Learning/rebuilding from my epic fail - Page 127

janci · 09/01/2018, 10:57 PM

Good to hear from you and from the tank.
Sometimes letting the tank do its thing is not always a bad choice. It gives you time to spent with other things.

reefmutt · 09/02/2018, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Costa

First of all: It's good to see you back!

About the starfish, I had a nardoa myself once....but it was a little diferent from yours.
It's a rare specie to find out here, but I'll keep looking for another one.
I'ts a must have for me....

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Originally Posted by markalot

Glad to hear from you Matt, I was getting worried!

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Originally Posted by nemodan

Me too.

And what about you Mark ?

Cheers
Daniel

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Originally Posted by DiscusHeckel

Welcome back, Matt.

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Originally Posted by janci

Good to hear from you and from the tank.
Sometimes letting the tank do its thing is not always a bad choice. It gives you time to spent with other things.

Alex, Mark, Dan, Bulent and Janci- thanks guys!
Alex, lucky for us the Nardoa is common around here. I have 3 - one in each part of my system to control the astarina who seem to looooooove my system.

Janci, the break was much needed. Unfortunately for my tank, I didn’t know there was a big magnet rusting to bits in my sump. I have lost a bunch of corals while others have grown and many have changed colour or browned out... I was watching it happen and being frustrated and uninterested, I let things go...
now, it was not a big disaster but I probably could have saved a few things if I’d paid more attention... water under the reef, as they say (sort of) moving forward!
I’m really going to try to get some photos posted today or tomorrow.
It looks like photo bucket has become more reasonable! Yay!

Wrangy · 09/02/2018, 04:33 PM

Really nice to hear from you again Matt

We were all getting worried! lol glad that you've found some renewed passion for the hobby and tank, it happens to us all sometimes

drawman · 09/02/2018, 08:08 PM

Sorry to hear about the setback Matt! Glad to hear your back at it and I think we all need that mental break from time to time.

FloformAustria · 09/02/2018, 10:36 PM

Good to hear from you!!

Sometimes a break is what you need! A tank can be exhausting

Cheers

reefmutt · 09/03/2018, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Wrangy

Really nice to hear from you again Matt

We were all getting worried! lol glad that you've found some renewed passion for the hobby and tank, it happens to us all sometimes

Thank you , Dom! Like all things in life, there is an ebb and flow, I suppose.

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Originally Posted by drawman

Sorry to hear about the setback Matt! Glad to hear your back at it and I think we all need that mental break from time to time.

Thanks Tim. Yes, it can be quite healing, the mental break. I have a better perspective now!

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Originally Posted by FloformAustria

Good to hear from you!!

Sometimes a break is what you need! A tank can be exhausting

Cheers

Hey Flo, thanks! These aquariums of ours are a lot of frickin work! I see you’ve been doing double time in yours. I like the new scape.

Ok.. well, I took shots on Saturday, for them onto my phone and partially edited yesterday and finished editing them today..so! Fts first and then I’ll move closer and onto my requires arts darts shots!

Split left to right:

Lower centre:

Upper left hand side.. been growing a lot..

I have to say I sure do love photobucket for ease of use.. maybe it’s just because I’m used to using it..
Some top downs next..
Here’s my pink Cadillac. It has started growing well but pe is minimal,unfortunately..

This is upper left.. this staggy acro has been growing a lot and mostly horizontally.. it’s nice though.. notice the nice clump of bryopsis lower centre... yep... it’s baaaaaack. I must have re seeded my tank by adding corals... what a pita!!

More to come..

reefmutt · 09/03/2018, 09:35 AM

Ok. Here’s some more.. closer top downs..
This one is finding its groove. 3 inches off the bottom, in the middle..

Soharsonoi and Aussie ice.. also just off the bottom, centre.. these can be seen in the low front shot from above.

This is my Oregon tort COPY- not the real thing because,although it was sold to me as true Oregon, it will developer green in the body at times. More like a deep blue Cali tort.. along with a pink Cadillac wannabe..

Continuing low in the tank, Robin Hood in the left and and an unknown on the right. These are low and will probably run out of light soon..

Upper left: Habanero! Growing like a beast and looking great.. a little pale with my lower nutrients..

Closer..

Even closer!!!

Another blue tort type acro..

Ok I like this shot.. palletta pink tip above, red planet on right, blue gomezi frag at bottom, blue tort left and pink matrix dead centre..

Here’s a closer shot from low centre:

reefmutt · 09/03/2018, 10:09 AM

Ok.. macros and artsy fartsy shots..
Fragbox called this cherry blossom..

