HMA’s 115 gal. Reef Tank - Page 58

Craig Manoukian · 04-21-2008, 01:14 PM

Great picture as always Heinz!

hma · 04-25-2008, 03:34 PM

My Friday Update:

The current values of the 115gal tank:

Ammonia : 0
Nitrites : 0
Nitrates : < 1
Phosphates : < 0,01
Salinity : 1.0235
Alk : 9dkH
Cal : 406 ppm
Mag : 1340 ppm
Water : RO/DI
Ph – 8.0 to 8.3
Supplements: Balling Complete +Plus ( Ca, Mg, Na, Trace Elements and Amino Acids)

I was the last week some days travelling in europe. In the meantime one of my Acros fell on the Galaxea. My sister who looks after the aquariums in my absence has probably overlooked this. When I came back from the trip both corals had already died and I had to remove them. One left his aquarium not alone, but who is able to do that already for a longer time? Grrrrrrrr

Craig Manoukian · 04-25-2008, 03:40 PM

Sorry to hear of your accidental coral warfare, but your picture is stunning as always Heinz! Glad you had safe travels!

althea2you · 04-25-2008, 05:42 PM

aww... that sinks! sorry you lot the corals... cool pic,... what is the mushroom type thing under the fish? it looks just like the one i have in my tank...

hma · 04-25-2008, 06:19 PM

Sarah, the mushroom under the fish is a Ricordea yuma (neon-green). The diameter is in the meantime more then 18 cm (7-8"). During the next days I do a picture of her.

althea2you · 04-25-2008, 07:02 PM

cool! i had this hitchhiker since day one of my tank and it was super bleached but living! and just about a month ago when i redid the rock work in my tank to allow more flow and light to get to the back of the tank... this white bleached whatever it is.. started turning pink! LOL.. then it tsarted turning very green on the bulb parts... here is a pic of it now.. this thing was WHITE.. now its this! and i never knew what it was.. till now..but i see yours and it looks exactly like that! too cool

and a close up shot

Dentoid · 04-25-2008, 08:25 PM

Sorry about your loss Heinz! That goby is the bomb!

Craig Manoukian · 04-25-2008, 08:38 PM

Nice Sarah!

tbittner · 04-25-2008, 10:02 PM

Wow Heinz. I'm sorry to hear about the coral loss. Awesome picture though!

I'm really surprised that they managed to kill each other that quickly though. I guess they are a bit more potent towards each other than I imagined.

framerguy · 04-25-2008, 11:12 PM

Bummer Heinz, sorry about the corals. I laughed when I saw the goby staring at me so close!

hma · 04-26-2008, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tbittner

Wow Heinz. I'm sorry to hear about the coral loss. Awesome picture though!

I'm really surprised that they managed to kill each other that quickly though. I guess they are a bit more potent towards each other than I imagined.

I was also astonished about that Terry, this should have survived at least the Galaxea. Unfortunately both corals were covered with a thick layer of mucus as I arrived at home. It looked at first like a layer softy thin cotton. When I took the corals from the water they were completely wrapped in thick mucus and the skeleton was to see already to more than 80%.

vdituri · 04-26-2008, 01:30 AM

I'm assuming the mucus is self defense.
Could they have suffocated inside the mucus?

hma · 04-26-2008, 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vdituri

I'm assuming the mucus is self defense.
Could they have suffocated inside the mucus?

Yes I think it is precise like you describes Victor. The Galaxeas don’t like strong current; therefore no strong current existed at her location. Thus the mucus could not be removed and they have suffocated both. I was 5 days on business trip. In this time can happen unfortunately very much, how one can see.

It will not have been first times and also not last times that such had happened.

AQTCJAK · 04-26-2008, 12:00 PM

Nice picture Heinz - I had when things fall or get knocked over mutiple losses @ the same time.

hma · 05-02-2008, 10:05 PM

My Friday update (sorry a little late) ..... and again no news about the 115gal tank, all values are in the norm areas, all animals healthy. At the moment I work on my aquarium homepage. She will appear during the next days under a new Domain (ReefDreams).

The current values of the 115gal tank:

Ammonia : 0
Nitrites : 0
Nitrates : < 1
Phosphates : < 0,01
Salinity : 1.0229
Alk : 9dkH
Cal : 406 ppm
Mag : 1340 ppm
Water : RO/DI
Ph – 8.1 to 8.4
Supplements: Balling Complete +Plus ( Ca, Mg, Na, Trace Elements and Amino Acids)

.... and new pic's !

Blastomussa merleti

With cleaning the tank a bad luck has happened and three spires of the Stylopora broke off. It is to be seen in the picture foreground. I hope this becomes overgrown fast again.

