The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread - Page 24

shilala · 03-10-2010, 06:37 PM

Thanks to both of you guys.

Being as the heat ain't gonna hurt a thing, I'm going to close up the lids and let the tank warm naturally. It'll be like soup in no time. I do need to go get a decent thermometer though.
I'm going to start bringing down the salinity tomorrow. I can only pull it down ten gallons at a time because my RO unit is so slow.
I'm going to drop a bit, so far as salinity goes, but I'm not going to drop it too low. I've been dropping slowly over the last year, coming down from 1.025 to 1.020. (I typo'd that last message, Carlos.)
I'd like to hang around .018 or .019.
Since I've lowered my salinity, my coralline has flourished as well as my critters, bugs, corals, and fish. This outbreak was caused by temperature spikes. I need to cut off the heat run behind the tank. That'll be a pain, so it'll wait till summer.
Thanks again, guys!!!

shilala · 03-10-2010, 07:10 PM

I read the article. Hyposalinity is out, for sure. It'll kill everything I have.

Wolfgang · 03-10-2010, 07:48 PM

Its a difficult situation Scott. I dealt with this early on in my reef tank. What worked for me. was lowering sal to .017 and leaving it there for many months without adding anythoing at all in that period.

Imagine how pitiful a 90 gallon tank looks with only a tiny maroon clown in it.

If you lose any corals I will gladly send you replacements. (post outbreak)

Before I buy a fish now I ask the store to hold it for a month in their QT system. It costs a little more but no ich since.

shilala · 03-10-2010, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfgang

Its a difficult situation Scott. I dealt with this early on in my reef tank. What worked for me. was lowering sal to .017 and leaving it there for many months without adding anythoing at all in that period.

Imagine how pitiful a 90 gallon tank looks with only a tiny maroon clown in it.

If you lose any corals I will gladly send you replacements. (post outbreak)

Before I buy a fish now I ask the store to hold it for a month in their QT system. It costs a little more but no ich since.

Thank You, Mark. I'll get this under control in no time. I have medicine and it isn't bad. I'll lower the salinity a tiny bit and start doing water changes. I already brought buckets in, I'll make and replace 20 or 30 gallons tomorrow, depending on what I'll have to do with my medicine.
I'll talk with you about corals later. I'd love to get some more going, but I kill everything. The red stuff is the only thing I've been succesful with so far, and it's growing like wildfire.
My new base rock is getting very purple, too. So I can grow coralline algae really good. My water is decent, but I'd like it even better.

03-10-2010, 08:37 PM

I've had success fighting ich with garlic, the dry granulated kind. I would just feed it to them like the food. They would eat some and the rest disappeared in the tank. I now have cleaner shrimp in both tanks. I think they keep the ich suppressed.

Wolfgang · 03-28-2010, 01:19 PM

Some of my Nuclear green Pallys. Just got done fragging. Made five frags of 3-6 polyps each and you cant tell where they came from. Anyone interested in some? PM me.

Wolfgang · 03-28-2010, 05:46 PM

I was bored tonight so I rescaped my tank.

Wolfgang · 03-28-2010, 10:17 PM

Water has calmed down and here it is with my clown in front.

sikk50 · 03-29-2010, 01:58 AM

Before my mom killed off my tank when I left for school it use to be my favorite to reaquascape. Every water change and cleanning I'd do it. I think the reason I liked it so much was bc of how pissed of it would make my fish. It really just messed up their day and they'd be incredibly active exploring the new caves.

Wolfgang · 03-29-2010, 02:04 AM

It also created new territories and kept the peace so to speak. I will probally have to rescape it when i add my next clown or use the jail technique

shilala · 03-30-2010, 07:05 AM

Guys, I got my ich problem under control. Adjusted my salinity just a tiny bit lower, stabilized the temp, and slowed down feeding dramatically.
My thinking was that with an absense of bottom food, all my critters would eat the bottom bugs and stop the cycle.
So far, so good.

