KenRexford
Active Member
A few months ago, one of my heaters went berzerk. I did not catch it in time. As a result, all but 3 fish died (happily the blonde naso, yellow tang, and clown survived) and all but the yellow buttons, maybe green zoas (still tiny and closed), and a stray aiptasia or two (of course) melted. Hermits survived, but most snails and the cleaner shrimp died. Sad.
I now have gone a few months. New cleaner shrimp, peppermints, emerald crabs, and snails happy, added a half dozen new fish, yellow polyps thriving (and dang aiptasia that I can't get myself to kill yet), and maybe a few lingering but barely green polyps, maybe (just tiny bumps).
Any suggestions on soft coral reintroduction timing, etc.?
FWIW, 125g, reef octopus bh2000, decent sized sump packed with grape caulerpa and pods, hydor wavemaker w 4 koralia 1150s, sump returns into dead penguin filter to run carbon and phos/nitr pads, phosban reactor in sump, old school compact fluorescents 6X96w act/50-50/white on timers w/ dawn/dusk actinic only, second functional penguin running for more carb/pads, auto top off from bottled water. Feeding almost exclusively frozen, some dry occ. and feed caulerpa to tangs. Few water changes (semi-amnual). Nitrates a tad high but ok, all else good, alk/calc kept semi high with supps and pickling lime added to topoff when needed, salinity high end of normal. New dang heaters.
I now have gone a few months. New cleaner shrimp, peppermints, emerald crabs, and snails happy, added a half dozen new fish, yellow polyps thriving (and dang aiptasia that I can't get myself to kill yet), and maybe a few lingering but barely green polyps, maybe (just tiny bumps).
Any suggestions on soft coral reintroduction timing, etc.?
FWIW, 125g, reef octopus bh2000, decent sized sump packed with grape caulerpa and pods, hydor wavemaker w 4 koralia 1150s, sump returns into dead penguin filter to run carbon and phos/nitr pads, phosban reactor in sump, old school compact fluorescents 6X96w act/50-50/white on timers w/ dawn/dusk actinic only, second functional penguin running for more carb/pads, auto top off from bottled water. Feeding almost exclusively frozen, some dry occ. and feed caulerpa to tangs. Few water changes (semi-amnual). Nitrates a tad high but ok, all else good, alk/calc kept semi high with supps and pickling lime added to topoff when needed, salinity high end of normal. New dang heaters.