This is an Aussie coral that was blue when I got it and it has turned green..

Still has the blue polyps. Curious to what happens when it starts to grow..

Red planet and some thing branching acro

A nice Aussie blue stag. Starting to bud..

Cali tort:

Couple artsys...

Cherry blossom..again

Ok well that’s all I got for now... felt good!

Wally.B · 09/03/2018, 01:26 PM

Wow Matt!!! I was expecting something much worse.

If you don't split hairs on fine detail your tank and corals look great.

Glad you got your camera out to take these great photos. My imagination was running wild on how things could be.

I wish my MAINTAINED Tank was 1/10 as good as yours after a period of lower attention.

You mentioned your growth continued so that means there was progress.
Doesn't look like it will take much for you to tune things up to Past Perfection.

FloformAustria · 09/03/2018, 01:33 PM

Like Wally said... I too was expecting something way worse

Corals are looking amazing!!!

You said something about photobucket... is it useable again??

Good to have you back

Cheers

reefmutt · 09/03/2018, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Wally.B

Wow Matt!!! I was expecting something much worse.

If you don't split hairs on fine detail your tank and corals look great.

Glad you got your camera out to take these great photos. My imagination was running wild on how things could be.

I wish my MAINTAINED Tank was 1/10 as good as yours after a period of lower attention.

You mentioned your growth continued so that means there was progress.
Doesn't look like it will take much for you to tune things up to Past Perfection.

Thanks Wally, yeah, it’s not s disaster by any means but I did remove a good handful of mini colonies and I almost completely lost my orange passion. Not sure if the last section will live or not. There are another 5-8 pieces that have turned completely brown and lost all pe. Not sure if they’ll recover or not.. not sure if I have the patience to let them either.. I may just pull them out and either move some corals around or add new ones.
Certain corals have really continued to grow like crazy, so yes there was progress.
Over the past 2 months, I pulled my po4 down from around .25 to .1 (atm) using gfo and the fuge while dosing Kno3.
No3 is sitting around 4-8 ppm which is like to hold and I’d like to claw po4 down to maybe around .08.. we’ll see how that goes.. I’m getting there.

What’s the status on your tank Wally? I saw your nice new scape but I did notice a dead end on a stag you have on the right hand side..
Are things stable for you?

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Originally Posted by FloformAustria

Like Wally said... I too was expecting something way worse

Corals are looking amazing!!!

You said something about photobucket... is it useable again??

Good to have you back

Cheers

Hey Flo, thanks! It’s not too bad.

When I go into my photobucket app and look at the upgrade options, they all seem to offer third party hosting now. And their ultimate package which offers 2tb of storage is $10 a month.
I’ve always been paying $6 or $8 for a ‘no add’ version so the upgrade is not major for me. I will probably do it in a couple months when my old contract lapses..
I can only assume that their offerings must be pretty much the same from country to country..

FloformAustria · 09/03/2018, 10:41 PM

Ah i see... hmm 10 bucks / month... have to check it out... it was the easiest way to host pictures!
Nowadays I’m using Tapatalk for image hosting but that is not the easiest way.

Did I tell you that I’m in Montreal from 23rd to 25th of October? ;-)

Cheers

janci · 09/04/2018, 01:33 AM

Looking great Matt.
Taking and processing pictures takes as much time as maintaining the tank.

reefmutt · 09/04/2018, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by FloformAustria

Ah i see... hmm 10 bucks / month... have to check it out... it was the easiest way to host pictures!
Nowadays I’m using Tapatalk for image hosting but that is not the easiest way.

Did I tell you that I’m in Montreal from 23rd to 25th of October? ;-)

Cheers

$10/mo is only for the 2tb of storage. If you don’t need that much, it’d be a bit cheaper... I hope I’m understanding the options properly.. pretty sure..
Flo, montreal, eh?? We’ll keep me posted!

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Originally Posted by janci

Looking great Matt.
Taking and processing pictures takes as much time as maintaining the tank.

Thanks Janci. I still want to someday learn how to edit on photoshop... probably takes even longer but I love the results..

FloformAustria · 09/04/2018, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by reefmutt

$10/mo is only for the 2tb of storage. If you don’t need that much, it’d be a bit cheaper... I hope I’m understanding the options properly.. pretty sure..

Flo, montreal, eh?? We’ll keep me posted!

Will do

Karchevsky · 09/04/2018, 09:25 AM

Hi Matt

What are currently n/p and light schedule?