Hang on to some frags for me, Marc. I'd like to try a couple more and see if I can avoid killing them.
The tank looks AWESOME!!! I had to redo the right side of mine cause it caved from someone tunneling. I made it a bit less fragile this time.

Wolfgang · 03-30-2010, 01:09 PM

Superglue works wonders for stabilizing rocks. I use this kind.

Ill save you some Scott.

shilala · 03-30-2010, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfgang

Superglue works wonders for stabilizing rocks. I use this kind.

Ill save you some Scott.

I have some, Marc. Just don't like using it on the rocks. I probably would if I could ever get them all the way I like them.
One of my buddies sends me emails that say "move that one rock 2cm to the left". He's watched me fussing with it a number of times. Not many days go by that I'm not wet.

sikk50 · 03-30-2010, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shilala

I have some, Marc. Just don't like using it on the rocks. I probably would if I could ever get them all the way I like them.
One of my buddies sends me emails that say "move that one rock 2cm to the left". He's watched me fussing with it a number of times. Not many days go by that I'm not wet.

03-30-2010, 01:41 PM

I have rarely and only slightly rearranged my rock. Almost every piece has something on the outside of it that likes where it is.
I hear you, Scott, about the wet arms. If you add it all up I spend like four hours or more a week with my arms in the aquarium. If not then I couldn't see inside. I will have to get an updated picture.
I think I lost my maxima clam due to a malfunctioning heater back in the coldest part of winter. It was about five years old. Our two best fish stores closed, now there is nothing close to me.

Wolfgang · 03-30-2010, 02:50 PM

It dosent really fuse them together. It just makes the more outrageous things more stable. The rocks can be pulled apart really easily just not under their own weight.

I will be adding a clam shortly. I have my eye on a 3.5" dersea, 3" squamosa, and a 4" maxima at the LFS. Just have to decide which tank.

OLS · 04-01-2010, 02:18 PM

HAhahah, I KNEW there was a slope that people didn't talk about. That's cause it is the
biggest money-tossing slope that there is.

And I am also afflicted. This is my second tank, and it is an old picture from very early on.
I have replaced half the rock and moved everything 5 times. This is just a 40 with a 25 gal sump.
My old tank was a 110 and a few photos from it's early days are here:
http://www.reefs.org/forums/topic134254.html

I never thought to look and see if there was a reef thread. SHould be, as much disposable as we dispose of.

shilala · 04-07-2010, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OLS

HAhahah, I KNEW there was a slope that people didn't talk about. That's cause it is the
biggest money-tossing slope that there is.

Dood. I LOVE killing fish. It's the best way to rid myself of that cumbersome money. I haven't killed anything in weeks, and it's driving me nuts.
Today I'm fighting brown slime again. I have a branch sponge in there that's breaking down, I need to get it out. I've halted feeding to near nothing, but my skimmers are working overtime. Something could have died in there, I have no way of telling.
Sooo....
I hooked the diatom filter back up and did some scrubbing. I usually let it just burn itself out, but decided to do battle this time. I'm not gonna do much. It'll be gone before I know it.

Wolfgang · 04-07-2010, 01:24 PM

Added some new coral today.

Tyree Meteor Shower Cyphastrea.

Wolfgang · 04-11-2010, 01:05 PM

Picked up some more coral.

Green montipora Cap
Pink Montipora Cap
Blue Stag
Pink Pocillipora
Green Pocillipora
and a Green slimer Acro.

picture coming soon.

