ohiojeff's reef
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ReefApprentice
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Wonderful corals!! Love the coral beauty in the first picture.
Mike Johnson
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Nice. A tank like that doesn't come about over night or without a lot of research and investment in time and money. Your tank is proof that patience and dedication will pay off.
ohiojeff
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well, it is very damaged, but the fact it is coming back is promising.
my tank was doing ok. I had a 20gal sump under my 75 gal tank, but I was having trouble with overheating. I decided to put in a sump in my basement. The idea was that it was cool down there and moving the water back and forth would help lower the temps. being an old timer in this I remember when we used lava rock in marine tanks, so when I set up my sump I went to the home store and bought bags of landscaping lava rock to save money.
within days of hooking to the new sump my urchins stopped moving. then my corals started getting smaller. naturally I didn't connect it to the rock right off. with my new sump I added new lights, and my jbj wavermaker. when things went south I was sure which new thing might be the problem. it took me some time to figure out what was going on. by the time I removed the corals to another tank and began trying to fix it, this candy cane was all but dead. the fact it is coming back is a sign to me that I have turned the corner.
my tank was doing ok. I had a 20gal sump under my 75 gal tank, but I was having trouble with overheating. I decided to put in a sump in my basement. The idea was that it was cool down there and moving the water back and forth would help lower the temps. being an old timer in this I remember when we used lava rock in marine tanks, so when I set up my sump I went to the home store and bought bags of landscaping lava rock to save money.
within days of hooking to the new sump my urchins stopped moving. then my corals started getting smaller. naturally I didn't connect it to the rock right off. with my new sump I added new lights, and my jbj wavermaker. when things went south I was sure which new thing might be the problem. it took me some time to figure out what was going on. by the time I removed the corals to another tank and began trying to fix it, this candy cane was all but dead. the fact it is coming back is a sign to me that I have turned the corner.
ohiojeff
Member
water change day and all looks good. we are having a new electrical panel put in next Friday. we went out and purchased a generator and I tested it today. it will run my main pump fine, but wont do my skimmer. the pump is so large on my skimmer it wont start for me. should be fine for a day I reckon. I just hope they get it done in a day like they claim they will.
looks great!
ohiojeff
Member
well just starting to try some sps. that will tell just how far I have come. my toadstool has budded and now I have two. my blue ricordia has split and now I have two. my hammer lost a head when I tried to nurse a Fiji coral back from the dead. when the shipment came and I opened the back it was milky and stunk. at that point it was still yellow so I dripped it and put it in. it slowly turned black and must have released toxin. it threw my whole tank for a loop. now a couple months down the road my hammer has four new heads coming in...yeah! thanks for the kind words.
Very nice indeed! Keep up the good work and keep the pictures coming.
