Newbie 75 gallon

[Llorgon]

So picked up a innovative Marine waveli k powerhead. Seems to work pretty well. The wave setting moves quite a bit of water.

I finally got my electronics cabinet finished. Started moving everything out from underneath the tank.

Unfortunately my return pump stopped working. Unplugged it moved all the wires and controller to the cabinet, plugged it in and nothing. Took it out to clean it and still nothing. The propeller turns freely so nothing is blocked, but I can't hear the pump making any noise.

I'm having some trouble with my hammer coral. It doesn't seem to be opening up. Any ideas on what would cause that? My orange eye chalice also isn't looking too good. Any ideas on how to get them back on track?

The pocillapora has stopped bleaching. The bleaching hasn't gone away, but it's not getting any worse. So at least something is looking up!

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[gregzz4]

Concerning your hammer; it's still looking OK even if it's not very big right now.
After that powerhead failure, I'd be inclined to run more carbon and change it every few days for 2 or 3 more batches. Make sure you rinse it very well before adding it to your tank.
About your pump, do you have anyone close to you with a multimeter?
I'd suggest you test the power supply for proper output.

Good luck

[DKoKoMan]

I would suggest WC’s to get everything settled back to your ideal parameters.

[Llorgon]

Originally Posted by DKoKoMan

I would suggest WC’s to get everything settled back to your ideal parameters.

I have been doing weekly water changes. So everything should be good parameter wise... I think

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Concerning your hammer; it's still looking OK even if it's not very big right now.
After that powerhead failure, I'd be inclined to run more carbon and change it every few days for 2 or 3 more batches. Make sure you rinse it very well before adding it to your tank.
About your pump, do you have anyone close to you with a multimeter?
I'd suggest you test the power supply for proper output.

Good luck

Good to know about the hammer. I moved it to a place with less flow and it seems to be opening up a bit more now.
I do run carbon and have been switching it out every week.
Unfortunately I don't know anyone near me with a multimeter. I can borrow one from my dad this weekend though. I might do that and see what is going on with it. I did order a new one. I figure even if I get this one working again it's good to have a backup.

[Llorgon]

Been awhile, have been on vacation the last few days. I did get my new return pump before going away though. Turns out it was the controller that had gone. Plugged new controller into the old pump and everything is working fine.

Good news 2 of the smallest acro frags are getting some colour back!

Unfortunately my acan isn't looking very good and same with my hammer coral.

The frogspawn is doing well though.

Any idea what I should do about the hammer coral and acan?



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[Llorgon]

Back from vacation! Tank has done well. Got a few new corals before I left from Dash. They are all doing well so far.

My hammer coral looks to have died though.

Some updated pics.

Looking into getting a wavemaker. Anyone have any good recommendations for one?

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[Dash]

Glad the frags are doing well. No fishie friends?

[Llorgon]

Originally Posted by Dash

Glad the frags are doing well. No fishie friends?

No Fish yet. Going to be gone for a week and a half at the beginning of aug so figured I would wait until after then for fish.

[Llorgon]

I swear this hobby hates me. The other hydor koralia power head has stopped working.... Didn't kill everything so that's good.

I took it out and put it in some vinegar. Hopefully a good cleaning will get it back working again.

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[Llorgon]

The hydor koralia is dead. Cleaned it out, put it back together... And nothing. Silence. Did give me a bit of a shock when I went to move it..

I have lined up a couple of jaebo wavemakers from a fellow members so that should replace the missing powerhead.

All the corals still seem to be doing ok with the single powerhead. The innovative Marine powerhead is pretty good so far especially for the price.

I did get around to setting up my skimmer, never had a skimmer before so excited to see what the difference it will make in the tank. How long should I run it fully open for? Some things I read say days others say weeks to a month.

Plan is to add fish after my last long vacation in August. For the time being I will look to add some pods and stuff like that to up the biodiversity of the tank.

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