kien's 150g Room Divider Mixed Reef & Stuff

[JDigital]

[kien]

Well, it appears as though things are back on track. All of my equipment is back online, the tank has been rehabilitated with all parameters in check. A few weeks ago I threw in some struggling colonies and they have all stopped STN'ing and are starting to colour up in their growth tips.

This digi here was completely brown and STN'ing. New growth tips show blue with red polyps. Appears to be turning into a "Superman Digi" maybe.



A few other random pieces I've picked up in the last little while.







I do miss "watching" these buggers grow. Grow little friends, grow!

[kien]

other random things in the tank..













Who doesn't love watching these guys play in 'nems.

[kien]

I sure did miss taking pictures in the tank.





Wrasses are so hard to photograph!







When I first saw these two together I was sure that this relationship would end badly!



I've been proven wrong. They've enjoyed each other's company for a long long time now.





Shrimp cocktail anyone?

[abcha0s]

You've inspired me. I'm officially on a mission to bring my tank back from the brink of destruction.

On a side note, I somehow landed on this post

"I am actually liking this skimmer now. For the first year that I had this skimmer it was nothing but headaches. It would blow its skimmer cup often and I could not figure out why. I came so close to throwing it into the recycling bin so many times! After about a year it started to settle down and hasn't blown its load in quite a while. I think it just needed an insanely long break in period LOL. Anyway.. I won't be replacing this skimmer any time soon. I'm in love with it again." - Kien

My skimmer was the same. My Tunze Master DOC Skimmer took about a year to break in?! I'm loving it now, but I would have replaced it if an opportunity had presented itself.

- Brad

[sphelps]

Love the pics

[Zoaelite]

Good to see you back at it Kien, regardless of your status with my now EX-girlfriend ...

Also +1 to Steve, good to see your photos back on here.

[kien]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Love the pics

Thanks! I sure did miss taking them.

Originally Posted by Zoaelite

regardless of your status with my now EX-girlfriend ...

No comment...

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Zoaelite

Good to see you back at it Kien, regardless of your status with my now EX-girlfriend ...

[kien]

Originally Posted by abcha0s

You've inspired me. I'm officially on a mission to bring my tank back from the brink of destruction.

On a side note, I somehow landed on this post

"I am actually liking this skimmer now. For the first year that I had this skimmer it was nothing but headaches. It would blow its skimmer cup often and I could not figure out why. I came so close to throwing it into the recycling bin so many times! After about a year it started to settle down and hasn't blown its load in quite a while. I think it just needed an insanely long break in period LOL. Anyway.. I won't be replacing this skimmer any time soon. I'm in love with it again." - Kien

My skimmer was the same. My Tunze Master DOC Skimmer took about a year to break in?! I'm loving it now, but I would have replaced it if an opportunity had presented itself.

- Brad

Hey brad! Good to hear from you again! Ya, this hobby isn't for the faint of heart, that's for sure LOL. The first time I had a coral melt down I had no clue as to why. This time around I knew exactly why. It was a series of unfortunate events.. Doser pump failed, reactor pump failed, biopellet reactor BROKE! Our central AC broke as well an we didn't have AC during the TWO heat waves we had earlier this year. We had home renos, vacations, yard work. I was sure someone was trying to tell me something. It was so demoralizing. I didn't even want to look into the tank for weeks. Came so close to packing it all in on a few occasions.

However, when I finally cleaned my glass and peered in to see my (more or less) happy fish I realized that I could never leave this hobby LOL. For the record I did feed the fish and clean the skimmer cup on a regular basis! The skimmer is likely what saved the fish and my interest in the hobby. It skimmed like a champ ! And ya, your skimmer experience sounds exactly like mine. From zero to hero!