Throwing in the towel?

[drstratton]

I know what you mean. I'm dealing with some gha and I keep thinking that I'm getting it under control, but it still persists. Sorry about the loss of your frags. I'm glad that it's improving.

 

[Bob Escher]

Pete it's completely understandable why your bummed. I think any of us would be bummed. Loosing anything is a bummer and even more if it's pride and joy or you consider everything in the tank as pets ( which many of us do) I haven't had a big of crash as that but I did loose ten fish in a fresh water tank overnight due to my listening to my stepdaughter ******** about water flow noise. But even loosing one fish can be a bummer and as I'm going to salt (very very slowly) from fresh I know it will be a major challenge to me but I won't be ready for a crash and will get bummed out. Hold your head up and keep trucking I have read many of your post and learned a lot from you. So I hope knowing that of how much you helped will keep you going.

 

[Pete polyp]

Thanks for the kind words bob

 

[Bob Escher]

Thanks but being truthful, Sorry admin Bout my bad word space the final

 

[ArowanaLover1902]

Reef tank crashes are the best example of murphy's law (everything that can go wrong will go wrong). When there is a crash in a reef tank, its going to be a major problem, and your wallet will be crying itself to sleep tonight. So sorry for you though, I really hope it all gets better.

 

[TUSI]

Don't give up Pete. tank looks great, add corals one at a time for the first few months and go from there

 

[Pete polyp]

It's not just the last crash. It's the fact that this tank had refused to work since day 1. Just when I think I have it figured out BAM! something else crazy happens.

 

[Pete polyp]

Don't give up Pete. tank looks great, add corals one at a time for the first few months and go from there

Nah. I have been throwing livestock at it and hoping for the best lol

 

[TUSI]

Pete if there is a will there is way . You will succeed

 

[Pete polyp]

I'm dreaming of willing the way for a baseball bat to find the side of this tank haha. In all seriousness it has gotten somewhat better I guess. It still has a long ways to go but it will eventually get to average

 

[Pete polyp]

On the other hand I get to restock often and that's always fun lol

 

[Pete polyp]

I know what you mean. I'm dealing with some gha and I keep thinking that I'm getting it under control, but it still persists. Sorry about the loss of your frags. I'm glad that it's improving.

Knowing the age of your tank I'm gonna say it's in the usual stage where some gha pops up. Get some black trochus snails and Mexican red leg hermits. Cyano will probably show up soon

 

[drstratton]

Knowing the age of your tank I'm gonna say it's in the usual stage where some gha pops up. Get some black trochus snails and Mexican red leg hermits. Cyano will probably show up soon

Thanks Pete! So far the only place I've seen Cyano is in the return section of my sump, so I'm hoping! The GHA exploded when I overdosed nitrates and threw everything out of wack! Dumb me!!! I have Astrea, Cerith, Nerite and Trochus snails, but I haven't see black ones, I'm also not familiar with the Mexican red leg hermits. I also have a Scarlett legged hermit and some white banded hermits that came with my IPSF Reef Pack. Do you know where I can get the Black Trochus and hermits? Thank you!

 

[Pete polyp]

I had gotten some black trochus from bluezooaquatics before and from some lfs before I always buy them if I find them in a store. I guess some call them banded trochus. I just bought about 50 "banded trochus" from live aquaria and they aren't the right ones. They look like astrea snails but the foot is black and they have these little hairs that stick out of the foot. The hermits are a pretty common find and should be just about anywhere. Live aquaria is calling them dwarf red tip hermits

 

[drstratton]

Awesome! Thank you Pete! The hermits are reef safe?

 

[jetmaker]

Just go slow and back to the basics and all will be fine.

 

[Pete polyp]

Yeah they're reef safe and more docile than blue legs. They do a better job at eating hair algae and will eat cyano once they find it as a food source.

 

[Pete polyp]

You guys aren't understanding something here. There are no basics when it comes to this tank because it's completely backwards to what is the norm. I wish I had the usual problems here but they are completely bizarre and unique sometimes. The usual issues and solutions aren't happening or helpful here. After 14 years in the hobby this tank has been a total challenge and opened a whole new world to me. I wish it was the usual issues like gha or high nitrate... I can fix those with ease.

 

[drstratton]

Yeah they're reef safe and more docile than blue legs. They do a better job at eating hair algae and will eat cyano once they find it as a food source.

Thanks Pete! As always you are a great help!!!

 

[jetmaker]

I was only implying tank liverock sand fuge skimmer and chaeto the rest will cure itself.