Blacknifes 50g Battle of SPS learning

[TaioneReefer]

on the right of the duncan coral, what kind of corals are those?

[blacknife]

The mostly orange? Some kind of acan, the nicest ones I have.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by blacknife

tonights project... clean the 40b a second time for resealing.

almost debating taking it right apart just for giggles instead of just the inside beads. so lots of the silicone <well not lots but more than one would like in a water containing device> just peeled right off. Inadequate prep of the old glass? I think i cleaned with vinegar but might not have, guess acetone is the thing to use to prep the glass to not have it fall apart?

yes acetone/alcohol will clean it, do it just before siliconing

[blacknife]

Ugh, got home from work yesterday and most of my sps are bleaching out, did 15 gal or so water change without even bothering to test anything last night, come home today and the bleaching is no worse, no better.. pe is crap.. lps appear unafected and new clam is toast. ugh.. prepping more water for change.

the night before the problem i rearanged the powerheads a little bit, and used the bottom of the jar of my zeo coral snow, everything else was normal looking.....wtf.

[blacknife]

I remembered what else happened, the night before the problems started I was pulling the weeds(xenia) and a big chunk got away and met the food prosessor which was left stuipidly on full speed. half of the piece was minced and I have no idea where I tossed the remains. Most of my unidentified algae was also feathered at the edges and has since disintegrated. And to add to the insult my skimmer is barely pulling anything out at a setting that was doing good aweek ago.

some lps have bits of skeleton showing through but the affected sps still look bleached. At least they do not look dead

[blacknife]

Colors and growth seeping back into my sps. The girlfriend says the tank is full and I am not allowed to buy more fish or corals or a bigger tank. I guess its time to upgrade some hardware heh.

[blacknife]

My Skimmer is not working worth anything, so upgrade time, hopefully this new one works a little better.

I am on day four of a lighting experiment. My six bulb t5 fixture only covers twelve of eighteen inches width of my tank. I had a 250 w hqi de fixture I was going to put on the frag tank wasting closet space. It now sits behind the t5. I swear a couple drags that have barely grown since frag fest are showing little nubs of growth already. If that keeps up its totally time for a lighting upgrade

[fishytime]

what kind of skimmer is the new one?

[blacknife]

Skims sk 181. I wanted a little more airflow but the price was right so I will give it a go.

I am rarely home when the lights come on in the am, but damn my Bali sliver had long feeders this morning in the dark.

The last few months I have been dosing mostly all and barely any ca but tasting last night ca was low 330 or 340, I guess I will have to start dosing more.

[blacknife]

quick fts from the phone



there are fish in there they just chose that moment to hide heh.

Might not be a new skimmer either, as of today I have lots of time to play in the tank.