The LAST big upgrade

[The Codfather]

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

[michika]

The colours look great!

Here is the King. He and his missus need some proper names.

[michika]

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


Late June

[brotherd]

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

[Alberta-newb]

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]

Originally Posted by Alberta-newb

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]

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

[fishoholic]

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

[michika]

FTS for July 2013


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



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]

Video of the tank.