YHSublime August 19, 2014 Share August 19, 2014 Thanks Isaac....tanks are chugging along, this tank has a bad case of bubble algae and some weird wiry hair algae. I do try to do a 10g wc weekly, and for the most weeks succeed, but I won't have time to update with pics for a few more weeks. Thanks for checking in......... No problem, glad you're still around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonloco September 22, 2014 Author Share September 22, 2014 Wow, it's been 4 months since I've really written anything on this build. I've been battling pests almost since day one, but I'm hanging in there: -First I had the red bugs, my mystery wrasse solved that problem. -Then vermetid worms, which I manually removed weekly, I still have some, but not in epic number. -An apatasia that came in on my clams, scraped it off the minute I saw it, over a few weeks 3 more popped up, scraped em off, hopefully that’s the end of them. -I noticed purple/red slimy hairy algae irritating my rics to the point they would split to get away from it. Manually removing with a toothbrush got rid of that pest. At least I hope it’s all gone. -Bubble algae arrived in April, ALL over my rocks and sand bed accompanied by some weird wiry green algae. Since we were literally gone every other week (due to a family emergency) this summer, I couldn't do weekly wc's, which didn't help at all. Over the past few months, I stopped dosing everything Z except Zeostart but still use Zrocks, and started dosing Nualgi, which I believe has helped. I also stopped feeding my corals, and started feeding fish every other day, LRF only, which I also think has helped. But, having a new house sitter, I gave her flake to feed, every week I returned, part of my sand bed looked like green grass....it was so discouraging. But since school started, I have been able to do 3 weekly wc's, and both algae's are on the decline. I'm hoping to keep this up save one week in Oct we will be gone, again. The bubble algae is almost 100% gone from my rocks, but I still have lots of tiny bubbles mixed with that hair algae in my sand bed. Sucks! Last winter I added an algae blenny Sailfin/Algae Blenny (Salarias fasciatus) which didn’t get a long with my Bristletooth Tang, two months of “getting used to each other” the blenny lost the battle. I added another Algae Blenny last week, and within hours the Tang was harassing the Blenny. That same night I put the Tang in “time out” the 16gIM, just for a few days to let the Blenny “settle in” (as per Marco’s of ERC’s advice). All the fish seemed relieved, the cardinal I’ve raised from a baby now swims the entire tank, instead of hovering in “his spot”. The clowns which normally stayed behind the rocks are now cruising the entire tank. My wrasse was always swimming in circles, now he has the entire tank to roam. Realizing the tang had to go, this weekend I traded the Bristletooth for some giant paly’s. My tank is only 3 feet in length, best for me and the Tang. Now I need to figure out what to replace him with in a few months. Oh, and today, after “settling in”, the blenny is picking away at my substrate, all day, which I am very happy to see . I hadn't bought any coral since May, didn't want to add anything while I had so much bubble/weird wire algae. I did buy 9 new corals this past week, small ones, zoa's, 2 torches, a few rics, giant palys, a beautiful Wellso and a small Platygyra. Hopefully that will be it until after Christmas, easier said than done. I am learning, slowly, to use the macro lens my DH bought me last Christmas. I had my dear friend Amanda (from IC) stop by Sunday, she showed me how she shoots her tanks, I need a tripod and a UV lense for the macro. On my shopping list . She also and came up with a FTS for me: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime September 22, 2014 Share September 22, 2014 Nice seeing you the other day! FTS looks nice! You should try to get one looking down to really show your scapes dimension! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonloco September 22, 2014 Author Share September 22, 2014 Great seeing you yesterday also Isaac! Sorry to keep you so long, but I get excited when I can talk "fish", ya know..... lol I really want to add some KP rock that I have dried out and keeping in the garage. Once I feel the algae is under control, I will, until then, it's WC WC WC for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef September 23, 2014 Share September 23, 2014 Lol...it's looking good Loni... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef December 20, 2014 Share December 20, 2014 Loni.... Loni where are you??......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonloco December 21, 2014 Author Share December 21, 2014 I'm drowning in the "christmas spirit"......I'll be back in January when my life slows down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef December 21, 2014 Share December 21, 2014 Lol.... Okay! I am cleaning my tank finally after 3 months and thought you might need a little push lol (you, unlike me, keep up on your regular maintenance even in the heckticnesss of life though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime December 21, 2014 Share December 21, 2014 Looking forward to some updates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonloco March 2, 2016 Author Share March 2, 2016 Wow, been awhile. A few iphone pics...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime March 2, 2016 Share March 2, 2016 Looking great! That ric garden is to die for! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epleeds March 3, 2016 Share March 3, 2016 Looking great! That ric garden is to die for! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk +1. Wonder where all those came from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonloco March 3, 2016 Author Share March 3, 2016 Looking great! That ric garden is to die for! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thanks! +1. Wonder where all those came from Many from you.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf May 1, 2016 Share May 1, 2016 Need an updated FTS, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonloco April 30, 2017 Author Share April 30, 2017 (edited) Wow it's been over a year, tank is chugging along. Traded away my two clowns and the Mystery Wrasse, bought 2 Wyoming Whites (I've wanted these clowns since they first came out at 6K a pair!) and a McCoskers Wrasse from Marcos and a Coral Beauty from Divers Den, kept the original Cardinalfish, added a few more corals, finally got an Elegance to live. I have also for the past 4 months been fighting a major battle with algae, bubble, hair and byropsis. Vibrant and Fluconazole have almost got it all gone! It's been almost 4 years since I've completed a build, fw or sw, decided it was time, I'm upgrading this reef to a DP80g. I plan on starting an upgrade thread (can you say steel stand....so excited!). Of course it started out as I'll just move all the current equip over, everyone knows that is not what realllllyyyy happens! Below is a crappy iphone pic of the current reef. Edited April 30, 2017 by londonloco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2nhle May 28, 2017 Share May 28, 2017 So are you going to keep this tank when you finished the upgrade to DB80g? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonloco May 28, 2017 Author Share May 28, 2017 So are you going to keep this tank when you finished the upgrade to DB80g? No, I'm going to sell the tank and stand. I'm almost done with the upgrade, hoping to finish it this weekend. Didn't do a build thread, just didn't have the time..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonloco August 8, 2017 Author Share August 8, 2017 New tank has been set up since 5/28, transfer went great, tank looks great. Holding my breathe...... Originally thinking of adding 4-5 more fish, but everything is going so good, now thinking just 2, a algae blenny and a mimic tang. Meh, we'll see, I'm in no rush! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruleyii August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 womp womp. Photobucket fail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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