denis_anthony

What do you use instead of a skimmer and media reactor? I’m curious to try their new fleece roller for nano tanks but I really don’t mind changing the filter floss from the media basket every few days for pennies.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did you ever receive a notification of when you’d be receiving the tank? I’d be more than happy to help move it in. Would give me an excuse to be in the area to visit friends that I’ve been neglecting lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi guys. I’m starting a small IM15 AIO cube to scratch my itch of getting a tank while I find a larger setup that I want. 1. Does anyone have any recommendations for an ATO on a sumpless tank? I know I could do a gravity feed (they’re ugly but maybe I’m being a princess) but I’m curious what anyone else has done. I could top it off myself every day but I really am lazy. 2. The compartments in the back of the AIO tank don’t allow you to do too much so I’m curious what you guys would fill it with. I’m not sure if I’ll keep the socks or upgrade it to a fleece roller and I’m unsure what I’ll do in the other compartment…. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm looking to start a new tank and I'm curious what you all would recommend for lighting. I will be keeping corals and I've used AI primes in the past as well as XR15s but I'm kind of curious about using T5s or these reef brite LED strips....

Quick update - All livestock, minus one single Halloween hermit crab, has passed away. This includes all snails, starfish, fish, and shrimp. Most coral seems to have melted as well. Fingers crossed that maybe a few mushrooms and zoas make it but my torches, hammers, pectinia, Duncans, trumpets, gonis, you name it, have melted down to the skeleton. The pulsing Xenia doesn’t seem like it’s ever been happier though…. Of course when I went to throw in my protein skimmer, the pump decided not to work and so I had to order one priority to help pull whatever crap is in the tank out. The return chamber also decided to clog which filled my emergency drain and overflowed onto the new living room floor. This then got my heater controller wet and broke it. A perfect storm, so to speak. I’m trying as hard as I can to save ANYTHING that may still be alive but it seems it may be a waste of time. I feel that my main mistake may have just been not removing all my old sand. I left about 20-30% of it and I’m thinking that any gases and toxins may have been released into the tank and causing a nuke. Just spitballing trying to understand where I went wrong. Thanks for joining my Ted talk. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I assumed it was the ammonia spike as well though it wasn’t super high but I know all fish react differently to it. Poor guys :/ I’ve been using prime and doing a 20% change each day. I’ll throw in my skimmer as well as I’m not using it at the moment. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sadly, I’m not sure there are any survivors. I can’t see in the tank except what is directly in front of the glass but I’ve not seen a fish (minus the five I managed to see that had passed) swimming at all so I think I have my answer. I realistically think I’ll need to start over Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the response! I vacuumed out about 70% of the old substrate and added a new Arag alive sand. I’m sure the old sand let out a bunch of crap back into the water Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi guys. I moved yesterday and dreadfully took my tank with me. I was terrified and I think for the right reasons. Everything seemed ok as of yesterday but as of this morning, it seems as if I’m scooping up a new dead fish every other hour or two. The tank also had a huge algae bloom so I can’t even see if there are more casualties beyond my limited visibility. I’ve added prime to help with the slight ammonia spike (0.5), nitrates are at about 10, no nitrite, and pH was around 7 this morning which I’ve added 8.4 from aquavitro. If anyone has any suggestions of dealing with this, let me know. I’m heartbroken that I’ve lost some of my first fish and inverts and I’m scared the coral is next. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ve kept fungia before with no problems. I wasn’t able to find much online from people since they’re more rare than others so I was hoping others within the group would have relevant and first-hand experience… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi all, I'm about to get my hands on a unique looking diaseris plate and am curious if any of you have kept one before and what your experience has been. Are they any different in care than normal fungia plates? It's pricey so I'm nervous...

It's impressive to see someone with a healthy and thriving tank with different types of corals but I have a different type of appreciation for people who can do this and bring back something from seemingly "dead'. Kudos!

I agree though I don't have too much space for an entire colony. Lesson learned :/

Two more recent photos

That was a few months ago. It seems my pictures got slightly reorganized when I posted this. The wall is now covered in coralline and spirorbids. The last three were taken earlier this morning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk