My Confession - Page 2

KodiakBear · 04-06-2007, 06:04 PM

better pic of Gusgus, but not much better

After a WTF thread on RS I identified his meal as one of the turbo snails. I'd be lost without you guys!

Woodstock · 04-06-2007, 06:05 PM

Naughty Gusgus!!

KodiakBear · 04-06-2007, 06:09 PM

Everything was going along dashingly. Still didn't know any better, so I went and bought a couple maroon clowns. (Which by some odd twist of fate I can't currently find pictures of).
The first tragedy struck! A rockslide. Not a bad one, just a couple rocks shifted a little and dropped my bubble coral to the sandbed. It recovered, but with some loss.

KodiakBear · 04-06-2007, 06:10 PM

The next day there was a bad ammonia spike... and one of the maroons was nowhere to be seen. After some digging, and some tears, his remains were found under one of the shifted rocks. The other maroon (the female) was lost to Ich within a week. Unwilling to go on without her male.

KodiakBear · 04-06-2007, 06:15 PM

It took some convincing, but my wife decided we could go on reefing (the clowns were the reason she wanted a SW tank in the first place).
Off to Ocean Wonders to confess to the owner that we had killed the clowns within a month of getting them. But we were ready to fight back! Making our tank a safe-haven for future clowns. We found the magical product:

and began the treatment just before I left for another 3 month trip around the Atlantic

KodiakBear · 04-06-2007, 06:18 PM

Don't know if any of you have ever been in the Navy and know what it's like out to sea. Think of the movie GroundHog's Day without the women. And have it take place in a sardine can. Only one thing on the mind typically: GETTING HOME!!!! Because what's at home?

Let the countdown to dry ground begin!

saltwaterfarm · 04-06-2007, 06:19 PM

Great thread Kodiak... I love the Damsel-In-Distress!!! LOL

KodiakBear · 04-06-2007, 06:25 PM

Sorry, I digressed.
Let's fast forward to being on dry ground again...
I had recently added a sump with a syphon overflow box just prior to going to sea.

which terrified the Mrs. Therefore, instead of doing waterchanges, she just added RO/DI when the levels dropped.
Which led to this:

I even had a help-me thread
Red slime algae EVERYWHERE!

KodiakBear · 04-06-2007, 06:30 PM

It took a lot of patience, but the red slime started to recede.

But so did the Flowerpot!

Another Help-Me thread:

Goniopora won't extend!

Reef Sanctuary to the rescue again!

KodiakBear · 04-06-2007, 06:35 PM

There was still some filth on the sandbed, so I decided I needed a sand sifter... Those Diamond Gobies look pretty:

But this led to another thread:
Farewell to Goby
and a completely closed top
At this point, I was calling it a tank of doom

KodiakBear · 04-06-2007, 06:39 PM

It seems I wasn't meant to have fish Thus, inspired by a coral of the week, I'm off to Ocean Wonders again!

I swear it doubled in size between their tank and mine!

KodiakBear · 04-06-2007, 06:44 PM

Everything is going swimmingly for weeks! Everyone loves the tank:
Callista

Moses

KodiakBear · 04-06-2007, 06:50 PM

Finally happy about the tank again. No more stressing over how to fix it... And the reef God smiles down on me and says, "You don't REALLY need that many fish!" and BOOM!! Down goes Indis and Husqvarna! 2 fish in 2 days. Both from ich!
How can this be?! I used the magic stuff! I can't have clownfish if I've got Ich!!!
A quick slap in the face from RS and I find my solution:
Ich treatments
Thank you Warnberg!

blue_eyes53813 · 04-06-2007, 06:54 PM

Nice story... Love the pictures with the cats watching the tank.. to funny

KodiakBear · 04-06-2007, 06:56 PM

Quarantine Tank is on its way:

Filled it up with water from the display to help in the initial cycle.
added some live rock and a coral skeleton

and soon introduced all the "survivors" Damsel, Tress, and the yet unnamed new diamond goby

It took some getting used to, but we all adapted to the change
This picture is for you Blue_Eyes

Callista fussed at me until I moved the chair. The corals aren't as much fun for her to watch

04-06-2007, 06:04 PM	#16 (permalink)
KodiakBear Achilles Tang Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodbine, GA Posts: 831 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession better pic of Gusgus, but not much better After a WTF thread on RS I identified his meal as one of the turbo snails. I'd be lost without you guys! __________________ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" --Isaiah 6:8 Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown. -- Gulistan You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire, once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher. -- Peter Gabriel My Confession Last edited by KodiakBear : 04-06-2007 at 08:46 PM.

04-06-2007, 06:05 PM	#17 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 25,500 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession Naughty Gusgus!! __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

04-06-2007, 06:09 PM	#18 (permalink)
KodiakBear Achilles Tang Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodbine, GA Posts: 831 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession Everything was going along dashingly. Still didn't know any better, so I went and bought a couple maroon clowns. (Which by some odd twist of fate I can't currently find pictures of). The first tragedy struck! A rockslide. Not a bad one, just a couple rocks shifted a little and dropped my bubble coral to the sandbed. It recovered, but with some loss. __________________ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" --Isaiah 6:8 Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown. -- Gulistan You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire, once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher. -- Peter Gabriel My Confession

04-06-2007, 06:10 PM	#19 (permalink)
KodiakBear Achilles Tang Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodbine, GA Posts: 831 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession The next day there was a bad ammonia spike... and one of the maroons was nowhere to be seen. After some digging, and some tears, his remains were found under one of the shifted rocks. The other maroon (the female) was lost to Ich within a week. Unwilling to go on without her male. __________________ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" --Isaiah 6:8 Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown. -- Gulistan You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire, once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher. -- Peter Gabriel My Confession Last edited by KodiakBear : 04-06-2007 at 07:43 PM.

