Was just browsing the site - looks wonderful! Very nice to see a lot of familiar faces still here - and many new ones as well.
Quick update on our tank situation...
We made the decision to move away from sps - we couldn't keep up with the growth, and had no means by which to ship frags. The electricity was killing us with the setup we had, and after having a sps dominated tank for a couple years, we truthfully lost interest. We were also fighting a losing battle with 'shrooms and polyps on the rocks. Decided to start over from scratch (always an adventure). Broke down the tank entirely, removed the DSB (yes, really). Moved the fishy crew to the old 75g. Gave away every sps that was still thriving, threw the zo & ric frags into the refugium, and boiled every last piece of LR - MI, Fiji, you name it. Been fighting mushrooms for years, and we were done with the battle. I won't begin to tell you what boiling over 200 lbs of LR made my house smell like. ;-)
Unfortunately, we lost our 2 Percs & our Purple Tang (both with us 7 years). Still have the YT & monster brittle stars (same age). These guys have been through hell & back more than once!
We also broke down both the frag tank & the 'fuge, and are running just the main tank & sump (still plumbed in the basement). Hubby (re) built the skimmer, and built a new calcium reactor and a new kalk reactor, so the mechanical side is good.
We've got all the rock back in (been up about a month now), and have the YT & a cool Vlamingi. Not much of a reef yet - salvaged a purple gorg, a plate coral, bought a small frogspawn.
That's about it - so no pics yet - it ain't pretty!
I miss everyone here; life has been extremely busy. In the last year, I've had to travel a lot for my job, and have tried to dedicate the remaining time to my family, so PC time has been scarce. I still seem to be working 60-70 hours/week, but that will be winding down in a couple months.
Hopefully I'll be able to spend a bit more time here. I miss everyone, and I have to say - I'm truly out of touch with the reefing world! I'm assuming DSB's are no longer in 'vogue'?
Well, so much for a quick hello. I hope everyone is doing well.
:whstlr:
Quick update on our tank situation...
We made the decision to move away from sps - we couldn't keep up with the growth, and had no means by which to ship frags. The electricity was killing us with the setup we had, and after having a sps dominated tank for a couple years, we truthfully lost interest. We were also fighting a losing battle with 'shrooms and polyps on the rocks. Decided to start over from scratch (always an adventure). Broke down the tank entirely, removed the DSB (yes, really). Moved the fishy crew to the old 75g. Gave away every sps that was still thriving, threw the zo & ric frags into the refugium, and boiled every last piece of LR - MI, Fiji, you name it. Been fighting mushrooms for years, and we were done with the battle. I won't begin to tell you what boiling over 200 lbs of LR made my house smell like. ;-)
Unfortunately, we lost our 2 Percs & our Purple Tang (both with us 7 years). Still have the YT & monster brittle stars (same age). These guys have been through hell & back more than once!
We also broke down both the frag tank & the 'fuge, and are running just the main tank & sump (still plumbed in the basement). Hubby (re) built the skimmer, and built a new calcium reactor and a new kalk reactor, so the mechanical side is good.
We've got all the rock back in (been up about a month now), and have the YT & a cool Vlamingi. Not much of a reef yet - salvaged a purple gorg, a plate coral, bought a small frogspawn.
That's about it - so no pics yet - it ain't pretty!
I miss everyone here; life has been extremely busy. In the last year, I've had to travel a lot for my job, and have tried to dedicate the remaining time to my family, so PC time has been scarce. I still seem to be working 60-70 hours/week, but that will be winding down in a couple months.
Hopefully I'll be able to spend a bit more time here. I miss everyone, and I have to say - I'm truly out of touch with the reefing world! I'm assuming DSB's are no longer in 'vogue'?
Well, so much for a quick hello. I hope everyone is doing well.
:whstlr:
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I know exactly how you feel about 'mushroom invasions' 
