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Jgraz's Finally a Proper Tank 90 Upgrade
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Get that thing going. It's a great reactor but my one gripe is that you can't add pellets without pulling the tube. That's a big flaw IMO with it. It makes adding pellets cumbersome and annoying.
Looks great john
Great pics!
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Thanks guys
Thanks Pete. Yep Pearlberry, Got That a while back when I was at AllQuatics and a huge colony came in. Right place right time.
At first I thought it was a Stephen Wilkes Day to Night photograph. If you’re not familiar, google his name and New York City….his photographs are spectacular. Anyway, that first photo looks just like one of his photographs……cool! Nice job John.
Thanks everyone. I really did like the way the 50/50 shot came. The sun was just starting ti creep through the skylights the last few days. I'm usually working when it happens though. Glad I was home for that.
For the next few week the tank is gonna start seeing more and more natural sun directly through the skylights. It usually peaks between May and August where that whole wall will receive full direct sun for about 2-3 hrs per day. Should be interesting to see if there is any effect on growth.
For the next few week the tank is gonna start seeing more and more natural sun directly through the skylights. It usually peaks between May and August where that whole wall will receive full direct sun for about 2-3 hrs per day. Should be interesting to see if there is any effect on growth.
Well Its been a bit since I updated this so here I go.
In another case of bad luck It seems I came across AEFW's somewhere along the way. I noticed some of my corals looking unhappy about 3 weeks ago and had a friend come by and comfirm my findings and it did indeed look like bite marks on a few of my acros. The worst looking of the bunch was a purple bonsai that has just never looked right. So I dipped it and sure enough there they were. So began the process of dipping, not an easy task as most of my stuff is well encrusted at this point. I do believe that I caught the problem early on however, since I have seen very few of them after dipping. The only eggs I have come across were on a small milli frag and those were scraped off and glued over. The latest dip this past weekend only produced 2 very small worms and inspection of each and every piece with a magnifying glass turned up no eggs. Also this past weekend I went with a round of prazi since there is some debate about whether it can be an in-tank treatment for AEFW's, I figured what the heck.
Round one of dips was with Coral RX and went at the corals with a turkey baster. This dislodged the worms but i noticed that they did not die even after they remained in the dip water for over 30 min. Round 2 was with Bayer and turkey baster, same results worms dislodged but they did not die right away, but after about 20 min they did. Thats when I realized I only used the dip at 1/2 strength by mistake. Round 3 will be this weekend with full strength bayer. As of today almost all of the bite marks that I seen are already healing over and I have noticed no new marks as of yet. I also began using Zeo Flatworm Stop on the day I found the worms. I know it dosent kill them but I must admit I have seen many of my colors becoming more intense since starting it. So I will continue with it.
Other news, Right around the same time I found the AEFW's I noticed that my Hawkins colony looking a bit shabby as well. No bites, just blah. I also noticed a little STN so I cut off the dead parts and replaced it. No dip. The STN continued and pretty much turned to RTN yesterday. This morning I pulled out the colony and fragged anything that looked alive, dipped and put it back. I don't expect the dipped frags to make it though. When i did dip there was no AEFW's on the colony though.
On to the good news. The coral group buy I took part in arrived and it looks like we had a nice pull. As for now everything is still in QT and doing well. I also just found out the my dosing canisters came in today so I will finally be able to get my 2-part automated. Thats about it for now.
In another case of bad luck It seems I came across AEFW's somewhere along the way. I noticed some of my corals looking unhappy about 3 weeks ago and had a friend come by and comfirm my findings and it did indeed look like bite marks on a few of my acros. The worst looking of the bunch was a purple bonsai that has just never looked right. So I dipped it and sure enough there they were. So began the process of dipping, not an easy task as most of my stuff is well encrusted at this point. I do believe that I caught the problem early on however, since I have seen very few of them after dipping. The only eggs I have come across were on a small milli frag and those were scraped off and glued over. The latest dip this past weekend only produced 2 very small worms and inspection of each and every piece with a magnifying glass turned up no eggs. Also this past weekend I went with a round of prazi since there is some debate about whether it can be an in-tank treatment for AEFW's, I figured what the heck.
Round one of dips was with Coral RX and went at the corals with a turkey baster. This dislodged the worms but i noticed that they did not die even after they remained in the dip water for over 30 min. Round 2 was with Bayer and turkey baster, same results worms dislodged but they did not die right away, but after about 20 min they did. Thats when I realized I only used the dip at 1/2 strength by mistake. Round 3 will be this weekend with full strength bayer. As of today almost all of the bite marks that I seen are already healing over and I have noticed no new marks as of yet. I also began using Zeo Flatworm Stop on the day I found the worms. I know it dosent kill them but I must admit I have seen many of my colors becoming more intense since starting it. So I will continue with it.
Other news, Right around the same time I found the AEFW's I noticed that my Hawkins colony looking a bit shabby as well. No bites, just blah. I also noticed a little STN so I cut off the dead parts and replaced it. No dip. The STN continued and pretty much turned to RTN yesterday. This morning I pulled out the colony and fragged anything that looked alive, dipped and put it back. I don't expect the dipped frags to make it though. When i did dip there was no AEFW's on the colony though.
On to the good news. The coral group buy I took part in arrived and it looks like we had a nice pull. As for now everything is still in QT and doing well. I also just found out the my dosing canisters came in today so I will finally be able to get my 2-part automated. Thats about it for now.
I did do that with my frags at least. so far all the coloniesare healing up nice. I really believe I caught this early.
I'll let you know Pete. I wanna see how those frags come around first. Thanks
John, what dilution of Bayer are you using? The original YouTube I saw, the guy used 8 mls in a liter of tank water. I’ve since rounded it out to make dilutions easier, at 1 ml per 100 mls of tank water. I usually make up 300 mls if I have one to a few frags to dip, and let them soak for 15 to 20 minutes.
The other day I made up 2 gals of dip water and had intended to use 25 ml per gal, so 50 ml total. I only ended up using 25 ml. I didn't even realize it until I saw the 2 small worms still crawling on the side of the container when I was dumping it out.
Oh and I only let them sit for about 10 min all the while I was blasting them with the baster.