Tank Journal Archive
Well it has been ages since I have looked/ updated my TJ so thought I should pull my finger out and do something about it.
Wishing I had left my finger where it was now though as I had forgot how nice the tank looked back then
Now im just kinda depressed.
Oh well, A couple of months after my last update I received a bad batch of NSW which caused some major dramas which over the next 6 months caused me to lose the majority of my SPS.
Despite all tests coming back good I just kept losing stuff which was really frustrating to the point I had considered pulling the tank down and starting again. I know believe the bad batch of water i got contained a certain strain of bacteria that the bio pellets kept going strong and was getting excessive bacterial slime which apart from stinking the house out was suffocating my corals.
I took the pellets off and added a miracle mud sand bed and 2 days later I was getting colour back into my remaining sps that had been brown for months:D
I have also replaced my T5s with 2 Mitras LEDS
It has been about 6 weeks now since removing the pellets and despite a initial nutrient spike the mud and macro are doing a great job at keeping nutrients where I want them.
The majority of corals have regained their colours and have started growing again , so hopefully down the track the tank will regain some of its former glory.
During the crap period I took the opportunity to do a major re aquascape giving me a more open style scape.
Any way heres a few catch up pics
Tank at one of its worst stages :(
How it is today
FRONT
LHS
RHS
And some random coral pics
Wishing I had left my finger where it was now though as I had forgot how nice the tank looked back then
Now im just kinda depressed.Oh well, A couple of months after my last update I received a bad batch of NSW which caused some major dramas which over the next 6 months caused me to lose the majority of my SPS.
Despite all tests coming back good I just kept losing stuff which was really frustrating to the point I had considered pulling the tank down and starting again. I know believe the bad batch of water i got contained a certain strain of bacteria that the bio pellets kept going strong and was getting excessive bacterial slime which apart from stinking the house out was suffocating my corals.
I took the pellets off and added a miracle mud sand bed and 2 days later I was getting colour back into my remaining sps that had been brown for months:D
I have also replaced my T5s with 2 Mitras LEDS
It has been about 6 weeks now since removing the pellets and despite a initial nutrient spike the mud and macro are doing a great job at keeping nutrients where I want them.
The majority of corals have regained their colours and have started growing again , so hopefully down the track the tank will regain some of its former glory.
During the crap period I took the opportunity to do a major re aquascape giving me a more open style scape.
Any way heres a few catch up pics
Tank at one of its worst stages :(
How it is today
FRONT
LHS
RHS
And some random coral pics
looks amazing...shame about the bad luck...you sure it was the water and not the switch over to the mitras' ?
how are you liking the mitras' they are by far the best lighs ive seen/used love them
anyway looking good mate looking forward to some more updates
how are you liking the mitras' they are by far the best lighs ive seen/used love them
anyway looking good mate looking forward to some more updates
Thanks mate
Yeah was pretty crap.I had forgotten how much stuff I lost over the months. Good news is all fish are still fine
Yeah defiantly the water as a couple of other locals had issues. I was blaming the lights at one stage and put the T5s back on but continued having issues.
Yeah out of all the LEDS I have seen they seem to give the best look and results but I still think I was getting better colour with the T5s and probably would run them if it wasn'tfor the cost factor, but I do love the shimmer
@zeebull what method did you go with for the miracal mud any shots?
A fair few pods, lots of mysis about 20 or so peppermint shrimp and some turbo and paper snails plus the odd crab that was banished to the sump,.
I put 4 in the display ages ago.
Every now and again I take a few to the LFS :-)
Amazing Tank mate. Looks even better in person. Just 1 Q
I see in your tank that you used to use Vortech powerheads why did you change back to the hydor/tunze powerheads ???
And thanks again for the chaeto it is taking over my sump I am amazed at how fast this stuff is growing. I should have a good 2-3 serves available in the next week ish just want to be sure it is thriving.
I see in your tank that you used to use Vortech powerheads why did you change back to the hydor/tunze powerheads ???
And thanks again for the chaeto it is taking over my sump I am amazed at how fast this stuff is growing. I should have a good 2-3 serves available in the next week ish just want to be sure it is thriving.
Thanks mate
The main reason I changed is due to the size and rock placement of the tank. I wanted pumps I could direct.
Was planning on going Tunze but decided to give the Jebebo wp40 a go and so far they are great pumps.
Yeah the chaeto grows so fast, did you say you ran a MM system too?. what are youre nutrient levels like? and have they changed since using the chaeto?
so not so much for lack of performance but more so because they allow you to direct the flow where you want it?
Yes im running MM. But I havn't seen much of a change since using the chaeto but my nutrient level was low before the chaeto. But with the chaeto thriving I would take a guess by that the nutrients are lower. I have been using the Hanna phos checker and getting readings of 0.01 -0.03 depending on how much I have feed the fish and what has been feed to the fish. Hey I would like to catch up with you again and pick your brain. I have a lot more questions and a new build idea that I need heap with.
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