My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront - Page 3

AQTCJAK · 10-12-2007, 10:58 AM

Agreed Joes Juice works

Kerchakone · 10-12-2007, 06:02 PM

New Inhabs...

Helen:

And a toadstool in hiding.

GeeWizzItsMe · 10-12-2007, 06:11 PM

You're gonna have to get rid of that tang when it gets bigger. PS everyone around here is gonna tell you that... BUT it is VERY beautiful, and I can't wait to see the toadstool open!

Kerchakone · 10-12-2007, 06:27 PM

Thanks! and I know about the tang. I figure by that time I'll have upgraded AGAIN anyway. It is a cool looking fish though.

I'm hoping my clowns like the toadstool enough to host it. I might have to pull out their current home (the powerhead) and put in my other powerhead.

Kerchakone · 10-15-2007, 03:33 AM

PROBLEM maybe. The toadstool STILL isn't opening up. It's been 3 or so days and it's looking like it wants to tip over. Water is perfect, with nitrates at 10 and calcium at 560. Everything else is where it should be.

Should I kill the lights for a couple days?????

lcstorc · 10-15-2007, 06:58 AM

I wouldn't kill the lights. Perhaps prop it up against something. Sometimes corals get stressed after a move and they can really pout. That calcium is high though. Do you have test for alk and mag? You may be out of balance.

Kerchakone · 10-15-2007, 01:37 PM

Alk is 12, Don't have a magnesium test.

spanglish · 10-15-2007, 02:23 PM

Don't panic on the toadstool!

Mine once did this...

and worse for over two weeks.

Apparently they go through some pretty lengthy "cycles"
of shedding mucus, etc.
Give it some time and I bet it will be fine.

spanglish · 10-15-2007, 02:26 PM

I've also found that once they "cycle" like that, they
seem to have grown when they "reinflate"

This is not a current pic, it has probably grown by another 1/4 since this
pic.

Kerchakone · 10-16-2007, 04:32 PM

He doesn't look happy at all. Normal???!?!?!!

lcstorc · 10-16-2007, 05:52 PM

I would give it time. Make sure there is some flow going over it but not blasting it. This helps remove the mucus coating they get,
My toadstool is new and hasn't done this yet but all of my leathers pout occasionally for days at a time, particulalry when they are new.

Kerchakone · 10-17-2007, 02:32 PM

It looks like it's rotting. Like a dried up apple almost. I can't get a powerhead close enough either.

Kazzy · 10-18-2007, 06:02 PM

What is your lighting again? I don't know if it's just the picture, but it looks kinda sickly and weak.

Kerchakone · 10-18-2007, 07:22 PM

6 bulb T5s. Not what I would consider weak! Those are camera phone pics.

Kerchakone · 10-19-2007, 02:26 PM

I only have 3 ideas for why it did what it did.

1. too much lighting all at once (6x39 watt T5s)
2. too little flow
3. Freshwater dip.

Either way, when I get another, I'll do none of these.

It's in a seperate tank for right now to see if it will live or not. It is no longer tainting my good tank.

10-12-2007, 10:58 AM	#31 (permalink)
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10-12-2007, 06:02 PM	#32 (permalink)
Kerchakone Serpent Star Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 206 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront New Inhabs... Helen: And a toadstool in hiding. __________________ 12g "Reef" Deceased. 46g "Reef" My tank: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

10-12-2007, 06:11 PM	#33 (permalink)
GeeWizzItsMe See Golden Compass Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville Posts: 1,857 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront You're gonna have to get rid of that tang when it gets bigger. PS everyone around here is gonna tell you that... BUT it is VERY beautiful, and I can't wait to see the toadstool open! __________________ VP of Dork Club http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-new-tank.html

10-12-2007, 06:27 PM	#34 (permalink)
Kerchakone Serpent Star Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 206 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront Thanks! and I know about the tang. I figure by that time I'll have upgraded AGAIN anyway. It is a cool looking fish though. I'm hoping my clowns like the toadstool enough to host it. I might have to pull out their current home (the powerhead) and put in my other powerhead. __________________ 12g "Reef" Deceased. 46g "Reef" My tank: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