04-06-2007, 06:15 PM	#20 (permalink)
KodiakBear Achilles Tang Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodbine, GA Posts: 831 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession It took some convincing, but my wife decided we could go on reefing (the clowns were the reason she wanted a SW tank in the first place). Off to Ocean Wonders to confess to the owner that we had killed the clowns within a month of getting them. But we were ready to fight back! Making our tank a safe-haven for future clowns. We found the magical product: and began the treatment just before I left for another 3 month trip around the Atlantic __________________ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" --Isaiah 6:8 Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown. -- Gulistan You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire, once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher. -- Peter Gabriel My Confession

04-06-2007, 06:18 PM	#21 (permalink)
KodiakBear Achilles Tang Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodbine, GA Posts: 831 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession Don't know if any of you have ever been in the Navy and know what it's like out to sea. Think of the movie GroundHog's Day without the women. And have it take place in a sardine can. Only one thing on the mind typically: GETTING HOME!!!! Because what's at home? Let the countdown to dry ground begin! __________________ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" --Isaiah 6:8 Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown. -- Gulistan You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire, once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher. -- Peter Gabriel My Confession Last edited by KodiakBear : 04-06-2007 at 08:28 PM.

04-06-2007, 06:19 PM	#22 (permalink)
saltwaterfarm Manta Ray Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,222 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession Great thread Kodiak... I love the Damsel-In-Distress!!! LOL __________________ Lisa 90 Gal AGA, DIY Sump/Fuge, Current Outer Orbit 250w MH's with T5's. AquaC Remora Pro Skimmer, RK2.[/font] Purple LTA, pair of Percula Clowns, Clams, Softies, Shrooms, Ricordea, Echinophyllia, Torch, Frogspawn, Blastos, Sponges, Acro, Wellso, the NEW Zoa Mountain, and some more stuff... 3 Gal Sexy Shrimp Pico. 29 Gal Oceanic BioCube, Current Sunpod 150w MH.

04-06-2007, 06:25 PM	#23 (permalink)
KodiakBear Achilles Tang Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodbine, GA Posts: 831 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession Sorry, I digressed. Let's fast forward to being on dry ground again... I had recently added a sump with a syphon overflow box just prior to going to sea. which terrified the Mrs. Therefore, instead of doing waterchanges, she just added RO/DI when the levels dropped. Which led to this: I even had a help-me thread Red slime algae EVERYWHERE! __________________ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" --Isaiah 6:8 Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown. -- Gulistan You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire, once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher. -- Peter Gabriel My Confession

04-06-2007, 06:30 PM	#24 (permalink)
KodiakBear Achilles Tang Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodbine, GA Posts: 831 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession It took a lot of patience, but the red slime started to recede. But so did the Flowerpot! Another Help-Me thread: Goniopora won't extend! Reef Sanctuary to the rescue again! __________________ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" --Isaiah 6:8 Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown. -- Gulistan You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire, once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher. -- Peter Gabriel My Confession

04-06-2007, 06:35 PM	#25 (permalink)
KodiakBear Achilles Tang Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodbine, GA Posts: 831 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession There was still some filth on the sandbed, so I decided I needed a sand sifter... Those Diamond Gobies look pretty: But this led to another thread: Farewell to Goby and a completely closed top At this point, I was calling it a tank of doom __________________ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" --Isaiah 6:8 Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown. -- Gulistan You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire, once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher. -- Peter Gabriel My Confession

04-06-2007, 06:39 PM	#26 (permalink)
KodiakBear Achilles Tang Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodbine, GA Posts: 831 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession It seems I wasn't meant to have fish Thus, inspired by a coral of the week, I'm off to Ocean Wonders again! I swear it doubled in size between their tank and mine! __________________ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" --Isaiah 6:8 Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown. -- Gulistan You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire, once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher. -- Peter Gabriel My Confession Last edited by KodiakBear : 04-06-2007 at 08:42 PM.

04-06-2007, 06:44 PM	#27 (permalink)
KodiakBear Achilles Tang Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodbine, GA Posts: 831 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession Everything is going swimmingly for weeks! Everyone loves the tank: Callista Moses __________________ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" --Isaiah 6:8 Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown. -- Gulistan You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire, once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher. -- Peter Gabriel My Confession

04-06-2007, 06:50 PM	#28 (permalink)
KodiakBear Achilles Tang Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodbine, GA Posts: 831 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession Finally happy about the tank again. No more stressing over how to fix it... And the reef God smiles down on me and says, "You don't REALLY need that many fish!" and BOOM!! Down goes Indis and Husqvarna! 2 fish in 2 days. Both from ich! How can this be?! I used the magic stuff! I can't have clownfish if I've got Ich!!! A quick slap in the face from RS and I find my solution: Ich treatments Thank you Warnberg! __________________ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" --Isaiah 6:8 Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown. -- Gulistan You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire, once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher. -- Peter Gabriel My Confession

04-06-2007, 06:54 PM	#29 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 8,024 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession Nice story... Love the pictures with the cats watching the tank.. to funny __________________ 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

04-06-2007, 06:56 PM	#30 (permalink)
KodiakBear Achilles Tang Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodbine, GA Posts: 831 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My Confession Quarantine Tank is on its way: Filled it up with water from the display to help in the initial cycle. added some live rock and a coral skeleton and soon introduced all the "survivors" Damsel, Tress, and the yet unnamed new diamond goby It took some getting used to, but we all adapted to the change This picture is for you Blue_Eyes Callista fussed at me until I moved the chair. The corals aren't as much fun for her to watch __________________ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" --Isaiah 6:8 Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown. -- Gulistan You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire, once the flame begins to catch, the wind will blow it higher. -- Peter Gabriel My Confession

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