Thanks

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DiscusHeckel · 09/04/2018, 02:04 PM

Your corals look as good as ever, Matt.

sensei · 09/04/2018, 04:26 PM

Hello Matt,

good to see your presence again.
corals look great...

can I know if the magnet rusting in sump was from a pump or any other equipment? how did you found out about it?

best regards

AkoAung · 09/04/2018, 07:51 PM

Hi,
Beautiful corals, as always. Sorry I missed your full system shot from earlier. Are all the tanks in the closet connected to your display? If so, is in this tank that's way at the top of the closet? Is that bio media like siporax? And if so how much of it are you using for your system?

reefmutt · 09/04/2018, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Karchevsky

Hi Matt

What are currently n/p and light schedule?

Thanks

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My current n and p are 8ppm and .1 respectively.
I have 4 AI prime leds Shaun start ramping up at 9 am but only reach peak at 1 pm until 7 pm and then ramp down till 10:30.
3 t5 come on at 11:30 am and shut off at 10pm a second 3 t5 come on at 12:30 and stay on until 7:30pm. I also have 3x150w de mh which come on at 1 pm and turn off at 6pm. So, the most concentrated lighting is really from 12:30 to 7:30 pm..

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Originally Posted by DiscusHeckel

Your corals look as good as ever, Matt.

Thanks Bulent. Not quite as good as ever, but thanks for saying so!

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Originally Posted by sensei

Hello Matt,

good to see your presence again.
corals look great...

can I know if the magnet rusting in sump was from a pump or any other equipment? how did you found out about it?

best regards

Hey Sensei, thanks! The magnet was enclosed inside a a little acrylic housing on an Eshopp’s frag rack. I guess at some point water leaked into the section where the magnet was supposed to stay sealed. Once water got inside, the magnet expanded and forced the whole housing to pop off. It sat there underneath the frag rack for any number of weeks or months.. I really don’t know..

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Originally Posted by AkoAung

Hi,
Beautiful corals, as always. Sorry I missed your full system shot from earlier. Are all the tanks in the closet connected to your display? If so, is in this tank that's way at the top of the closet? Is that bio media like siporax? And if so how much of it are you using for your system?

Yes, the closet system is connected to my main system.
I have a 4 liter container of aqua forest life bio fil in the mesh bags, then about 10 liters is siporax in the pvc ‘Y’ tubing behind and another several liters of seachem matrix in the square containers..
It’s a lot of biomedia and I’m not even sure it’s really necessary at all.. but it’s been there for a couple years now and I don’t really disturb it.

tripdad · 09/08/2018, 06:46 AM

Nice to see a post from you Matt. Your "neglected" tank still outshines most, including mine. Nice corals and good colors.

Wally.B · 09/20/2018, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reefmutt

Certain corals have really continued to grow like crazy, so yes there was progress.
Over the past 2 months, I pulled my po4 down from around .25 to .1 (atm) using gfo and the fuge while dosing Kno3.
No3 is sitting around 4-8 ppm which is like to hold and I’d like to claw po4 down to maybe around .08.. we’ll see how that goes.. I’m getting there.

Hey Matt,

How is the recovery coming along?

The post above rang a Bell in my head and I have a question.

My new tank has started to mature, and nutrients have kicked in with the new fish.

My N is around 15 and fairly stable (Using Matrix), but my P which was around 0.1 has slowly risen over time to P=0.25

I see nothing wrong with SPS Frags, and Unlike in the Past, I am getting growth and Encrusting. Days not weeks. (Feels Weird, compared to last tank)

Nothing has bleached, including sensitive stuff like PacMan, IceFire, Strawberry Shortcake. (Feels weirder)

I started a bit a PhosGuard (Like GFO with Iron, but Aluminum Based Product).
Stayed away from GFO.... don't know why, but tried something else (I guess more gentle using baggie not reactor, which I remove and put back as needed.).

Slowly my P has dropped during two day of use From 0.24 to 0.22[/B] and will continue to drop over next many days. My Target is to get slowly to P=0.1 just like you did.

Zero Alage on my rocks. Scrubber Dead slow as usual. (Theory is too low Iron, which GFO reactor used to provide)

Wondering what is the goal lower P=0.1 for SPS, if currently my Frags look fine at P=0.22?

Is it SPS long term health? Color? Something Else?

gregkn73 · 09/21/2018, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Wally.B

Hey Matt,

Wondering what is the goal lower P=0.1 for SPS, if currently my Frags look fine at P=0.22?

Is it SPS long term health? Color? Something Else?