10-15-2007, 03:33 AM	#35 (permalink)
Kerchakone Serpent Star Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 206 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront PROBLEM maybe. The toadstool STILL isn't opening up. It's been 3 or so days and it's looking like it wants to tip over. Water is perfect, with nitrates at 10 and calcium at 560. Everything else is where it should be. Should I kill the lights for a couple days????? __________________ 12g "Reef" Deceased. 46g "Reef" My tank: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

10-15-2007, 06:58 AM	#36 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 20,003 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront I wouldn't kill the lights. Perhaps prop it up against something. Sometimes corals get stressed after a move and they can really pout. That calcium is high though. Do you have test for alk and mag? You may be out of balance. __________________ 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. In Loving Memory Of Z 01/22/07 - 08/19/08

10-15-2007, 01:37 PM	#37 (permalink)
Kerchakone Serpent Star Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 206 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront Alk is 12, Don't have a magnesium test. __________________ 12g "Reef" Deceased. 46g "Reef" My tank: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

10-15-2007, 02:23 PM	#38 (permalink)
spanglish Scopas Tang Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 496 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront Don't panic on the toadstool! Mine once did this... and worse for over two weeks. Apparently they go through some pretty lengthy "cycles" of shedding mucus, etc. Give it some time and I bet it will be fine. __________________ "Don't drink water, fish **** in it." W.C. Fields

10-15-2007, 02:26 PM	#39 (permalink)
spanglish Scopas Tang Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 496 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront I've also found that once they "cycle" like that, they seem to have grown when they "reinflate" This is not a current pic, it has probably grown by another 1/4 since this pic. __________________ "Don't drink water, fish **** in it." W.C. Fields

10-16-2007, 04:32 PM	#40 (permalink)
Kerchakone Serpent Star Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 206 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront He doesn't look happy at all. Normal???!?!?!! __________________ 12g "Reef" Deceased. 46g "Reef" My tank: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

10-16-2007, 05:52 PM	#41 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 20,003 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront I would give it time. Make sure there is some flow going over it but not blasting it. This helps remove the mucus coating they get, My toadstool is new and hasn't done this yet but all of my leathers pout occasionally for days at a time, particulalry when they are new. __________________ 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. In Loving Memory Of Z 01/22/07 - 08/19/08

10-17-2007, 02:32 PM	#42 (permalink)
Kerchakone Serpent Star Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 206 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront It looks like it's rotting. Like a dried up apple almost. I can't get a powerhead close enough either. __________________ 12g "Reef" Deceased. 46g "Reef" My tank: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

10-18-2007, 06:02 PM	#43 (permalink)
Kazzy Scopas Tang Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: KS Posts: 440 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront What is your lighting again? I don't know if it's just the picture, but it looks kinda sickly and weak. __________________ Grant New favorite quote: I would not, could not BUY YOUR LOAN. I would not, could not MAKE MONEY FAST. I would not, could not SEND NO CA$H. I would not, could not SEE YOUR SITE. I would not, could not EAT VEG-I-MITE. I do_not_like GREEN CARDS AND SPAM! Mandarin Policeman http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

10-18-2007, 07:22 PM	#44 (permalink)
Kerchakone Serpent Star Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 206 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront 6 bulb T5s. Not what I would consider weak! Those are camera phone pics. __________________ 12g "Reef" Deceased. 46g "Reef" My tank: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

10-19-2007, 02:26 PM	#45 (permalink)
Kerchakone Serpent Star Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 206 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My 46 Gallon Oceanic Bowfront I only have 3 ideas for why it did what it did. 1. too much lighting all at once (6x39 watt T5s) 2. too little flow 3. Freshwater dip. Either way, when I get another, I'll do none of these. It's in a seperate tank for right now to see if it will live or not. It is no longer tainting my good tank. __________________ 12g "Reef" Deceased. 46g "Reef" My tank: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

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