120 Gallon Salty Condo

[schooleyosis]

That's what we're here for buddy!


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[shellynjason]

So I can gladly say all the fish are now healthy, eating as they normally do, and acting as they usually do. Thanks for all the support throughout this past month's worth of chaos!

Glad to hear the positive update! Your 'Foxy' looked good at the Feb. meeting.

 

[schooleyosis]

Thanks Shelly! I'm sure glad too! LOL I was really worried there for a few weeks.

 

[schooleyosis]

Coral Feeding Photos

Duncan

This one a Spectrum pellet landed on the outer ring of tenticals and it took it about 5 minutes to get it to it's mouth. Was fun watching it fold up like a taco to get it.

This one I spot fed it with some blood worms and emerald entree mixed together.

 

[shellynjason]

I think that is my favorite part with the corals , feeding them and watching them eat. Very cool pictures you captured too.

 

[schooleyosis]

I completely agree. I love to spot feed them. Thank you!

 

[eitallent]

Hello, Schooleyosis. You have a wonderful reef. I really like your tank dimensions, great choice. I am a newbie so I read with great attention how you handled the outbreak in your fish. Thanks for sharing that experience. I find it very educational.

I am so relieved for you that everything is getting back to normal!! WTG :clap2:

 

[schooleyosis]

Hey EI. Welcome to the site and welcome to the salty side of life :wink:. Thank you for the compliments!

That's why I document just about everything on this website. Not only is it a good log for me document things, but it gives others a chance to see what is happening and chime in to help out!

 

[schooleyosis]

Got a bunch of things done on the salty condo this weekend. Got the Apex Lite all hooked up an can monitor/control while away from home now; thanks to TheJoshDavis for all the help!!!
Added 3 new frags; thanks Dowtish for the fragging lesson and the frags. Had fun hanging out, your tank is truly an inspiration.
Also got the QT/observation tank setup and put in 3 damsels to keep the bacteria population up until I decide which new fish we will get. The girls just love the 3 stripe black an white damsels so the tank might stay up full time... Lol.

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[Dowtish]

Looking good in there. Hope they all do well for you.

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[bknapp]

Good work Ryan!

 

[schooleyosis]

Thanks fellas! I moved the birdsnest to a less flow of an area and it looks a lot more "full" now. Also put the meat coral on a piece of PVC to help it from floating/moving around so much.


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[schooleyosis]

Copper in QT

So I have my 3 damsels in the QT and I thought I'd do a trial run of dosing copper (Seachem Cupramine) and see how it goes. On Sunday I added the recommended amount and 48 hours later it says to dose the same amount. For me in the 20 gallon long tank it required roughly 30 drops per dose. So yesterday I added 30 more drops then came back a few hours later and used the Seachem copper test kit to test. The bottle recommends 0.5mg/L and nothing higher than 0.6mg/L. I tested and it came right back at 0.5mg/L. Now I leave it at this level for 14 days and that is the length of the recommended copper treatment.

I am curious to see how much it will fluctuate when I do a water change but I'll report back and let everyone know. I am assuming I have to dose the makeup water that I'll be filling the tank with after I remove the water for a WC...? I'll test a few hours after the WC and see where the level of copper is at. If too high, I'll take water out and add freshly mixed saltwater to dilute. If too low, I'll just add more.

 

[eitallent]

Thank you for posting your experience. I have not had to dose copper, but I am in the game for such a short time that eventually I will need to do this. So, this is great of you to share!

 

[schooleyosis]

You're welcome. Thanks for following along. I like to post as much as possible for a personal log and to share my experiences. It's also good so others can share their ideas or ask questions as needed!

 

[shellynjason]

So these are three new fish Ryan? I know you wanted more fish.

 

[schooleyosis]

These fish are a set of "practice" fish I guess you could say. The first time I attempted a QT the ammonia spiked and I almost killed my Foxface. So this time around I went with a set of less expensive and more hardy fish to get my QT up and running to give me some practice on what needs to be done properly this time around. This will also help get my confidence back up in the QT processes/procedures along with dosing copper for the first time.
I was talking with my fiance last night and the foxface was in the QT almost 2 weeks when the ammonia spiked. Tomorrow is 2 weeks that the QT has been open again and last night I am showing signs of ammonia again. Big WC planned for tonight to help combat that.
Once the fish are done with their 14 day treatment of copper they will have 7 days left to make the full 30 day QT cycle. At that point in time I will decide to bring the fish back to the LFS or put them in my sump. I have a feeling that we will keep them and keep the QT tank setup full-time with those 3 fish.
If my QT practices are successful, hopefully in early May I'll be ordering a group (3-5) of zebra dartfish to QT for at least 30 days that will eventually go in the DT.

 

[schooleyosis]

Created a "storm" in the DT today by turning all the power heads on max flow and took a MJ1200 and blew all the rocks off. I'm glad I did this with the lights off so that I really wouldn't see what I stirred up. Man were those rocks covered in crap! I let all the pumps run for 2 hours then turned them back to the normal flow pattern. I also changed the filter sock just before to see what I collected in the storm.
Later today I'll perform a WC while sucking out some bubble algae. I plan to filter the water with 2 sock filters and I plan on using the water to do a 50% WC on the QT with it.


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[schooleyosis]

FTS AFTER THE SWAP

Came home with a Maxima clam, green slimmer, meteor shower (I think), maze coral (I think), neon goby, tuxedo urchin, red fromia star, and a portal viewer.

Had a great time!!!


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