03-10-2010, 06:37 PM	#1
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Thanks to both of you guys. Being as the heat ain't gonna hurt a thing, I'm going to close up the lids and let the tank warm naturally. It'll be like soup in no time. I do need to go get a decent thermometer though. I'm going to start bringing down the salinity tomorrow. I can only pull it down ten gallons at a time because my RO unit is so slow. I'm going to drop a bit, so far as salinity goes, but I'm not going to drop it too low. I've been dropping slowly over the last year, coming down from 1.025 to 1.020. (I typo'd that last message, Carlos.) I'd like to hang around .018 or .019. Since I've lowered my salinity, my coralline has flourished as well as my critters, bugs, corals, and fish. This outbreak was caused by temperature spikes. I need to cut off the heat run behind the tank. That'll be a pain, so it'll wait till summer. Thanks again, guys!!! __________________

03-10-2010, 07:10 PM	#2
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread I read the article. Hyposalinity is out, for sure. It'll kill everything I have. __________________

03-10-2010, 07:48 PM	#3
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Its a difficult situation Scott. I dealt with this early on in my reef tank. What worked for me. was lowering sal to .017 and leaving it there for many months without adding anythoing at all in that period. Imagine how pitiful a 90 gallon tank looks with only a tiny maroon clown in it. If you lose any corals I will gladly send you replacements. (post outbreak) Before I buy a fish now I ask the store to hold it for a month in their QT system. It costs a little more but no ich since. __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

03-10-2010, 08:37 PM	#5
BC-Axeman Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread I've had success fighting ich with garlic, the dry granulated kind. I would just feed it to them like the food. They would eat some and the rest disappeared in the tank. I now have cleaner shrimp in both tanks. I think they keep the ich suppressed.

03-28-2010, 05:46 PM	#7
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread I was bored tonight so I rescaped my tank. __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

03-28-2010, 10:17 PM	#8
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Water has calmed down and here it is with my clown in front. __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

03-29-2010, 01:58 AM	#9
sikk50 Just Bored Really... Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Andrew Location: The Jefferson State Posts: 2,084 Trading: (13)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Before my mom killed off my tank when I left for school it use to be my favorite to reaquascape. Every water change and cleanning I'd do it. I think the reason I liked it so much was bc of how pissed of it would make my fish. It really just messed up their day and they'd be incredibly active exploring the new caves. __________________ "Not a Headache in a Hogshead"

03-29-2010, 02:04 AM	#10
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread It also created new territories and kept the peace so to speak. I will probally have to rescape it when i add my next clown or use the jail technique __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

03-30-2010, 07:05 AM	#11
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Guys, I got my ich problem under control. Adjusted my salinity just a tiny bit lower, stabilized the temp, and slowed down feeding dramatically. My thinking was that with an absense of bottom food, all my critters would eat the bottom bugs and stop the cycle. So far, so good. Hang on to some frags for me, Marc. I'd like to try a couple more and see if I can avoid killing them. The tank looks AWESOME!!! I had to redo the right side of mine cause it caved from someone tunneling. I made it a bit less fragile this time. __________________

03-30-2010, 01:09 PM	#12
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Superglue works wonders for stabilizing rocks. I use this kind. Ill save you some Scott. __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

03-30-2010, 01:41 PM	#15
BC-Axeman Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread I have rarely and only slightly rearranged my rock. Almost every piece has something on the outside of it that likes where it is. I hear you, Scott, about the wet arms. If you add it all up I spend like four hours or more a week with my arms in the aquarium. If not then I couldn't see inside. I will have to get an updated picture. I think I lost my maxima clam due to a malfunctioning heater back in the coldest part of winter. It was about five years old. Our two best fish stores closed, now there is nothing close to me.

03-30-2010, 02:50 PM	#16
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread It dosent really fuse them together. It just makes the more outrageous things more stable. The rocks can be pulled apart really easily just not under their own weight. I will be adding a clam shortly. I have my eye on a 3.5" dersea, 3" squamosa, and a 4" maxima at the LFS. Just have to decide which tank. __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

04-07-2010, 01:24 PM	#19
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Added some new coral today. Tyree Meteor Shower Cyphastrea. __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

04-11-2010, 01:05 PM	#20
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Picked up some more coral. Green montipora Cap Pink Montipora Cap Blue Stag Pink Pocillipora Green Pocillipora and a Green slimer Acro. picture coming soon. __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.