Tank Journal Archive

SpikeHoover&Rocky · Mar 20, 2013

MTG said:
i cant rotate you will need to edit before uploading :) what corals is it eating?

Seems to be picking at rocks, likes some zoo's and xenias from what's been happening in the tank...

In Terms of the photo it is the right way up everywhere but then rotates when I select insert full size image :( The ones of my MP10 rotated differently for some reason. but then others like FTS work fine.... Hmmm No idea :(

chimaera said:
If you right click and open in a new tab, it turns it the right way. Go figure.

Cool looking crab, shame it is eating your corals.

Kind of want to keep the crab. he is cool looking... But as soon as he has a fish for dinner... He is gone (if I can catch it) No idea on the photo...

SpikeHoover&Rocky · Mar 24, 2013

OK.

Salinity: 1.025
KH: 7.4 (Low :( )
CA: 430 (:))
Mg: 1400(WTF... Check again...WTF...)
PO4: 0.08ppm (Getting better. Last week was .128ppm only change was a water change :mad:)

Just to change it up I added red sea Foundation B today 10ml to raise KH by 1. Apart from giving me a massive issue with micro bubbles and turning water a cloudy colour as I added it I will check tomorrow to see if it did anything...

Nothing else really noteworthy. Oh I have noticed on a piece of flat rock i have this fluro green little pod... It looks like a little coral has started to grow in the middle of no where.

Spot fed most corals with reef roids mixed in tank water and just pipeted them near them... we will see how that works out.

Been doing a lot of research. Tomorrow I am going to order 2 new circulation pumps and a new skimmer then get the stevieT media basket sorted ASAP. Got to get this mod done ASAP.

SpikeHoover&Rocky · Mar 24, 2013

OK. Photo time. Can people please identify some of these???

OK... WTF is this branch stuff???

Anthias... There is 5 of these little babies in there :):)

More Zoos... they are going bezerk

Fluro green morph came on the bit of rock the leather was on. It too is twice the size

Some type of purple/blue xenia??? thoughts anyone???

BTA is twice the size of when I got it :):)

Clown never leaves this guy except to eat. Of a night he lies on it when its gone in or lies in the sand basically under it...

Zoos taking a ride on an urchin. Every time I take them off within an hour he has found them and has them again. Going to need to glue these ones down i reckon :):)

Random stuff grew all over this rock... What is this???

ViralEntity · Mar 25, 2013

SpikeHoover&Rocky said:
OK. Photo time. Can people please identify some of these???

Sure can - its all stuff I should have in my tank.... :cry

Looking good!

SpikeHoover&Rocky · Mar 25, 2013

ViralEntity said:
Sure can - its all stuff I should have in my tank....

Looking good!

Thanks.

You will get it all into your tank at some point :):)

Aspidites · Mar 25, 2013

Sounds like you have a decorator urchin. They pick shit up and carry it on their backs. Can be a pain in the ass. As for the purple stuff, it is not Xenia. It is something different. Grows similar thou.

SpikeHoover&Rocky · Mar 26, 2013

Aspidites said:
Sounds like you have a decorator urchin. They pick shit up and carry it on their backs. Can be a pain in the ass. As for the purple stuff, it is not Xenia. It is something different. Grows similar thou.

Yeah there are 2 decorator urchins in there. They love the zoos. Oh well. I am about to order some Coral Glue so I can glue that shit down.

SpikeHoover&Rocky · Mar 27, 2013

Has anyone had any experience with Aquavitro Fuel?

Aspidites · Mar 27, 2013

Not personally but I know of people that use the whole range and have good success.

SpikeHoover&Rocky · Mar 29, 2013

OK. so a little Amonia :( no Nitrite :) A little Nitrate :( Lucky its water change day :)

Alk 7.0 :(
Ca 400ppm :(
Mg 1200 :(

Dosed all 3. will do another water test tomorrow and if my LFS is open get another 20L NSW and prob do another change. Also get some live brine to keep everyone interested :D

@MTG has me thinking about a new scape... We will see what happens over the long w/end:cool:

I will post a picture in a minute of a coral I got for free. Its not in great shape hence free... from my LFS (They did a coral clean out the other day and re did there tanks... Hoping someone can Identify what it is supposed to be. I have no idea. It has started to get an orange colour to it. been in the tank a week...)

EDIT: Here is the photo... Ignore the pain in the arse cyano on gravel. that will be cleaned today :)

MTG · Mar 29, 2013

:poidh

SpikeHoover&Rocky · Mar 29, 2013

MTG said:
:poidh

Bit harsh asking for pics of a possible re scape that may happen over a 4 day w/end on the first day...:(

Do you happen to know what sort of coral that thing is supposed to be?

MTG · Mar 29, 2013

snap to it. its only 4pm you still have a couple more hours :D

SpikeHoover&Rocky · Mar 29, 2013

bloody 5 pm down here :p

MTG · Mar 29, 2013

still a couple house all i here is excuses :P

chimaera · Mar 29, 2013

Looks like a very bleached, very sick, Lobo. Has a chance though, still good 'flesh' on the skeleton.

SpikeHoover&Rocky · Mar 29, 2013

chimaera said:
Looks like a very bleached, very sick, Lobo. Has a chance though, still good 'flesh' on the skeleton.

Had a google. Def looks similar. dont think it had much light. currently it is on my sand bed.

If I get around to the re scape I might try get it higher in the tank

MTG · Mar 29, 2013

chimaera said:
Looks like a very bleached, very sick, Lobo. Has a chance though, still good 'flesh' on the skeleton.

that it does. looked like it hasnt been in light for a while

SpikeHoover&Rocky · Mar 29, 2013

@MTG and @chimaera feeding it reef roods OK? or does it need something different?

MTG · Mar 29, 2013

light should be find to bring it back imo, doesent look damaged just bleached