Reef hobbyists insanity :-)

PS Your neglected tank Matt, looks wonderful, keep neglecting it :-)

Wally.B · 09/21/2018, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by gregkn73

Reef hobbyists insanity :-)

Actually, Insanity was my OLD TANK setup in 2017.
You have no idea what it was like struggling with SPS health/Random Deaths for over a year to discover Afterwards a slow UNSEEN Soap/Waste drip from Dishwasher Drain Output (Hose-Crack) from Basement Ceiling every time it ran. (Into my 30 Gal RO reservoir, sometimes when lid was off)

Since it happened to RO reservoir (sometimes Contaminated), Water changes sometime Did good, and Sometimes did bad. Making A/B Dosing Solution from RO was daily poison too.

I'm so Shell Shocked from that experience, that seeing tank/corals do well is kind of hard to believe.

martinphillip03 · 09/21/2018, 06:56 PM

Wally, I am glad things are good!

Marty

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wally.B

Actually, Insanity was my OLD TANK setup in 2017.
You have no idea what it was like struggling with SPS health/Random Deaths for over a year to discover Afterwards a slow UNSEEN Soap/Waste drip from Dishwasher Drain Output (Hose-Crack) from Basement Ceiling every time it ran. (Into my 30 Gal RO reservoir, sometimes when lid was off)

Since it happened to RO reservoir (sometimes Contaminated), Water changes sometime Did good, and Sometimes did bad. Making A/B Dosing Solution from RO was daily poison too.

I'm so Shell Shocked from that experience, that seeing tank/corals do well is kind of hard to believe.

09/02/2018, 04:33 PM	#3153
Wrangy Acrotrooper Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 1,614	Really nice to hear from you again Matt We were all getting worried! lol glad that you've found some renewed passion for the hobby and tank, it happens to us all sometimes __________________ Dom Courtesy of Nils: "you are welcome to your nem / flub tank because we need people like you to balance the sick ( sick in the head SPS OCD ) speaking for myself here!!"

09/02/2018, 08:08 PM	#3154
drawman Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mankato, MN Posts: 864	Sorry to hear about the setback Matt! Glad to hear your back at it and I think we all need that mental break from time to time. __________________ Tim Current tanks: 30 gallon rimless, G2 radion, Vertex 130, MP10w 60 gallon rimless, G3 radion, Vertex 130, MP40QD

09/02/2018, 10:36 PM	#3155
FloformAustria Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Vienna, AUT Posts: 1,351	Good to hear from you!! Sometimes a break is what you need! A tank can be exhausting Cheers __________________ Flo from Austria ^Austrian Reef Club^ "Founding Member of CCC - The cool couch club of SPS keeping" - Biggles Current Tank Info: The Austrian Dropoff Tank

09/03/2018, 09:35 AM	#3157
reefmutt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mtl. Canada Posts: 7,824	Ok. Here’s some more.. closer top downs.. This one is finding its groove. 3 inches off the bottom, in the middle.. Soharsonoi and Aussie ice.. also just off the bottom, centre.. these can be seen in the low front shot from above. This is my Oregon tort COPY- not the real thing because,although it was sold to me as true Oregon, it will developer green in the body at times. More like a deep blue Cali tort.. along with a pink Cadillac wannabe.. Continuing low in the tank, Robin Hood in the left and and an unknown on the right. These are low and will probably run out of light soon.. Upper left: Habanero! Growing like a beast and looking great.. a little pale with my lower nutrients.. Closer.. Even closer!!! Another blue tort type acro.. Ok I like this shot.. palletta pink tip above, red planet on right, blue gomezi frag at bottom, blue tort left and pink matrix dead centre.. Here’s a closer shot from low centre: __________________ Matt. Current Tank Info: 53x32.5x26 190g dt 60g of sumps 3 tank-100 gal frag system 6xAI prime 8xt5. 4x maxspect gyre. Skimz Dual internal sicce pump skimmer Deltec PF601s ca rx+Kalk stirrer

09/03/2018, 10:09 AM	#3158
reefmutt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mtl. Canada Posts: 7,824	Ok.. macros and artsy fartsy shots.. Fragbox called this cherry blossom.. This is an Aussie coral that was blue when I got it and it has turned green.. Still has the blue polyps. Curious to what happens when it starts to grow.. Red planet and some thing branching acro A nice Aussie blue stag. Starting to bud.. Cali tort: Couple artsys... Cherry blossom..again Ok well that’s all I got for now... felt good! __________________ Matt. Current Tank Info: 53x32.5x26 190g dt 60g of sumps 3 tank-100 gal frag system 6xAI prime 8xt5. 4x maxspect gyre. Skimz Dual internal sicce pump skimmer Deltec PF601s ca rx+Kalk stirrer

09/01/2018, 10:57 PM	#3151
janci Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: UAE - Dubai Posts: 167	Good to hear from you and from the tank. Sometimes letting the tank do its thing is not always a bad choice. It gives you time to spent with other things.

