Zibba's Reefs -- ADA 90P & Envision 100g

[zibba]

An updated video of the ADA -- best viewed in HQ rez:

[video=youtube;qYWSFMuyz-E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYWSFMuyz-E[/video]

 

[jporter17]

Great Videos Eric! Keep them coming. JP

 

[zibba]

Great Videos Eric! Keep them coming. JP

Thanks for checking in over here JP!

 

[zibba]

I can't tell you how bummed out I am to report this, but the entire anthias trio in the envision died over the last two days. I found the small female yesterday, the medium female today and the male tonight. I'm shocked, disappointed that I couldn't keep my favorite fish alive, and, worse yet, that took them from their natural habitat where they could have lived a longer life. I understand that it's part of the hobby but I take personal pride in trying to give all of my fish a good home.


The three fish were all eating a mix of mysis and nutrimar ova, the temperature in the tank averaged 77-78 and all appeared otherwise healthy during the day. I don't know what to say.


At this point, there's still one male left in the ADA. Again, he seems to be doing just fine: eating and swimming like a champ. After the last few deaths, my confidence is at an all time low that he'll make it.


Going to take a break from adding any fish for awhile.

 

[Reeflogic]

Sorry for your loss friend, hate to lose a fish, especially when you have no clue what happened. Do you think it was internal parasites? I read through your thread, but not sure if you QT'd the anthias? