charleslotz
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So I ordered I nice6" Effio from a vender last week and they offered 50 snails free ,... 
... Think they were the culprit ,... Have not added anything in weeks excepting some macro algue two weeks ago...
Though weekend almost gave up..... Velvet hit on ' visual signs" Saturday morning +50 fish in my 1000 gallon system .... Lost 1 fish 3rd day morning .... saddleback clown ... 2nd was midday.... Shortly after my japaneeses swallow female .... Could not remove my fish as I Have large fish and difficult to get to .... No option but to break down the rock and get the fish out .... Setup a 60 gallon quarantine to start the healing .... Could not keep all fish in quarantine so dropped most off at friends .... For quarantine .... Have emperer , regal, male masked , ... Clown pair,.. Bandit,.. Copper , yellow long nose...and fowleri in 60 gallon not good! Rest of the fish at friends house....
So I will take this challenge as an OPPERTUNITY to do a little refresh,... Removed my travertine floor , omg never seen so much detritus after lifted ,.... Note to self seal those tiles in next time .... My sps are all fine ,... Sent some frags of my rare colonies to a friend to... Just in case ... Had to take my light down ,to get the rock out has been a long weekend... Ordered nine ai sol's blue will need anther 3 I think , cable to connect to profilux ... So will upgrade /downgrade from 2x 48' ATi 8 bulb fittings... ( with orbit led strips) Why change ?Well I struggled to grow anything on the bottom of my 30' deep.... So all narrow lenses whent with the sol's because I know them and trust them . Had some in 2012 and they worked great . Also price was sexy ....
So what now ,... Just waiting for my lights .... And then the rebuild .... Have to pay close attention to the hospital tank ,... For amonia ...:mad: So far so good .... Badge yellow 5 gallon water change daily .... Hypo salinity will not work on velvet right? .
Plan to keep fishless for 5 weeks... Treating with copper.
Plan : less fish , less rock ,... Think I will use marine pure blocks and large travertine tile to aqua scape ... More sps....
Will not do anything to the bottom , no sand no tile no board ,nothing ....
Advise welcome, ... Hope these events will help others ....
... Think they were the culprit ,... Have not added anything in weeks excepting some macro algue two weeks ago...Though weekend almost gave up..... Velvet hit on ' visual signs" Saturday morning +50 fish in my 1000 gallon system .... Lost 1 fish 3rd day morning .... saddleback clown ... 2nd was midday.... Shortly after my japaneeses swallow female .... Could not remove my fish as I Have large fish and difficult to get to .... No option but to break down the rock and get the fish out .... Setup a 60 gallon quarantine to start the healing .... Could not keep all fish in quarantine so dropped most off at friends .... For quarantine ....
Have emperer , regal, male masked , ... Clown pair,.. Bandit,.. Copper , yellow long nose...and fowleri in 60 gallon not good! Rest of the fish at friends house....So I will take this challenge as an OPPERTUNITY to do a little refresh,... Removed my travertine floor , omg never seen so much detritus after lifted ,.... Note to self seal those tiles in next time .... My sps are all fine ,... Sent some frags of my rare colonies to a friend to... Just in case ... Had to take my light down ,to get the rock out has been a long weekend... Ordered nine ai sol's blue will need anther 3 I think , cable to connect to profilux ... So will upgrade /downgrade from 2x 48' ATi 8 bulb fittings... ( with orbit led strips) Why change ?Well I struggled to grow anything on the bottom of my 30' deep.... So all narrow lenses whent with the sol's because I know them and trust them . Had some in 2012 and they worked great . Also price was sexy ....
So what now ,... Just waiting for my lights .... And then the rebuild .... Have to pay close attention to the hospital tank ,... For amonia ...:mad: So far so good .... Badge yellow 5 gallon water change daily .... Hypo salinity will not work on velvet right? .
Plan to keep fishless for 5 weeks... Treating with copper.
Plan : less fish , less rock ,... Think I will use marine pure blocks and large travertine tile to aqua scape ... More sps....
Will not do anything to the bottom , no sand no tile no board ,nothing ....
Advise welcome, ... Hope these events will help others ....
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