Chris & Sarahs' 250
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fruit bat
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Hi all,
Sorry but I haven't posted for a while, so heres an update on the tanks progress.
The Blue Nudibranchs disappeared after a couple of days (as expected) So i couldnt get them to Anthony, (Lesson Learned)
We have been using Red Sea NO3-PO4 X since the start of the year, adding 2ml each evening, the Nitrates are down from 32ppm to 4ppm and Phosphates barely detectable, everything seem to have taken to the reduction in nitrates quite well, although we seem to have lost a peppermint shrimp and a Fire shrimp in the last two weeks. I am sure this is a coincidence as our Starfish and Clam are fine and they tend to be the most sensitive to water chemistry fluctuations.
We have added a few new corals and moved a couple to make space, the Xenia colony was getting rather large so i fragged some a sold it to our LFS, they will be getting some more quite soon. (i am getting over £10 per frag which i am quite happy with)
New Livestock includes a lovely Mandarin Goby which i have wanted for a while but needed to be sure of a sustainable Copepod colony.
Not a lot else happening other than the 15-20% water change each week and regular cleaning (boy it's amazing how gunked up the skimmer pump can get, you sure notice the difference when it has been cleaned.)
Anyway, heres some pictures ( I know how we all like pictures)
Full tank Shot 16-05-2011
Duncans
Blue Gorgonian (A beautifull specimen)
Candy Cane with Zoas? hitchhiking
Shy Mandarin
Sorry but I haven't posted for a while, so heres an update on the tanks progress.
The Blue Nudibranchs disappeared after a couple of days (as expected) So i couldnt get them to Anthony, (Lesson Learned)
We have been using Red Sea NO3-PO4 X since the start of the year, adding 2ml each evening, the Nitrates are down from 32ppm to 4ppm and Phosphates barely detectable, everything seem to have taken to the reduction in nitrates quite well, although we seem to have lost a peppermint shrimp and a Fire shrimp in the last two weeks. I am sure this is a coincidence as our Starfish and Clam are fine and they tend to be the most sensitive to water chemistry fluctuations.
We have added a few new corals and moved a couple to make space, the Xenia colony was getting rather large so i fragged some a sold it to our LFS, they will be getting some more quite soon. (i am getting over £10 per frag which i am quite happy with)
New Livestock includes a lovely Mandarin Goby which i have wanted for a while but needed to be sure of a sustainable Copepod colony.
Not a lot else happening other than the 15-20% water change each week and regular cleaning (boy it's amazing how gunked up the skimmer pump can get, you sure notice the difference when it has been cleaned.)
Anyway, heres some pictures ( I know how we all like pictures)
Full tank Shot 16-05-2011
Duncans
Blue Gorgonian (A beautifull specimen)
Candy Cane with Zoas? hitchhiking
Shy Mandarin
Great pics - thanks for checking in ! Lovely tank !!! Really like your Blue Gorgonian , how long have you had him?
fruit bat
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Hi Glenn,
The Gorgonian has been with us now for around 6 weeks. Is gets moderate (Indirect) flow and plenty of light and seems to be very happy extending its polyps every day. We had one once before but it didn't survive too log, this one seem much more settled (Keeping fingers crossed)
Cheers, Chris
The Gorgonian has been with us now for around 6 weeks. Is gets moderate (Indirect) flow and plenty of light and seems to be very happy extending its polyps every day. We had one once before but it didn't survive too log, this one seem much more settled (Keeping fingers crossed)
Cheers, Chris
Cheers Chris & thanks for the reply .... so pretty !
JimmyJ
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RSM250PEARL
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Awesome pictures, beautiful tank!
fruit bat
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Sorry I've not been on the site for a while, just been enjoying summer outside with the Koi pond. Now it's turning cooler I'm spending more time with the tank and will post some updated pictures soon. The Blue Gorgonian has receeded and isn't looking too happy, other than that everything is good. The Monti Caps have gone mad and I have fragged them several times taking bits to the LFS for trade back.
I will post pictures soon
I will post pictures soon
Thanks for checking in Chris ! Look forward to the pics
fruit bat
Member
Hi everyone, I'm back. Had a bad last twelve months with physical injury and worst of all a total crash of the tank. Whilst I was laid up for a while in the spring I had an extra pump fitted and a small copper fitting was used which slowly killed everything except the fish. I have had to completely empty and clean the tank and replace all the substrate and live rock. The tank has been up and running for a week now and hopefully it will settle down nicely. Will post pictures soon.
Welcome back Chris !!! Good to hear you are healing up & the tank is on the way back !
You not the 1st one to use a cooper fitting & crash a tank, I have read a few similar post - another good warning for everyone.
You not the 1st one to use a cooper fitting & crash a tank, I have read a few similar post - another good warning for everyone.
fruit bat
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The most annoying thing was not knowing what the problem was and watching your corals and inverts slowing dieing.
Jose - YES - in a reef tank... any cooper use anywhere is a huge NO NO ... will kill all your corals and inverts, even the smallest fitting anywhere...
Tokalosh
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Sorry to hear about you crash Chris, I know what its like to start over.
Good to know you have stuck it out and are getting things back on track.
That Blue Cheek Gobi is really cute but I must warn you that they do love to spread sand everywhere.
Is that green coralline algae on the back wall?
Tok
Good to know you have stuck it out and are getting things back on track.
That Blue Cheek Gobi is really cute but I must warn you that they do love to spread sand everywhere.
Is that green coralline algae on the back wall?
Tok