Leishman December 31, 2008 Share December 31, 2008 This hobby sucks. Each time I grow a show size colony it has issues. 1st my Cali blue tort 10"x10"x16" to dead, all gone. Grown from a 3" frag 2nd my A. Hyacinthus 20"x10" bottom level 12"x8" top level. Grown from a 3"-4" mini colony and now my A. Exquister 16"x8"x10". Grown from a 2.5"-3" frag. It started with a tiny dead spot 1/2 way up the main branch months ago. In the past week the dead spot became this: When I pulled it out last night to frag, I saw the base had the same recession: leading to this: Its things like this that make me wish I only had a small tank and no need for large colonies......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanCallan December 31, 2008 Share December 31, 2008 That's a bummmmmer! Any idea what's causing the issues? As long as your pieces are bug free I'd be willing to loan you some tank space to try and grow out one of your frags. Unless you have some objection to using systems like Prodibio (some people do). How long did it take you to grow those pieces out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco December 31, 2008 Share December 31, 2008 I just lost 2 large ora corals (frags from 2005) last week. Feeling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k December 31, 2008 Share December 31, 2008 That's a bummmmmer! Any idea what's causing the issues? As long as your pieces are bug free I'd be willing to loan you some tank space to try and grow out one of your frags. Unless you have some objection to using systems like Prodibio (some people do). How long did it take you to grow those pieces out? I can loan you some tank space too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gastone December 31, 2008 Share December 31, 2008 Rik, sorry to hear about this. G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanCallan December 31, 2008 Share December 31, 2008 I just lost 2 large ora corals (frags from 2005) last week. Feeling it. That sucks too!! Any idea what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami December 31, 2008 Share December 31, 2008 Here's to hoping things turn around for you soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterTang December 31, 2008 Share December 31, 2008 That's why I don't keep SPS... not worth the grief! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimchi Corals December 31, 2008 Share December 31, 2008 Rik you should dip the corals and see if you have some parasite. I will give you a frag of the exquister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman December 31, 2008 Share December 31, 2008 Rik you should dip the corals and see if you have some parasite. I will give you a frag of the exquister. It looks like he has PLENTY of frags... he had to cut the coral into pieces because of the STN. I had the same problem with a blue-tip staghorn that was getting too big and showy for mother nature. Ended up with lots of huge frags - but the 'colony' just wasn't the same. Then it was the NAGA pink chalice... it was almost 10" in diameter, and just started dying off from one end. I had to cut it in half. I'm not sure if this actually happens more often with big colonies - or if you just feel the pain more! Now my 'Leishman red table acro' is getting big... Sure glad I have a big frag in another tank!! bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDiver December 31, 2008 Share December 31, 2008 sorry to hear about this Rik...i hope everything works out for u.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.fishnreef.com December 31, 2008 Share December 31, 2008 Rik, Crying with you... and feeling your pain (I have a nice big stash of dry coral) Nadir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basser9 December 31, 2008 Share December 31, 2008 T HERE IS A REASON I HAVE DEEP SANDBEDS....There have been some good studies showing bad survivable of sps over a year or more in bare bottom systems.....for some reason most wamas/cmas veterans have no beds......I Have been in this hobby over 25 years and see alot of serious reefers sticking to old true Berlin systems....sandbeds produce alot of food and reduce nitrates at the same time.....rick your problems are typical of long term berlin systems....add deep sand....add a .5 mil of vodka per 50 gal of water and your tank will thrive..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F&Fmgr January 1, 2009 Share January 1, 2009 +1 tried BB and i hated it...DSB is the way to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.fishnreef.com January 1, 2009 Share January 1, 2009 your problems are typical of long term berlin systems....add deep sand....add a .5 mil of vodka per 50 gal of water and your tank will thrive..... NEWBIES NOTE! There are well documented methods for introducing vodka dosing to your tank. Don't just add vodka to your tank at the above rate. READ first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbartco January 1, 2009 Share January 1, 2009 That sucks too!! Any idea what happened? neglect.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dschflier January 1, 2009 Share January 1, 2009 I feel for you. Your tank was beautiful when I went to see it. I dont know if this will help but I always try and just take it in stride. All the years I worked as a flight instructor I found that when things came very easy to people they just didn't apprciate what they had accomplished as compared to students who really strugguled. All the loss we all go through in this hobby allows us all to gain some insight and for you to learn and try and figure the problem out for the next try. It is a very complex hobby unlike most where if you follow the instructions you can be fairly confident in the results. I think that is what makes this hobby so great and so frustrating at the same time. Keep at it and the next coral that dies I am sure WAMAS members would be happy to give you some of your old frags to try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerseller January 1, 2009 Share January 1, 2009 Sorry bud. I got stuff for you, including the "ornament 08" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendalat January 1, 2009 Share January 1, 2009 Rik, Sorry to hear that. On the bright side, now you have more space for some rarer corals. Khanh, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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