Stylophora pistillata (cream-white)

04-21-2008, 01:14 PM	#856 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 15,744 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: HMA’s 115 gal. Reef Tank Great picture as always Heinz! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

04-25-2008, 03:34 PM	#857 (permalink)
hma Acropora Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,737 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: HMA’s 115 gal. Reef Tank My Friday Update: The current values of the 115gal tank: Ammonia : 0 Nitrites : 0 Nitrates : < 1 Phosphates : < 0,01 Salinity : 1.0235 Alk : 9dkH Cal : 406 ppm Mag : 1340 ppm Water : RO/DI Ph – 8.0 to 8.3 Supplements: Balling Complete +Plus ( Ca, Mg, Na, Trace Elements and Amino Acids) I was the last week some days travelling in europe. In the meantime one of my Acros fell on the Galaxea. My sister who looks after the aquariums in my absence has probably overlooked this. When I came back from the trip both corals had already died and I had to remove them. One left his aquarium not alone, but who is able to do that already for a longer time? Grrrrrrrr __________________ Heinz Luck is a good health and a bad memory (Albert Schweitzer) Balling Method : Balling +Plus Video : Centropyge potteri Tools : Balling Calculator My Chronicle and ReefDreams HM-Aquarium Photo Calendar 2008 "IF SHARKS DIE, THE SEA DIES"

04-25-2008, 03:40 PM	#858 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 15,744 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: HMA’s 115 gal. Reef Tank Sorry to hear of your accidental coral warfare, but your picture is stunning as always Heinz! Glad you had safe travels! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

04-25-2008, 05:42 PM	#859 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,233 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HMA’s 115 gal. Reef Tank aww... that sinks! sorry you lot the corals... cool pic,... what is the mushroom type thing under the fish? it looks just like the one i have in my tank... __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

04-25-2008, 06:19 PM	#860 (permalink)
hma Acropora Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,737 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: HMA’s 115 gal. Reef Tank Sarah, the mushroom under the fish is a Ricordea yuma (neon-green). The diameter is in the meantime more then 18 cm (7-8"). During the next days I do a picture of her. __________________ Heinz Luck is a good health and a bad memory (Albert Schweitzer) Balling Method : Balling +Plus Video : Centropyge potteri Tools : Balling Calculator My Chronicle and ReefDreams HM-Aquarium Photo Calendar 2008 "IF SHARKS DIE, THE SEA DIES"

04-25-2008, 07:02 PM	#861 (permalink)
althea2you Padawan Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,233 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HMA’s 115 gal. Reef Tank cool! i had this hitchhiker since day one of my tank and it was super bleached but living! and just about a month ago when i redid the rock work in my tank to allow more flow and light to get to the back of the tank... this white bleached whatever it is.. started turning pink! LOL.. then it tsarted turning very green on the bulb parts... here is a pic of it now.. this thing was WHITE.. now its this! and i never knew what it was.. till now..but i see yours and it looks exactly like that! too cool and a close up shot __________________ ~Sarah~ How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~Wayne Dyer 28g Nano The 90 Gallon

04-25-2008, 08:25 PM	#862 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 9,594 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: HMA’s 115 gal. Reef Tank Sorry about your loss Heinz! That goby is the bomb! __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

04-25-2008, 08:38 PM	#863 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 15,744 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: HMA’s 115 gal. Reef Tank Nice Sarah! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

04-25-2008, 10:02 PM	#864 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,083 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: HMA’s 115 gal. Reef Tank Wow Heinz. I'm sorry to hear about the coral loss. Awesome picture though! I'm really surprised that they managed to kill each other that quickly though. I guess they are a bit more potent towards each other than I imagined. __________________ Terry My chronicle 120g with 300g sump/refug, Outer Orbit HQI/T5HO 24-Hour Light System: : 48" 250W HQI 4x54W Lots of fish. 150g predator tank full of killers. 450g tank is IN the HOUSE!

04-25-2008, 11:12 PM	#865 (permalink)
framerguy Golden Moray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 2,926 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: HMA’s 115 gal. Reef Tank Bummer Heinz, sorry about the corals. I laughed when I saw the goby staring at me so close! __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) 75g Main, 55g Fuge w/DSB/+-25#LR, 25g Sump, turboflotor skimmer, 2x250w MH(9hrs/d), 4x65w PC(14h/d), 950gph mag drive/seaswirl return, 100# LR, 3" SB chronicles-akwareum (\___/) This is Bunny. (=O.o=) Copy and paste him into your signature (")__(") to help him gain world domination

04-26-2008, 12:00 PM	#869 (permalink)
AQTCJAK Tiger Shark Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,252 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: HMA’s 115 gal. Reef Tank Nice picture Heinz - I had when things fall or get knocked over mutiple losses @ the same time. __________________ A Wiseman once said build a stage add a pole & they will dance - Jack 2007 www.aquaticaggression.com Projects & Chronicels http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...car-buffs.html http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...nts-tanks.html

05-02-2008, 10:05 PM	#870 (permalink)
hma Acropora Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,737 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: HMA’s 115 gal. Reef Tank My Friday update (sorry a little late) ..... and again no news about the 115gal tank, all values are in the norm areas, all animals healthy. At the moment I work on my aquarium homepage. She will appear during the next days under a new Domain (ReefDreams). The current values of the 115gal tank: Ammonia : 0 Nitrites : 0 Nitrates : < 1 Phosphates : < 0,01 Salinity : 1.0229 Alk : 9dkH Cal : 406 ppm Mag : 1340 ppm Water : RO/DI Ph – 8.1 to 8.4 Supplements: Balling Complete +Plus ( Ca, Mg, Na, Trace Elements and Amino Acids) .... and new pic's ! Blastomussa merleti With cleaning the tank a bad luck has happened and three spires of the Stylopora broke off. It is to be seen in the picture foreground. I hope this becomes overgrown fast again. Stylophora pistillata (cream-white) __________________ Heinz Luck is a good health and a bad memory (Albert Schweitzer) Balling Method : Balling +Plus Video : Centropyge potteri Tools : Balling Calculator My Chronicle and ReefDreams HM-Aquarium Photo Calendar 2008 "IF SHARKS DIE, THE SEA DIES"

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