Hello all,
New to this site, but I've been in the hobby 20 years. Lots of experience in what not to do I have had some victories... kept my first clown fish for well over twelve years, my first tank was a 40 long with fluorescent lights. I got pulled into the hobby when you could go to the LFS and pick out uncured live rock! I loved the mystery of what might grow in the next few months. I feel like todays reefers are better environmentally, but its also been complicated by misinformation and expensive upgrades allowing for less hands-on reefing. I'm not going to tell you to "Get off my reef", but reefing seemed easier 15-20 years ago. So... for the first time, I have been defeated. It started 2 years ago when we lost power for 4 days. I had an emergency tank with a bubbler for fish and my most prized corals and did a massive water change when power was restored. I have been slowly watching my tank get over taken by "Dino's" , cyanobacteria, and somehow... Aptasia ever since.
So here we are.... I will be acid bathing, bleaching, and starting from scratch and hopefully sharing some of that here.
New to this site, but I've been in the hobby 20 years. Lots of experience in what not to do I have had some victories... kept my first clown fish for well over twelve years, my first tank was a 40 long with fluorescent lights. I got pulled into the hobby when you could go to the LFS and pick out uncured live rock! I loved the mystery of what might grow in the next few months. I feel like todays reefers are better environmentally, but its also been complicated by misinformation and expensive upgrades allowing for less hands-on reefing. I'm not going to tell you to "Get off my reef", but reefing seemed easier 15-20 years ago. So... for the first time, I have been defeated. It started 2 years ago when we lost power for 4 days. I had an emergency tank with a bubbler for fish and my most prized corals and did a massive water change when power was restored. I have been slowly watching my tank get over taken by "Dino's" , cyanobacteria, and somehow... Aptasia ever since.
So here we are.... I will be acid bathing, bleaching, and starting from scratch and hopefully sharing some of that here.