Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Good. I have a lot of newly opened real estate in my tank! Take as long as you need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 As in any open market, competition will drive prices. I've got a standing offer from Brian to use his Go Pro and at a much more pleasing exchange ratio. [emoji12] Would you like to amend your offer in any way before I make a decision? [emoji41] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 Nothing like a picture of a pearlberry acro coloring up to cure a gloomy, rainy day. [emoji14] Here's some more progression pics of the mari culture I got. It's darkening up nicely and encrusted a little bit at the base. One more week and I'll deem it healthy enough to start moving it off the sandbed and on to the rocks where it can get blasted with par and see its true potential hopefully! Original Acclimated on sandbed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I'll amend my price by forming a gopro Union and sending my goons to pay him a convincing visit!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 Oh no... I did a rookie mistake of negotiating... I named the other party! Run for your life Brian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Texas Penal Code Title 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 Texas Penal Code Title 2Quit quoting legal babble and run for your life Brian! The goons are coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I'm not going anywhere lmao. And us goons can always be pursuaded to see the other side with a simple monetary gesture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share Posted April 11, 2015 Now we know... Reburn... goon for hire if needed. [emoji6] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 Nothing too exciting on the updates other than I've been working on lowering my alk to 7.0 dKh the past month and oddly, it feels like my SPS are a lot happier. Perhaps I was too close to being on the high side of the alk scale when carbon dosing, which is usually not recommended to keep your alk above 8.0 dKh. I was at exactly 8.0 dKh so I lowered it down just in case I have an alk spike and shoot myself past the safety margin of 8.0 dKh when carbon dosing. I've been a little lazy on testing other parameters and have only solely tested alk for the most part the last month. When my old tank was on cruise control, it really was the only test I ran on a weekly basis and the rest, Ca, Mg, PO4, and NO3 were run more on a monthly basis. I knew my Ca was going to drop a bit while I was ramping down the CaRX to lower my dKh but I let it slip a little too much... it was sitting at 370 ppm. I promptly dosed it back up to 420 ppm. My alk was running a nice 7.0 dKh for 2 weeks now and then all of a sudden, it was at 6.5 dKh, so I dosed it back up and adjusted my CaRX accordingly to keep up with the possibly increased demand now that the SPS have adjusted to the 7.0 dKh. The emperor has settled in for the most part. He still moves around some of my smaller zoa frags so I'll have to glue them to good-sized rocks pretty soon to keep his shenanigans at bay. He hasn't really bothered any of my corals up to this point except one... my war coral. Looks like war corals are on his grocery list... he literally ate a chunk out of a good-sized colony. It's odd to me how he can even do that but it was down to the point that there was not only the flesh missing, but part of the stony base. It looked like a parrotfish took a bite or something. I'll post a picture later today after work but it looks like I'll be having a emergency fragging session on the war coral this evening and add it to my inventory for the frag swap at C4. I also picked up some good RO/DI water from Gig'em until my new set of filters/DI comes in from the BRS group buy. I don't think I updated it on here but I checked my RO/DI system on Friday and realized my DI has been spent for who knows how long... my guess is about 2 months ago. That's when I started to see cyano and macro algae growth, but I thought it was more related to my removal of the fish and subsequent reintroduction because of the marine velvet epidemic. I was lazy about checking the TDS of the water and relied on the visual inspection of the color-changing resin. Little did I realized, that the mixed-bed DI resin has two distinct colors... the color change can be easily seen on the lighter resin but not the darker one. So, looking at the resin, I thought I was only half spent and still had half to go... but the dark resin is naturally colored that way and it did not mean that I still had 50% life left! Ooops! When I checked the TDS, it was going in 9 ppm, and coming out 9 ppm after the DI resin... means it was totally spent. For those interested in just using tap water, I was adding RO water (without the DI) and it caused a huge cyano bloom and macro algae growth. That's only with 15 gallons of top-off every 1.5 weeks on a 250-gallon total water volume system. I couldn't imagine if I actually did water changes with that water! And RO water actually already removed 95% of the nasties in tap water... go ahead and use your tap water... I'll stick with my RO/DI. Moral of this post... don't be lazy... check your parameters... check your water filters. Happy reefing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Make that emergency kryptonite candy cane fragging tonight too! When the clowns are done spawning, I can move the webcam over to the emperor munching on hundreds of dollars worth of candy canes next. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? <--- said in my best Russell Crowe voice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemoon Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 ahhhhh! I'm not sure how I would react to walking into the room to see the emperor munching on them like carrots. ..anyone know if emperor taste good? On a side note, since your threads overdue for its weekly derailing ...I'm staring at my stock in the new tank with absolute terror...still have any of the velvet epidemic supplies around? I might be dipping tomorrow afternoon if I'm not thoroughly impressed with the way they look...or they're not all upside down on the bottom :/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 ahhhhh! I'm not sure how I would react to walking into the room to see the emperor munching on them like carrots. ..anyone know if emperor taste good? On a side note, since your threads overdue for its weekly derailing ...I'm staring at my stock in the new tank with absolute terror...still have any of the velvet epidemic supplies around? I might be dipping tomorrow afternoon if I'm not thoroughly impressed with the way they look...or they're not all upside down on the bottom :/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk My build thread is like a speeding train of ridiculousness... derailing is not just a possibility... but more of an eventuality.I have all kinds of marine velvet goodies... but the one and only thing you need is actually right at RCA. Chloroquine phosphate, sold as NLS Ich powder. They also have it at Aquadome for you crazy southies. I will say though that if you're seeing physical symptoms... it is more than likely too late for the fish... but you may be able to save the other fish. Look for them swimming in front of powerheads at night and for a sugary dust on their bodies... less like the spots like ich. Good thing with the powder, it also treats for ich and brookynella so you can cover all scenarios. This is an out of tank treatment so you'll have to catch your fish out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemoon Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) Oh ya, DoctorTy to the rescue! thanks for the heads up, I'll probably be heading to rca at lunch tomorrow. Catching them is always a blast. Digging up the leopard wrasse should be interesting. I'm really thrown for a loop on this one though. One early addition showed what I thought was ich, but I'm believer in the "ich in the system is inevitable yada yada" way of thinking...