Shallow 80g SPS Build

[Leishman]

The tank

Front view

Rear view

 

[Leishman]

Did a little clean up and some hacking.

 

[Leishman]

@Orphek LED Bars only:

 

[Leishman]

Fragged my blue tenius for the 1st time. This thing is ‘Oregon Tort’ level blue. These are the best pics I have managed to get and they still don’t capture how deep the blue is.

 

[Leishman]

Recycle time.

 

[Sebastiancrab]

Rock structures were made with Polymorph.

https://reefbuilders.com/2016/10/10/polymorph-plastic-has-tremendous-applications-for-aquariums/#

This stuff is so easy to use and cheap.

Just melt in sub-boiling water.

and use to fasten rocks together.

Push some sand or rock chips in to areas that will be exposed (I was too late to do this fully)

and you have SOLID bonds.

This will be the sump, just using it so I don't scratch the display while messing with aquascaping.

Where did you buy the Polymorph?

 

[chizerbunoi]

I hope you didn’t just get a bunch of RTN.

 

[Leishman]

Where did you buy the Polymorph?

Ebay

 

[Leishman]

I hope you didn’t just get a bunch of RTN.

Moved stuff to a temporary tank to do some cleaning and forgot about them..... they were in the frag tank, nothing I would have eve had in my display.

 

[Leishman]

Now i have RTN all over. ;Vomit Lost many items over the weekend. ;Dead Lost two WD colonies, a sick blue and cream tenuis that took forever to encrust and take off. All millis look rough. Both SSC colonies dead. SCOP looking rough. Red Dragon receding at the base. Cali blue tort, gone. Hawkins fragged up to hopefully save five or six 1" frags.

Not working from home today Not looking forward to seeing what has happened throughout the day.

Just happened to send off an ICP sample last Tuesday. Will be interesting to see if it shows anything.

I can smell acropora as i type, and I'm 22 miles from the tank!

 

[Leishman]

Dead so far:
-Both WD colonies and all frags
-Homewrecker colony and all frags
-Huge Ted Dragon
-Foxflame
-3 Hawkins colonies (smallest was 5”)
-Wild tenuis that was 3 colors
-Wild baby blue and cream tenuis
-20 to 30 frags in frag tank
I’m sure there was more that I pulled out but my head is spinning.

Still alive but looking rough:
-all millis (5 different from Copps and JF)
-MattV Rainbow Envy (both pieces)
-SC OP
-both blue tenuis colonies
Again, I’m sure there’s more....

Stuff that looks awesome:
-all monties, acans, favias, Cyphastreas and cheap butt SPS!

 

[Leishman]

Fish are fine.

pH 8.4
Alk 8.8
Ca 450
Mag 1500

Sent ICP sample off last Wednesday. Couple of corals were closed up so I sent one off. Still waiting for the results.

 

[drawman]

Good luck! Any thing you can think of that's changed?

 

[Leishman]

No stray voltage. Need to check MP40 internals, they are known to have magnet failures.

Overnight I lost my SC OP colony and one of my MattV rainbow envys.

 

[dwest]

No stray voltage. Need to check MP40 internals, they are known to have magnet failures.

Overnight I lost my SC OP colony and one of my MattV rainbow envys.

Sorry man. Yep for sure check mp40’s and any heaters, magnets, etc. Good luck.

 

[Leishman]

I love my wife, I do, but......... her suggestion was to get on the treadmill and not think about it.

 

[chizerbunoi]

Is the frag tank connected to the main display? Possible it started there and moved over?

 

[Leishman]

Is the frag tank connected to the main display? Possible it started there and moved over?

All one system. At a 90+% loss of acros at this point. Need to clean the glass and get a pic of the freshly 'thinned out' tank.

With all the nightmares 2020 has delivered, my reaction to the crash is muted. There are far worse things groining on right now.

Brighter days ahead.

Stay safe people.

 

[Leishman]

 

[Wrangy]

Dang dude, words cannot describe how sorry I am to see that and how rough it is to have losses like that! Fingers and toes crossed for better and brighter things for you and the tank though!