the place which I’m starting to doze some vibrant hopefully it’ll clear up in a few months or so. But everything else inside is doing quite well I did lose one mangrove which I’m going to leave inside the tank because hopefully it’ll come back eventually but everything else seems to be doing quite well I added some wires to train the mangroves to grow towards the light instead of towards the AI primes. 3 Quote Link to comment
ef4life Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Looking good, your getting excellent growth out of those mangroves. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 21 minutes ago, ef4life said: Looking good, your getting excellent growth out of those mangroves. Thanks literally been autopilot 😂 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 6/20/21 FTS It seems a lot of the hair algae is slowly dying off from dosing vibrant. which is a good thing and it’s allowing the other macros to grow and not choke up the corals. 2 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 7/5/21 FTS with the how do you slowly dying off I have been picking at it with some forceps. It’s slowly starting to get back to its former glory. The mangroves have been doing quite well with new leaves and branches. They seem to be growing quite well with additional light that I have added.Then again the mangroves have only been growing for about a year and a half (but who is really counting?) It’s kind of nice having the training wire around the mangroves stock because I could bend them out and make kind of neat shapes out of them slowly. And it seems that I have been dosing a lot of magnesium as of late which reminds me I need to restock. Also for the Corals they seem to be kind of doll and kind of blah as of late I think it might be too much light I have been debating on removing one of the AI primes and just leaving it with a single one since it is more than enough to grow coral with might be too much of a hotspot with the two primes. I have also noticed that the outline Corals like a few of the Monties seem to be enjoying the plant like more than the AI primes which kind of makes me think I should remove them all together. 3 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 8/16/21 FTS 4 Quote Link to comment
The Rainy Day Aquarium Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Now those are starting to look like proper trees ha! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
The Rainy Day Aquarium Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 I also was making RODI water when I was reading though your previous posts and I forgot that it was running and I flooded my bathroom. So, thanks for that. I blame it all on you and your wonderful tank. 🤣😡 2 1 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 29 minutes ago, Chowder's Reef said: I also was making RODI water when I was reading though your previous posts and I forgot that it was running and I flooded my bathroom. So, thanks for that. I blame it all on you and your wonderful tank. 🤣😡 Get the “marriage saver” it automatically shuts off rodi when your container is full.. it’s totally worth the $$ 3 Quote Link to comment
The Rainy Day Aquarium Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 15 minutes ago, This guy is extra salty said: Get the “marriage saver” it automatically shuts off rodi when your container is full.. it’s totally worth the $$ It would have saved me the grief of running downstairs like a fool. My wife asked what was going on and all I could get out was "THE BATHROOM!" After cleaning up all the spilled water for 20min I came back upstairs and she asked if "I was better now?" Then she saw me holding soggy wet towels and gave me one of those looks like "whatever happened, I don't want to know" kind of deal. I tried to explain to her what was up and she just said "riiiiight". I didn't need it to save my marriage, I needed it to save my honor as a competent human being... 3 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 9/12/21 FTS Took a well-deserved vacation last week and the tank was a little neglected but when I came back everything was doing well and still going strong. I decided to add a mini protein skimmer to the back chambers, it’s been a little over a year to make this decision. Because I felt that it didn’t necessarily need one. Although it is still in its Break-in period. It has produced very little to nothing in the production of skimmate. Despite all the supplements that is added weekly along with phytoplankton and zooplankton, still hasn’t put a dent in any production of skimmate. When I got back from vacation I noticed that I have new growth on the mangroves which is pretty awesome since these little trees take a long time to show any signs of growth etc.All of the corals seem to be happy with a couple of the Montipora Show some slight fading in coloration which makes me believe that I need to dose more magnesium. I’m not too sure if I need to set up a dosing machine for this tank yet but I shall see in the upcoming weeks if manual dosing is not enough 5 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Nice update. Mangroves look super, ok the whole tank. I bet just getting away was fantastic. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 1 hour ago, debbeach13 said: Nice update. Mangroves look super, ok the whole tank. I bet just getting away was fantastic. It definitely was pretty awesome got to visit some family on the west coast and did some beach days. Although I do miss the icy waters of the pacific coast 4 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 The GHA is slowly dying off as the protein skimmer is finally getting some work it’s cut out for. I don’t know why I didn’t do it sooner 6 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 2 1 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 shots from this weekend 5 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 10/19/21 FTS 5 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 So the tank has been going quite well. the hair algae has been dying off over the past couple months with using vibrant. But a lot of the corals are being stressed out by it unfortunately and fading colors and polyp extension is very minimal. But over the next week I’ll try to minimize the vibrant dosage to boost the overall health of the corals 2 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 FTS 12/12/21 3 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 That’s awesome that it treated the hair algae. Hopefully the effects on the coral can be turned around. 1 Quote Link to comment
A.m.P Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Love this system, it looks like the Vibrant really hammered your sps, hope some of them bounce back. 1 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 11 hours ago, A.m.P said: Love this system, it looks like the Vibrant really hammered your sps, hope some of them bounce back. Yes unfortunately it did, they need to change the label cause it’s not “reef safe” 1 1 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 18 hours ago, debbeach13 said: That’s awesome that it treated the hair algae. Hopefully the effects on the coral can be turned around. I hope so too! It took a massive toll on my macro algaes unfortunately I will have to restock some of them maybe @inland_reef can hook a brother up? 1 Quote Link to comment
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