******. he was eating fine so I let it go, but when I fed this afternoon I noticed the infected fish had what I thought was a damage from scratching on rocks on his left side, then I noticed my picassos white bars didn't seem as white, or continuous as normal if that makes sense. I then finally watched the clown poop out a white mucous substance. Of course this sent me into a frenzy of researching, and praying. I'm really hoping its stress related, or an internal parasite and trying reassure myself. Thinking brook should have took everyone out already and I did see the leopard poop out something white the first time he came out to eat. I think in that case I'd go a broad range gram negative? Prazipro? Most likely brook and they'll be goners by tomorrow or velvet and they'll go soon [emoji17] Alright sorry for that, my contribution to the daily thread derailment is over. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited April 14, 2015 by Bluemoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 White poop screams intestinal parasite to me. Wrasses in general are known for them. Two treatments of prazipro will usually do the trick... I never told you this but I consider prazipro to be reef safe, except for fan worms. I dosed it in my tank full of SPS, zoas, an anemone, a clam, urchins, snails, a shrimp, and some LPS and only two SPS reacted to it. They both released mesenterial filaments for a day or two and were fine afterwards... others mileage may vary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardlaw Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I say remove all and medicate. I went through the ich in the system anti-medicine holistic hippy phase recently and what I have is a bunch of dead fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 I wouldn't hesitate to dose it again in the tank if needed. Your skimmer will blow over so just remove the cup and let it spill over for awhile... it'll help oxygenated the water during the 5-day treatment. I've heard to slowly dose it up to full dose when dealing with wrasses... especially leopard wrasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 I say remove all and medicate. I went through the ich in the system anti-medicine holistic hippy phase recently and what I have is a bunch of dead fish.I would agree to a certain extent if the tank is not 100% healthy. Though with the number of fish diseases in this hobby, both known and unknown, it's hard to be sure what really killed your fish. Was it stress from a recent tank crash and bacterial infections that led to lowered immune responses to ich? Or was it ich that appeared and then led to open wounds which allowed bacteria to infect the wounds?Or is it something never encountered before that wiped out a small part of the population? Internal parasites that weakened the fish? Who knows sometimes... the ideal thing is to remove and treat but that may not always be an option. I've had great success with just leaving them be if it's symptoms of ich... but then marine velvet wiped me out. Perhaps the ich attacked first and then allowed the velvet to overtake? Who knows... but I lost a lot of fish and that's always a sad thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardlaw Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I hear ya Ty, I just feel personally responsible and don't want others to feel the same. Hard hobby sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 I hear ya Ty, I just feel personally responsible and don't want others to feel the same. Hard hobby sometimesOh I know the guilt of fish death... I think we all do. Especially ones that have become more than just ornamental... they've become pets. I honestly don't know if treating them or not treating would have saved the fish. You could stress them more and kill them or you could save them with medication. Either action which leads to death is a hard pill to swallow for sure.I'm staring at a tank with 9 fish now, out of 21 fish that used to be there 4 months ago. Besides the newly acquired emperor... no fish is bigger than a leopard wrasse. The tank feels awfully lonely sometimes. You just have to pick up and persevere... make plans to do things to avoid the same issues... and keep going. That's the difference of someone who gets in and gets out and someone who's here to stay. [emoji106] Now that everyone is pumped up about reekeeping... go clean out your skimmers, vinegar dip your pumps, clean your impellers, replace your media, clean your glass, scrub off the coralline, pull macro algae, swap out your filter socks, do a water change, siphon your sand, and for Pete's sake, tell your fish you love them! [emoji39] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Make that emergency kryptonite candy cane fragging tonight too! When the clowns are done spawning, I can move the webcam over to the emperor munching on hundreds of dollars worth of candy canes next. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? <--- said in my best Russell Crowe voice. Which coral will be the last straw to where the angel goes instead of the coral? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I was just wondering the exact same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 LPS? Pshhhhh! You guys know where my heart is... he lays a finger on my echinata and he won't see my boot coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Fun video, as always... well... at least I find it fun. How many are wondering... what the heck are we looking at Ty? I just thought it was cool to watch the wave currents ripple across the polyps of a large warp speed monti like wind across a field of grass. Deeepppp... I know. [emoji14] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOceanTraveler Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I love LPS so if you need a babysitter for any of yours let me know. of course only until you have properly trained the Angle. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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