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Background- Keeping aquariums 44 years, Saltwater, 28 years. Have always kept Bluestreaks in pairs in my tanks. I pick the biggest and fattest, and the smallest and leanest and introduce them together, has always worked. Lost my 2 year old male? 9 months ago in the reef. My Lions put the pair in...
There are no heads with this Frogspawn, I purchased it 4 years ago as a cone, it has since started walling off in 4 different directions, it's a walling spawn, species unknown
Angel's I've kept in my reefs
Asfur Perfect, just a grumpy sob
Blueface- Ate all Zoa's
Bluering Ate everything
Blueline Perfect resident, still have one
Coral Beauty Suspect
Emperor Perfect still have one
Flame uspect
French (Juv) Perfect
Multicolor Suspect
Passer Perfect but MEAN
Queen Love...
All the advice you've received should be considered, these folks have your best interests at heart. That's why I love this site, real people, real experiences, the truth. I gave you my experience with several Emp's, good luck with your Emp. Keep me posted as to how things are going, I'll give...
What works for some, may not work for others. I keep Angels in my reef. 1 Emp., 1 Asfur, 1 Queen ( She snacks on my Lytophytons, that's why I have so many), 1 Blueline, 1 Rescued Majestic( Still with me) and a Potters. The Emp. bothers nothing, except my hand, when adding anything to the tank...
Thanks for the help. Test results as of today:
Alk 8.1
Cal 450
Mag 1360
Iodine is a little low at .045
Strontium a little low as well at 7.1
PO3 is coming down at .16
NO3 still up at 4ppm
Doing another 60 gal chg this weekend
My amounts for Vineger dosing was way off, it's 5ml per liter, so that...
To start- 3 week battle with flu= tank neglect, forgive me. Suspended normal vinegar/kalk drip for evap. makeup. Just topped up with ro/di. Could not stay upright for more than 3 minutes.
As of 1-6
Alk 5.6
Cal 350
Mag 800
PH 8.0
Phos 0.38= crap
NO3 <4 ppm
Nitrite 0
Amonia 0
SG 1.025...
My pair of Jawfish have had separate burrows in the back and at each end of my tank for along time now. A few days ago I noticed a burrow in the right front corner under a drab brown Frogspawn. To my amazement, both Jaws are happily fortifying the same burrow, and their doing it where I can...
Some pics too pique your interest, come see first hand. I need to share my reef with someone other than me. Haven't talked reef with anyone in along time, not face to face anyway, my approach is a little unorthodox, it works for me
Don't know where to post this, PM'd you my phone number, I'm awake and online now, give me a call, presently consuming a Yuengling or two, have stuff for you.
Some pics taken last week of Purple Stylo, Orange Digitata, Unidentified SPS and my Gonio, which has finally re-emerged and started to feed again. I should move the Sinularia but the color contrast is nice. So far there's been no battle, we'll see.
I would prefer to helpout members who lost their systems, Torch Coral, Frogspawn and Grape Corals is what I can frag. My Orange Digitata survived, not enough to frag, but soon. I have Lyto phyton allover, if softies are wanted, Greenstar polyps everywhere. Purple Stylo can be fraged, talk to me...
How old is the system, do you have a sand bed? How old is the sand bed? Older than five years? Change it, IMO older sand beds not only lose the ability to buffer they can and will leach toxins that precipitate out of the water column, no sand bed?, look at the rock, same as above, it's the...
Sandy killed my power for five days, created 120 plus hours to my weekly work schedule, had no time to care for my tanks, the people came first.
Lost
Personifer Angel
Blueface Angel
Coral Beauty
Achilles Tang
Thompsons Tang
All SPS...
Haven't posted in a few months, hardly been able to visit either. I moved early in Sept., Aug. was spent planning on how to move the reef and the 125 frag/fowlr/qt/orchid tank. This week the 125 has Lions in it, oh well. Aside from a hernia, losing a number of sps much cursing and a broken toe...