Lynn's Fish Room

[lynn.reef.nerd]

Friday night pictures.

[lynn.reef.nerd]

[lynn.reef.nerd]

Everything has settled down. I was only able to save 3 of the fish in my big tank. It is sitting fallow until March. The corals are picking up some colors again after the medication incident. I lost quite a few acro. Definitely the biggest hit for me in this hobby so far. Believe it or not, right after my tank issue, I lost one of my Hydra and half my T5 fixture right after. Not liking 2019 so far, so I decided to go with the Lunar calendar and start my new year in February. Hoping for the best.

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[lynn.reef.nerd]

Some more pics.

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[YHSublime]

Things look pretty good to me!


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[lynn.reef.nerd]

My little Red Sea 170 is doing very well. I have been collecting a lot of euphyllias lately. I finally got the chaeto growing after dosing the iron supplements that Alan recommended (thank you!). My algae issue is almost gone and nitrate is a lot lower.

 

My softies tank was a headache! The Orbit Marine lights were too low when I tried using only blues with very little red/green/white.  As recommended, I ramped up the other colors during the day and ended up with major dino. After a couple days of lights out and bringing the lights back down, everything got back to normal. I considered adding some cheaper black boxes but got a great deal on a T5 fixture. Ended up rigging it and hang it on the wall with some plant hangers. Everything seems a lot better. Zoas and Anemones are doing great! Thank you everyone for your help.

 

 

[YHSublime]

That Red Sea tank is 100%! Loving the little gems, like that @$%#&in’ RFA and the lobo (or is it a scolly?) also, the euphillia is beautiful, I will grow it again when I have a larger tank. Is it just the recording though, or is it very loud?


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[lynn.reef.nerd]

6 minutes ago, YHSublime said:

That Red Sea tank is 100%! Loving the little gems, like that @$%#&in’ RFA and the lobo (or is it a scolly?) also, the euphillia is beautiful, I will grow it again when I have a larger tank. Is it just the recording though, or is it very loud?


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Thank you!

 

I'm not sure what is going with that RFA. Do they get that big?!?! Will she (I found out it's a she) get bigger??!?!?! She's about the size of my hand. I don't even feed them.

 

I am in a euphyllia frenzy right now. SPS grows too slow so I focus more on the LPS and zoas. I love their movement. You should get a bigger tank.

[YHSublime]

 
Thank you!
 
I'm not sure what is going with that RFA. Do they get that big?!?! Will she (I found out it's a she) get bigger??!?!?! She's about the size of my hand. I don't even feed them.
 
I am in a euphyllia frenzy right now. SPS grows too slow so I focus more on the LPS and zoas. I love their movement. You should get a bigger tank.

Yeah, they get that big. I have a nice one as well that settled front and center, so I let it be. Feeding nems is never a requirement, just a perk!

I sold all my euphillia bc it grew to fast, I’ll get a larger tank when I move!


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[A.ocellaris]

Nice euphyllias!! 

[lynn.reef.nerd]

Finally done with fallow period! So happy to see more life in the tank again.

 

 

[flooddc]

Congrats! 

BTW, that's a lot of frags

[lynn.reef.nerd]

1 minute ago, flooddc said:

Congrats! 

BTW, that's a lot of frags

Thank you... I blame darkseeker and llemonz.  They are my dealers.

[lynn.reef.nerd]

It has been a while! Lots have changed with the tank.

 

I had a mini crash recently and lost a few colonies. Weird occurrence, only bigger corals especially fully encrusted ones were affected.

 

I added two additional frag tanks to handle my hoarding habits. My buddy was able to drop by and help me plumb the tanks together so that I only need to handle two separate system instead of 4. I am running out of space again though

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[flooddc]

Tanks looking awesome!

To me, corals are very unpredictable. They can't go anytime and in any water parameters condition. I loss one or two colonies every now and then for no apparent reason. I learned and accepted that it's a part of this hobby.

[lynn.reef.nerd]

25 minutes ago, flooddc said:

Tanks looking awesome!

To me, corals are very unpredictable. They can't go anytime and in any water parameters condition. I loss one or two colonies every now and then for no apparent reason. I learned and accepted that it's a part of this hobby.

 

Thank you!

One or two I'm not too worried, but I lost the majority of my bigger corals. Frags were unaffected. It was super weird. I also had a big spike in phosphate (2.7). I attributed that to dosing failure (~1000mL of acropower). I think with all the stress it added to the issue. Lesson learned.

[lynn.reef.nerd]

Some upgrades I made after "stimulating" the economy. Let's just say I stole my husband's too.

 

Original light that came with the S500 was 3 Hydra 26s. I went with 2 Radion XR30 Blue and T5 hybrid fixture. 4 x Blue+.

 

Frag tank also got an upgrade with 3 Radion XR15 Blue and T5 hybrid. 3 x Blue+, 1 x Coral+.

 

Softies had a hydra 26. I put an XR15 Blue on there also. Not sure if it is enough lighting since I added a nice Maxima clam in there. I'm thinking about adding a couple of of reefbright strips. Not sure if that's needed.

 

Small mushroom/zoas overflow tank currently has two Redsea ReefLed 90. Personally, I'm not a fan of that light. I would say it is comparable to the Kessil. If I had a choice, I would not buy this light again. I really do like the Hydras and Radions!

 

 

I was also fed up with the skimmer that came with the Red Sea tank. I finally upgraded it to their RSK 600. Seems to be running like a champ.

[YHSublime]

How much water volume do you have total?

[lynn.reef.nerd]

11 minutes ago, YHSublime said:

How much water volume do you have total?

 

The S500 + frag tank ~ 200 gallons.

The E170 + overflow ~ 75 gallons.

[YHSublime]

 
The S500 + frag tank ~ 200 gallons.
The E170 + overflow ~ 75 gallons.

Looks like you have more coral than water in most of them!

Good idea on plumbing as much together as possible. The moment I start handling more than one tank it starts to feel like a chore and less of a hobby.

[lynn.reef.nerd]

28 minutes ago, YHSublime said:

Looks like you have more coral than water in most of them!

Good idea on plumbing as much together as possible. The moment I start handling more than one tank it starts to feel like a chore and less of a hobby.

 

 Yeah.... My hoarding is getting bad.

[lynn.reef.nerd]

Recently I went through a blastomussa obsession and a couple of WAMAS member indulged me in my coral addiction. These beauties are stolen/borrow from @NamReefs and @Llemonz. Yes, I know.... Bryce, the stick guy actually have some LPS! For Nam, that dude just has everything .

 

 

This last one is the one that got me to fall in love with these bouncy weirdness.

 

 

 

 

[Llemonz]

These blastos are looking great!!


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[lynn.reef.nerd]

On 5/26/2020 at 12:03 PM, Llemonz said:

These blastos are looking great!!


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Thanks ... what's the total count of folks asking you for one of them Bryce's bouncy bottoms?

[lynn.reef.nerd]

Had to move things around in the tank. I found out that torches can sting the mantle of the clam. Poor guy is healing and opening wide again.

 

 

I found this very cool coral (Bernardopora) that we don't see much around. The fact that it gets wrongly classified contributes to the "rarity". I initially got this from Unique Coral. After a couple of months, it has blossomed into a beautiful rich red color. A friend suggested trying to grow them between acros. That is a great idea but I am not sure how aggressive this guy is. Anyone has experience with this?