Pjanssen Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Oh no, your fave rastas 😢. What happened? 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 6 hours ago, Pjanssen said: Oh no, your fave rastas 😢. What happened? Was a simple glass cleaning gone wrong. Moved a piece of rock I move all the time to get a good run at the glass, this time I didn't notice that the zoa's have started to migrate onto another rock, so when I moved that it pulled another rock with it, followed by a 3rd. Tried to put it all back together and failed. Resulting in buried SPS and floating zoa's. 😭😱 5 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 So I managed to rebuild with sump rock which has a horrifying WHITE look in the display, it's not that clean looking when in the sump! The rock work looks very patchy with some big gaps in between them where it once looked like a single bit of rock, but some of that may be due to colour difference. I have managed to salvage some of the acro on the top right, but it looks like shite. And the forest fire Digi on the top left, well I feel like I just glued a dead coral on there... It don't look good. Rastas I am pleased to report have been captured and after a lot of messing around have been stuck down. So I now have 2 colonies, 1 that was attached firmly to the rock that never moved and a second that went swimming.. The tank isn't going to look great for a while but I'm getting back on track. After so much change / bugger up I'm going to do a full run of tests this evening... GULP! OH and for some reason (I might find out in the back of the test results) all GSP colonies are in shock with part of each colony closed up. 5 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 Results are in, actually good.. was expecting bad news somehow. The big 3 are in a place I feel is ok. Phosphate is a little low as I tested about 15mins before the doser dropped 1ml, so I'm fine with that. Everything else is as was. CURRENT PARAMETERS Temp (Inkbird): 24.8 °C NO3 (Salifert): 5.0 ppm PO4 (Hanna): 0.02 ppm (dosing Zlements Z-PhosPlus) SG (TMC): 1.026 SG Alk (Salifert): 10.3 dKH Ca (Salifert): 480 ppm Mag (Salifert): 1370 ppm 5 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share Posted September 9, 2021 Ho ho hold on.. Thursday night? LFS visit? YES!! It was utter chaos 5 2 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share Posted September 9, 2021 Oh and 10 more ceriths just to top the other 40 up! Near 100 snails now. Which I think is a nice round number? 3 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 NIce. I loved my utter chaos in the 29. They haven't quite come back to their glory in the 55 but I'm confident they will 2 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 12 hours ago, Murphych said: Ho ho hold on.. Thursday night? LFS visit? YES!! It was utter chaos Thats probably the only Zoa that I have owned that I didnt actually kill 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 Scopas and pals 5 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 Even harder than the dusky wrasse to photograph is this guy.. first time I managed to get a half decent pic. He's really big now, right at the top of his size I think at 3 inch. 4 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 Just cause I like a wee gif these days, and because the tank is now back to order (bat the fact the rock capping it off is sump white!) 5 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 Beer and blue backdrop 👍🏼 that might have been the best FTS without even trying lol 4 Quote Link to comment
InAtTheDeepEnd Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 I've just read this journal from start to finish 😂😂 although just one question....I didn't see what lights you were using on the equipment list (could be me being stupid)? but your zoas are seriously popping. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 12 minutes ago, InAtTheDeepEnd said: I've just read this journal from start to finish 😂😂 although just one question....I didn't see what lights you were using on the equipment list (could be me being stupid)? but your zoas are seriously popping. Ah what all of it! Wow that's a mission, hope you enjoyed it! Im a bit of a direction changer eh? 🤣 I have 2 AI prime HD16s. They are awesome 👍🏼 I do love my zoa's... 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 New growth on the firecracker already, polyps extending out of the side like worms. And @Ratvan are you sure you want GSP? Which is now in the plug so almost ready to send by the way.. I never put any here and it's not even close to this rock so how the hell it'sstarted growing here between the rastas and the utter chaos is beyond me. Hornets mid afternoon, rare to see them open till later on in the day, look ace when all fully open. Mushroom plateau one of my fav areas now.. need to move the other Ric's into this area, this is where the Gramma likes to hang out, our if the way of the wrasses. 4 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Yes please bud, just going to have a few corals that grow like weeds and the Mantis and his prey. 3 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share Posted September 13, 2021 Pretty happy with the placement of the firecrackers, they are sitting very well above the rastas.. looks pretty good.. just need to keep an eye on them as they are sending new polyps out Mushrooms seem to be less plump at the moment 5 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share Posted September 13, 2021 This lads a complete dick, have you seen his corner full of empty Cerith shells? I just added a bunch last week.... 4 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Awe, he's just hungry. 2 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 Latest FTS 5 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 I like the colours that you have going on in there as well as the placement, its looking good 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 Cheers mate. The idea is to have a good spread of colour and loads of space between items so they have plenty of room to spread out and in time crash into each other.... There is a full side dedicated to GSP on the right, the torch should stop them from taking the glass on the side and front. The rest is sparse LPS but mainly zoa's 2 Quote Link to comment
InAtTheDeepEnd Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Looks awesome..... Very inspirational. If mine ever looks half as good as this I'll be a very happy camper indeed 😃 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 Got some mixed zoas yesterday for a £10er (nothing to write home about but more space fillers) to start filling the darker area of the tank on the massive Tonga branch on the left. Going to get some chalice (tro colour piece below) https://www.cellarmarinestore.co.uk/collections/chalice/products/tri-color-chalice-colony-wysiwyg-echinophyllia-aspera And some leathers for right at the top just below the water line.. it's still not as bright as it's right beside the weir so a bit shaded so thinking it's all gravy.... 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Murphs_Reef Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 Loads if different shades / textures of coralline now..pumps are covered.. going to leave it on the back wall and the one facing the window, as that's not viewable without some serious contortion 🤣 (right side wall) 4 Quote Link to comment
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