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08-27-2008, 03:25 AM
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well as of tonight i'm at about a 90% loss of all sps i used to have. i have about 25 or so pieces left that are hanging on but struggling. i've tried everything. guess its more then the salt or something. if there is anyone that has a SERIOUS offer for a complete system, pm me. i'm not desperate so i'm not going to lose my shirt over this system but if its reasonable i'm open to your offer. i dont know what the
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08-27-2008, 05:04 AM
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Don't do it! This is the downside of this hobby; however, the positives outway the negatives. Give it time to recover, don't throw in the towel! Last edited by Oceanic; 08-27-2008 at 05:09 PM.
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08-27-2008, 03:17 PM
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08-27-2008, 03:43 PM
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Hang in there! You don't want to quit when your tank is like this, you'll always look back at your aquarium as a failure. You had a nice tank once, it'll nice again. I'm with Christy, stick to the basics, and find the problem that caused this. Turn this into a victory, you know how good that feels!
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08-27-2008, 03:50 PM
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Just hang in there for now Colin. Having been in the situation more than once, my position on this is that this sort of thing is unfortunately inevitable. We do our best to prevent it, when it happens we do our best to mitigate the damage, we learn something to take away from it and we try again - and usually the result is something that gives you more satisfaction down the road.
In short - the downs are what accentuate the highs. Without the lows there are no highs. Surely there are still things that are deserving of your adoration in your tank - work with those and from there work your way out. Fish? Clams? etc. Find a new happy place and from there it will get better.
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08-27-2008, 05:12 PM
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I will donate 3-4 nice frags for you when you are ready in order to get you some new color and health back in your tank. Stick to the basics. Stick to your "normal" salt. Skim Heavy. Let me know when you are ready for the frags. Cheers! Oceanic Corals Last edited by Oceanic; 08-27-2008 at 05:24 PM.
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08-28-2008, 07:35 PM
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i really appreciate the support guys. wow.
i forgot to mention and maybe you guys have seen it before but since this has been happening, the past 2 weeks the skimmate has been a dark green color like a phyto culture but darker. it has never been that color before. any ideas?
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08-28-2008, 08:58 PM
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I think it just depends on the organics you're pulling out of the water. It could be that you're skimming a very heavy organic load due to all of the die off. I've had the dark green skimmate before as opposed to the normal brown gunk I usually get. Although I have never paid much attention to it nor have I linked it to any tank event.
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10-28-2008, 05:23 AM
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well aside from alot more corals, in the past week i have lost a chocolate tang, mystery wrasse (my favorite fish), 2 bartlett anthias and a male bellus angel. i have finally gotten rid of all the cyano and have been very diligent and working on the system. but damn it is frustrating
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