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Old 10-07-2015, 02:14 AM
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Lost my Crocea clam.

It was fine 2 days ago, then in one day it's was gaping and had detached from the rock.
Next day was completely retracted and by the end of the day the CuC cleaned the shell out.

Not really sure what happened. All the parameters are fine plenty of light and he looked happy till a few days ago.
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Old 10-07-2015, 02:30 PM
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Lost my Crocea clam.

It was fine 2 days ago, then in one day it's was gaping and had detached from the rock.
Next day was completely retracted and by the end of the day the CuC cleaned the shell out.

Not really sure what happened. All the parameters are fine plenty of light and he looked happy till a few days ago.
Ahh sorry to hear that! That's the worst feeling when it happens for no apparent reason. It happened to me a few years back, turned out it was a large polyclad flatworm (clam eating) that got him. This is a good article that might help you diagnose the issue http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/3/aafeature1.
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Old 10-11-2015, 04:32 PM
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Added a Green Clown Goby last Wednesday

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Old 10-12-2015, 06:39 PM
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Thats a great pic! Im surprised the acan didn't try to eat him!
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Cool little fish. I had a yellow clown goby but traded it after he kept nipping my corals.
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Old 10-12-2015, 09:42 PM
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Yeah they tend to nip SPS


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Old 10-12-2015, 10:38 PM
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Looks great. I have been debating doing the exact same screen mesh swap. Where did you get your mesh from?
Go to a fabric store and grab some black tulle, the stuff they make veils out of.
Once you stretch it into the frame its almost invisible. You wont be disappointed.

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Old 11-10-2015, 02:57 AM
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A few updates:

I was never completely happy with the spread on the AI Prime. It would have been good for an 18" area but at 24" long I had too much shadowing on the edges. I could have went with a second Prime but the tank wouldn't have accommodated the 2 mounts well. They would have been closer together than I wanted to avoid interfering with the back mounted sump equipment.

A few weeks back I found a deal on a pair of used Kessils A360WE that was too good to pass up. Currently running the pair at 30% on goosenecks. Loving the lighting difference. No shadows, great spectrum, a little less red and green highlights than the Prime, but better UV output.


Added a MagRock Jr and rearranged some frags. I really like the look, definitely added some depth to the tank. Should look really good once the rock colours up.


Last week I started adding Kalkwasser to my top off water. Parameters appear to be holding steady with a 2 tsp to 2.5 gallon mix. PH is staying up nicely as well.


Started noticing some of my Zoas aren't as fully open as I'd like. I think I'm keeping the tank too clean, might need to up my nitrates a bit.
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Old 11-19-2015, 01:30 AM
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Added a new fish today. A Hector's Goby.
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Old 11-24-2015, 01:13 PM
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Got up this morning and noticed my skimmer was overflowing. Checked the water level in the sump section and it was really high, but hasn't quite reached the overflow switch.

Not positive what happened. The only thing I can think off is that the power may have flicked a bunch of times yesterday. When the power flickered it much have been enough to trip the Ozmolater, causing it to dump a little water into the tank every time. The power must've never went out completely because I never did get a power failure e-mail from the Apex.

Looks like the ATO was shutoff by the Apex automatically when the PH hit 8.4. Salinity ended up being 1.024 so not too bad.

Guess its time to invest in a UPS.
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