Bpb Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Love it. I think most people with a sw tank and a spouse/family have had that exact same conversation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 I have started moving coral over and the LPS look good but the Forest Fire and Seasons Greeting started bleaching out so I have moved them back. I have left some German Blue frags in, which bleached out, but are starting to look better. I have reduced the light to 25% blue max and 15% white max. Ramping up over 8 hours on max for 5 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 Happy early Christmas and Merry New Year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 LPS side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 You're gonna make Bigsby sad with that Christmas present ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bigsby Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 You're gonna make Bigsby sad with that Christmas present ... No sadness here! I've got right about $940 sitting in my paypal just from coral sales from December alone. Now if I can just pull the trigger and place the order on the apex gold versus some of the corals I have been eyeing online, I will be good to go. I can't decide if I actually need the gold version or not. But I am almost positive if I don't get the gold then I will regret it. I'm just waiting to make sure Santa doesn't leave it under my tree... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 I'm in the wrong business $940 from selling coral. Hopefully with this new tank and Apex I will be able to grow something big enough to sell it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Found a single Aiptasia so I added a Butteryfly, so far, Butterfly 1 Aiptasia 0. Does anyone know if the butterfly eats all of it or will it grow back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 what kind of butterfy? are you talking about a copperband? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Yes the Dome had 2 Copperband Butterflies, one was swimming around and looked good the other was hiding behind a rock and was not very active. I asked Hunter to feed them and the active one did not eat and the shy one attacked the food. I guess that's why you should see them eat and not go off which one you think looks better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Picked up these 2 today, hopefully I can figure out why my sps are bleaching out so I can move them over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Is that bright aqua-colored one from RCA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 It is a neon green from Fishy Business, they had a colony but it was a little to big for my 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Very nice! It looked a lot like the main colony in the RCA showtank so I was just wondering. Good score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 I moved my Dragon Soul favia over to my new tank and in the process I accidentally broke the rocks it was growing on apart and split it down the middle. I usually see frags that follow along the heads and not split down the middle, should I be worried? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I've seen most cuts down the middle survive. I don't think you have much to worry about unless the stress of the actual move itself kills it, such as water parameters that are off or a huge lighting change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 I have had 3 sps mini colonies die this week and I think it is because I increased my ph from 7.8 to 8.15 over a 2 week period. All of the other corals look stressed out now to. I tested my other tank and it is still at 7.8 with all of the coral looking good. I guess this is what I get for chasing parameters that are listed as ideal instead of keeping everything stable even if it is out of range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Sorry for the losses! What exactly did you do to try to increase your ph? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 I used the Kent superbuffer DKH at a quarter teaspoon every other day and watched the ph until it hit 8 then stopped, but it went up to 8.15 after I stopped putting it in. I did not test or add anything to my 30 gallon tank and the only loses I had were from corals falling on each other or them attacking each other over a 2 year period. I got the Apex and figured I could keep everything inline if I could check it everyday for swings, but I am thinking about leaving it alone and just going back to weekly water changes. My concern would be that a drop back to 7.8 would do even more damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Honestly, I would never chase pH for any reason unless it's outside of 7.8-8.4. The other thing is I wouldn't recommend a buffer to fix any problem in a saltwater tank. You can get away with that in a freshwater system but in saltwater, when you added the buffer, the buffer probably affected your alk levels, which caused your SPS to die off. If regular water changes worked well for you in the past, I'd stick with what works. As you continue to add SPS, you'll need to at least monitor your alk levels and make sure your water changes are keeping up with the usage of alk by the SPS. If at the point it isn't, then I'd look into additional supplementation of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsalt Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I have a question about your bleaching corals. So it looks like you setup a new tank. What kind of lights do you have, are they the same kind from your other tank? Do the lights have UV in them? How long are you running your lights if they do have UV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 The corals originally bleached white but I reduced the lights to 25% blue and 20% white max and the color came back and the LPS opened back up. They were happy for a few weeks then I decided to change the ph and the with in a few days of the change 3 of 5 sps RTNed. I'm sure the change to LEDs did stress them and didn't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsalt Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I was just worried about UV over long photo periods. UV will definitely put a hurtin' on your corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Good to know about the uv, I should have asked about the buffer before I used something that I didn't fully understand. If it ain't broken don't fix it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OU12004 Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 SPS side after the crash LPS side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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