Never getting it back to how you had it.

flricordia · 09-21-2007, 08:11 AM

So my yellow-barred goby had dissapeared and I pulled everything out of the tank, went through the sand bed and searched every nook and cranny in the LR and still no goby.
And I just new I would never get my tank back to how I had had it before, but I think for the first time ever in reef-keeping I like the way this one went back. I left lots of open under the rock so I could retrieve detatched ricordias and such. I had hoped to end up with a bit more room for more ricordias, but not much. I'll cram them in somehow.
Ever have that problem? Take a tank apart and end up pulling your hair out because you just can't get it as nice as it was?
I did have to do alot of resetting zoanthids and sps that were now in shade or the mass was upside down.

lcstorc · 09-21-2007, 08:45 AM

Any time I go to add a coral I find I have this problem. If I put it here then I have to move this etc. Sometimes though they turn out even better. I think this is just one of the prices of reefkeeping. Plus the FTS always looks different.

DrHank · 09-21-2007, 09:19 AM

Every time I do that I'm never as satisfied with the results as I was before I started. It is frustrating. Mike, if you find that after aquascaping you just don't have the room for all the rics and zoas that you had in your tank just let me know and I'll let you move some of them into my tank for safe keeping. I'll be happy to take the ones that you are most likely forget were yours.

blue_eyes53813 · 09-21-2007, 09:39 AM

I think the tank looks great.. Im sorry about your goby

InLimbo87 · 09-23-2007, 10:19 AM

I definitely know the feeling. Its especially hard to be placing corals in my nano with my clumsy fingers without messing up all that I've worked into aquascaping and past coral placement. Very frustrating experience, but still doesn't deter me from buying new corals

Rcpilot · 09-24-2007, 02:17 AM

I'm having problems adding new members to the tank. I've taken it apart once to search for a missing fish, and it didn't go back together the way it was. I just did the best I could.

I have several different types/colors of zoas in my tank. Do the rest of you place ALL your zoa colonies together? Or do you spread them out all over the tank?

Do you put SPS and recordia in different spots?

Or do you just let all the different types hang out together? Mushrooms here and a polyp over there and an LPS on top?

I have just recently received 8 zoa frags. 3 or 4 of them are doubles. 2 frags of the same thing. They're just little frags. 10 polyps per frag.

I have one large rock that could easily turn into the "zoa" rock. I just don't know if I should put the same color zoa frags together and then put groups of zoas on the same rock? Or spread them out all over the tank?

I know that not all inverts are going to be compatable when touching each other. So, how do you deal with stocking?

Sorry for rambling. Just don't know where to put all the differnet types and was wondering if you all had ideas or a standard way to stock and place items?

09-21-2007, 08:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
flricordia Just Mike for short Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Pensacola FL Posts: 599 View Gallery Karma Komment	Never getting it back to how you had it. So my yellow-barred goby had dissapeared and I pulled everything out of the tank, went through the sand bed and searched every nook and cranny in the LR and still no goby. And I just new I would never get my tank back to how I had had it before, but I think for the first time ever in reef-keeping I like the way this one went back. I left lots of open under the rock so I could retrieve detatched ricordias and such. I had hoped to end up with a bit more room for more ricordias, but not much. I'll cram them in somehow. Ever have that problem? Take a tank apart and end up pulling your hair out because you just can't get it as nice as it was? I did have to do alot of resetting zoanthids and sps that were now in shade or the mass was upside down.

09-21-2007, 08:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 21,727 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Never getting it back to how you had it. Any time I go to add a coral I find I have this problem. If I put it here then I have to move this etc. Sometimes though they turn out even better. I think this is just one of the prices of reefkeeping. Plus the FTS always looks different. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

09-21-2007, 09:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
DrHank Golden Moray Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Crestview, FL Posts: 2,284 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Never getting it back to how you had it. Every time I do that I'm never as satisfied with the results as I was before I started. It is frustrating. Mike, if you find that after aquascaping you just don't have the room for all the rics and zoas that you had in your tank just let me know and I'll let you move some of them into my tank for safe keeping. I'll be happy to take the ones that you are most likely forget were yours. __________________ Doc Dr Hank's 210 Build: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...nks-tanks.html

09-21-2007, 09:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 7,142 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Never getting it back to how you had it. I think the tank looks great.. Im sorry about your goby __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

09-23-2007, 10:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
InLimbo87 Elegance coral Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orlando Posts: 1,002 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Never getting it back to how you had it. I definitely know the feeling. Its especially hard to be placing corals in my nano with my clumsy fingers without messing up all that I've worked into aquascaping and past coral placement. Very frustrating experience, but still doesn't deter me from buying new corals __________________ We are forever responsible for that which we tame... Oceanic 33g Cube Tank Thread ~Ian~

09-24-2007, 02:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
Rcpilot Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Arvada, CO. Posts: 297 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Never getting it back to how you had it. I'm having problems adding new members to the tank. I've taken it apart once to search for a missing fish, and it didn't go back together the way it was. I just did the best I could. I have several different types/colors of zoas in my tank. Do the rest of you place ALL your zoa colonies together? Or do you spread them out all over the tank? Do you put SPS and recordia in different spots? Or do you just let all the different types hang out together? Mushrooms here and a polyp over there and an LPS on top? I have just recently received 8 zoa frags. 3 or 4 of them are doubles. 2 frags of the same thing. They're just little frags. 10 polyps per frag. I have one large rock that could easily turn into the "zoa" rock. I just don't know if I should put the same color zoa frags together and then put groups of zoas on the same rock? Or spread them out all over the tank? I know that not all inverts are going to be compatable when touching each other. So, how do you deal with stocking? Sorry for rambling. Just don't know where to put all the differnet types and was wondering if you all had ideas or a standard way to stock and place items?

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