Coral Hind

I agree with Tom, sounds like a power supply issue. An eight bulb fixture would not have a single ballast so if all the lights are out and the fans then I'd check for a fuse or faulty switch.

They are my favorites snails because then can flip themselves over and don't die so easy like the astrea and turbos. Don't be alarmed if you try to pick it up and the tail falls off. It is a defense mechanism of self sacrifice like a lizard's tail.

I have always used "muffin" fans from old computers that are 12v and I use a power adapter. They also make 120v units which might be easier plug and play for you. Look for a low dB rating when shopping around. www.amazon.com/AC-Infinity-Cooling-Ventilation-Projects/dp/B009OXTWZI

Tony, we need pictures!! It looks like its been a long time, about nine months since you've logged in. Hopefully everything is good with you and the tank.

Receptacles in or on the ceiling are allowable per code.

I've cut out the damaged brace and replaced it with plexi and attached it with nylon screws. Similar to the image below

Welcome back. I just read your thread over at RC and you have a nice setup.

I'm liking the new sump area. What are you running in the mini media reactor?

I had a hippo tang do that but it just liked ripping them up and didn't really eat them. Could they just be going after food that has settled on the corals?

Is the tank open top or have a cover? Good air exchange over a tank helps with pH. If you can, run the air intake to your skimmer outside as it helps raise pH levels. Our homes tend to be lower in oxygen levels than outside air which makes it harder to keep pH up. Fish load is also key as the acid from fish waste lowers pH. A lighter fish load makes it easier to maintain alk/pH levels.

What levels are your alk at over the 24 hour period? The pH numbers you show seem fine, towards the lower end, so either should work for you with the night dosing being a little more stable. I used reactors mostly, but when I did does alk separately I always did it at night since that's when it was consumed the most as corals and coralline algae lay down most of their structure at night. I liked to have a large refuge of algae on a reverse daylight schedule to help keep a constant pH.

I've never done anything special, just rinse with tap water.

I like it! Keeping it open makes the tank look bigger. Lots of room for corals to grow out. Are you keeping rock in the sump for bio-filtration?

I'm guessing it was a code issue for safety or something similar. Anytime you have a place like that open to the public you have to have it to a certain code and anyone who had been to that place knows they didn't exactly have it up to normal retail standards for access and safety.

I called Roozens and they will not be selling marine fish and corals as the county has shut them down and will not give them a permit.

Normally no, because the skin is think but if you have a cut or opened wound you can feel it. Similar thing happens with nems too.

Check that lobo out at night and you might see the sweepers. They usually have a few sweepers per polyp and I've seen some about 4" long.

Sump level consistency is very important for some skimmers and weirs can help maintain that. I'm sure they make valves but you might have to search for them. What size tubing is it? Back in the early 90's when I was making DIY skimmers I made my own air restrictor. Took two flat stock of plexi and used plastic screws and wing nuts to smash the hose to restrict air flow to where I wanted.

I always used old tank water but that doesn't make it right. I figured no sense in using new water just to have it go bad in the cycle process when there is really nothing in the tank that needs the trace elements in newly mixed water. Once the tank is ready for inverts, after months of cycling, then I do a large water change.

It looks to have been damaged and is either secreting protective slime or in decay. I would siphon it out and if in decay it might smell bad. I would view the tank at night and make sure there is nothing in that area that might have sweeper tentacles as Jon mentioned. If you were messing in the tank recently you might have damaged it. Just watch the others as bacterial infections can spread fast in shrooms and bad water quality will compound that.

Sounds like all is well. I like happy endings. The species are shy eaters but I'm sure once he settles in some you will see more of him.

Have you checked with Artfully Acrylic yet? I've seen some nice custom dimension tanks made by them.

How big are you looking to make it? When I was shopping for a tank I had to get mine from Florida because locally the shop couldn't make one that big.

The eggs on the shrimp look like normal shrimp eggs and nothing was deposited there by something else. The shrimp constantly groom themselves and they would never let something leave eggs on their swimmeretes. That is the normal area where eggs would have been carried by the shrimp. To me, the shrimp might have filled the tail with eggs and the sixline got hungry for cavier. Or, the ammonia killed the shrimp and something else in the tank ate most of the eggs. I would get the tank parameters back to norm and not add inverts until the tank has aged more and is stable.

I would keep feeding small bits of something every few days to keep the natural cycle going. With no fish present the pods should flourish. You still have corals right?