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I'm sure I've said this more than once but I'll need to break out the camera.Any updates?
Hey man! How is everything going now?
Are you doing water changes?I shouldn't complain- but I am...........
Things are growing but I'm no where near were I used to be. It has me second guessing not replacing all the PVC plumbing when I rebooted only for the fact that things aren't growing crazy like they used too, I have pieces that Ive had for probably a few years and show minimal growth. I still get a frag here or there that will RTN or have pieces show STN- crazy as it is, prior to disaster tissue necrosis was something that was nearly unheard of for many years-
Ive gotten a recent water sample test back from ATI and am hoping a lot of whats happening is my depletion of Iodine
I say I shouldn't complain because I know others have had similar or worse experiences but....( again with that but word) looking at my past experiences over the years Im not happy with what is happening, I keep hoping things will turn the corner-;Yawn How I feel the tank is doing is refelcted in my lack of posting and no pictures- Boo hoo, poor me right
Humbling hobby this is, I'll never give up tho LOL
Are you doing water changes?
Good to hear about still having some of my pieces John, Ive acquired quite a few back but maybe you have something I cant live without, if you ship that isI know the feeling. Its part of the hobby. Last year I had a a number of pieces RTN/STN on me over a period of 2 weeks. 30-40% of of my corals. Have no idea why, I suspected some pollutant got into the tank like detergent from laundry or something like that but really all speculation, but I kept at it and now everything is cooking. Right after that period, which I was wavering on even continuing, I added some carbon, did some water changes, kept my numbers as stable as possible and sure enough all my pieces, even some that looked completely dead came right back. Patience is key. It took like 3 or 4 months before I saw any new growth. You gotta shake that distraught, that empty feeling in the pit of your stomach, that comes from those episodes because it is inevitable that they will occur to the best of us. Push thru and you'll be happy.
BTW, I havent done a water change in about 7 months. I have a GeoReef calcium reactor. I use KH aragonite and magnesium in there. I add Red Sea Trace Elements a couple of times a week. I add RedSea Coral Nutrition once a week. Feed the fish. Sometimes I add some coral food. And it seems to be doing well.
One thing I do every week, and I would recommend to anyone, is I blow off all my corals with a MaxiJet 1200 every week on Saturday. I do this to remove any types of pests or debris that may settle on my corals. I especially blow around the bases. Keeps them clean and helps them a little more then relying solely on my 4 MP60's. I also try to remove any nuisance algae that may start to grow, ie. bubble algae. Again, this just helps the corals maintain the upper hand.
After after, its just like gardening, just under water.
Glad to see you're still in it. I still have a bunch of your pieces in my tank. ;-)
John
I am, but I haven't in two weeks, prior to that was weekly 65 gallons. A few months back I switched back to Kent from Red Sea blue only because back in the glory days I used Kent and had for years. I honestly was goin got give Andreas moonshine method a try once again, its partly the reason for the most recent ATI water analysis-That concept just makes sense and I was barley doing water changes (maybe 10 percent every 4 months, to mainly vacuum the sand) at all for the years things were at the best.
Good to hear about still having some of my pieces John, Ive acquired quite a few back but maybe you have something I cant live without, if you ship that is
Glad to hear things are well!
I too blow off all the sticks, mainly because food particles may get stuck in the branches and once it decomposes it usually causes necrosis, its always something Ive recommended especially when you have massive colonies ( ahhh the glory days LOL)
A little necrosis wont deter me after what I experienced- I'm honestly contemplating replumbing my entire system which is no small feet, given all the equipment thats fed off my sump and where its all mounted/located. Im sure its about 80 linear feet of PVC and 40 elbows/tees and then there are all the tru-unions
OMG Im in deep HAHA
I totally overlooked your note about the ice fire. It is one of the pieces that I repurchased and is presently growing out and doing well. I know it's been a long time but would absolutely follow through with what I said I would do if you're interested when it's time.This is what you sent me 4 years ago....
Tyree Blue Matrix-1
BC Soda Popinski-2
Tyree Ice Fire-3 (Never made the trip across country. You were going to replace it for me one day. )
BC Schizopolis-4
Ulitimate Frags Ultimate Tri Color-5
Aqua SD Rainbow-6
Daniks Smurf Goblin-7
RMF last Dragon-8
SC Tierra Del Fuego-9
Ruby Red Granulosa-10
Pinky the Bear-11 (Lost during the episode I described in my earlier post. Very sad. Love that coral. )
Pro Corals Rainbow-12
All the others continue to grow.