Wondering where has everyone been?
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:17 pm
Where has everyone been?? It's been kinda slow here recently. Need new topics to talk about.
How's everyone's tank doing?
I will go first:
Very Brief synopsis:
Well, my tank is finally on the comeback trail. After Alex was born, my tank had a little outbreak of cyano and dino. I blame this on my lack of any water changes for four months and my complete negligence. A couple of my colonies had some bleaching spots on them also, and most did not exhibit any noticeable growth. I lost a couple of frags due to bulldozing snails/crabs and frags falling behind the rockwork. This just totally upsets me.
After a while, I finally had some time to take care of my tank again. I did a 25% water change twice in a 7 day span, then I did some water testing. lo and behold, my calcium was only 280 ppm. I completely forgot about my calcium reactor. The CO2 bottle was completely empty. I had to dose manually with B-Ionic over the next two days to get calcium level back over 350 ppm. and got the calcium reactor in working order. I am promising myself to keep up with water changes, and I have been.
Got a few nice corals since Alex's birth, but the tank is noticeably looking better than before. A couple of brown outs have occurred, but it better color up or else. I am contemplating re-arranging some things, and also getting rid of some corals in my tank.
Please post little brief happenings to your tank. I would like to hear them all.
How's everyone's tank doing?
I will go first:
Very Brief synopsis:
Well, my tank is finally on the comeback trail. After Alex was born, my tank had a little outbreak of cyano and dino. I blame this on my lack of any water changes for four months and my complete negligence. A couple of my colonies had some bleaching spots on them also, and most did not exhibit any noticeable growth. I lost a couple of frags due to bulldozing snails/crabs and frags falling behind the rockwork. This just totally upsets me.
After a while, I finally had some time to take care of my tank again. I did a 25% water change twice in a 7 day span, then I did some water testing. lo and behold, my calcium was only 280 ppm. I completely forgot about my calcium reactor. The CO2 bottle was completely empty. I had to dose manually with B-Ionic over the next two days to get calcium level back over 350 ppm. and got the calcium reactor in working order. I am promising myself to keep up with water changes, and I have been.
Got a few nice corals since Alex's birth, but the tank is noticeably looking better than before. A couple of brown outs have occurred, but it better color up or else. I am contemplating re-arranging some things, and also getting rid of some corals in my tank.
Please post little brief happenings to your tank. I would like to hear them all.
