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The Codfather 05-26-2013 02:26 AM

Nice score, here is mine right now, colours are starting to show, you'll love him.

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps2a4ecb73.jpg

michika 05-27-2013 01:50 PM

The colours look great!

Here is the King. He and his missus need some proper names.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...psed61e75a.jpg

michika 07-07-2013 04:11 AM

I unfortunately have to report that neither the male or the female crosshatch made it. They both died within 24 hours of each other.

And then the Speedway DC pump on my 4-way Ocean Motions that runs the full 10.5ft of the tank died. Then there was the flooding...and then the water bans.

I have quite the cyano outbreak from rationing my water changes, pretty much I had to judge; water change with a limited supply of RO/DI given the emergency situation or not. I chose not to and the cyano got ahead of me. Bad choice, but it was the right choice at the time given I had no idea how long I'd have to top off from my reserve.

Here you can see the good stuff happening in my tank; clam growth and lots of it. This photo is nearly 3 weeks old already. The growth is wonderful. I just keep focusing on enjoying what I do have; happy fish, growing clams and SPS with no RTN or STN happening.

May 15th
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...psd0421442.jpg

Late June
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ps9153a88a.jpg

brotherd 07-07-2013 04:58 AM

I'm glad you have at least some good news. Really unfortunate about the cross hatch pair though. Damn!

Alberta-newb 07-07-2013 04:18 PM

So sorry to hear a out the triggers, I always take a fish loss very personal even those times when it's out of our control :-( (I just lost a fish out of my own stupidity (uncovered pump intake), still mad at myself)

Any warning on the SpeedWave failure or did it just stop? I've heard of a few failures on RC as well, wondering if there is a common problem? I was thinking of getting a couple of the Waveline 12000 or 20000 (if they ever release them) not so sure now.

Francis

michika 07-07-2013 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alberta-newb (Post 830533)
Any warning on the SpeedWave failure or did it just stop? I've heard of a few failures on RC as well, wondering if there is a common problem? I was thinking of getting a couple of the Waveline 12000 or 20000 (if they ever release them) not so sure now.

No warning, just died while I was sitting nearby the tank. Its unfortunate because I actually like the pump, however when I replace it it'll be going on a different 4-way return.

kien 07-07-2013 04:57 PM

Sorry to hear about the cross hatches :-( they were beautiful fish.

fishoholic 07-07-2013 05:08 PM

Sorry to hear about the triggers :sad: Glad the rest of the tank is ok though.

michika 07-08-2013 12:09 AM

FTS for July 2013
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ps087297e2.jpg

Ugh, saw an unhappy small maxima this afternoon and picked it up, and these were on it.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ps8c033623.jpg

I removed these two and inspected the other 6 clams, these were the only ones found. Image search agrees they seem to be pyramid snails. My bad luck run agrees, its probably another nasty annoying thing to deal with. Today I somewhat dislike this hobby. So all I haven't hit on is flood or fire. Please please please don't let it be either of those next.

michika 07-08-2013 02:57 AM

Video of the tank.


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