09/03/2018, 01:26 PM	#3159
Wally.B Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Toronto GTA,Canada Posts: 1,763	Wow Matt!!! I was expecting something much worse. If you don't split hairs on fine detail your tank and corals look great. Glad you got your camera out to take these great photos. My imagination was running wild on how things could be. I wish my MAINTAINED Tank was 1/10 as good as yours after a period of lower attention. You mentioned your growth continued so that means there was progress. Doesn't look like it will take much for you to tune things up to Past Perfection. __________________ PATIENCE is the Key to SUCCESS. A Lack of Either is "Failure in this Hobby". Current Tank Info: 90 Gal Mixed Tank (T5,Kessil), 110G Custom In-Wall Office Tank (SPS only: T5 DIY Dimmable, Blue LED Strip, EuroReef Skimmer, DIY Doser, Gyre/Hydor Circ, DC Waveline 10,000 Return, Total Automation [Dual Tank SUMP ROOM] )

09/03/2018, 01:33 PM	#3160
FloformAustria Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Vienna, AUT Posts: 1,351	Like Wally said... I too was expecting something way worse Corals are looking amazing!!! You said something about photobucket... is it useable again?? Good to have you back Cheers __________________ Flo from Austria ^Austrian Reef Club^ "Founding Member of CCC - The cool couch club of SPS keeping" - Biggles Current Tank Info: The Austrian Dropoff Tank

09/03/2018, 10:41 PM	#3162
FloformAustria Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Vienna, AUT Posts: 1,351	Ah i see... hmm 10 bucks / month... have to check it out... it was the easiest way to host pictures! Nowadays I’m using Tapatalk for image hosting but that is not the easiest way. Did I tell you that I’m in Montreal from 23rd to 25th of October? ;-) Cheers __________________ Flo from Austria ^Austrian Reef Club^ "Founding Member of CCC - The cool couch club of SPS keeping" - Biggles Current Tank Info: The Austrian Dropoff Tank

09/04/2018, 01:33 AM	#3163
janci Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: UAE - Dubai Posts: 167	Looking great Matt. Taking and processing pictures takes as much time as maintaining the tank.

09/04/2018, 09:25 AM	#3166
Karchevsky Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 7	Hi Matt What are currently n/p and light schedule? Thanks Отправлено с моего iPhone используя Tapatalk Pro

09/04/2018, 02:04 PM	#3167
DiscusHeckel Acropora Gardener Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 2,780	Your corals look as good as ever, Matt. __________________ Featured Tank OCT 2016 \| "Reef Hobbyist Magazine" TOTM OCT 2016 \| "Ultimate Reef", UK FB \| "/troutsReefTank/" 65G SPS Reef- ATI 8 X 39W PM; TM [Bacto-Balance A-; Reef Actif; Nitribiotic; Iodine]

09/04/2018, 04:26 PM	#3168
sensei Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 613	Hello Matt, good to see your presence again. corals look great... can I know if the magnet rusting in sump was from a pump or any other equipment? how did you found out about it? best regards __________________ 470g DT SPS dominated (600g system) - five 400W MH, BK 250 & BK300 SM Skimmer 150g mixed reef - XR15w Pro, 90 g Coral quarantine - XR15w Pro, 150g FOWLR tank, 20g TTM Fish Qt

09/04/2018, 07:51 PM	#3169
AkoAung aka -iDestroya- Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Toronto Posts: 507	Hi, Beautiful corals, as always. Sorry I missed your full system shot from earlier. Are all the tanks in the closet connected to your display? If so, is in this tank that's way at the top of the closet? Is that bio media like siporax? And if so how much of it are you using for your system?

09/08/2018, 06:46 AM	#3171
tripdad Frustrated Stick Gardener Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: near chicago,Ill. Posts: 701	Nice to see a post from you Matt. Your "neglected" tank still outshines most, including mine. Nice corals and good colors. __________________ Scott Current tank: 65 gal DSA rimless, mixed reef, 20 gal sump, T5 6bulb, big skimmer, 40B Fowler, 20 gal sump, 4 bulb T5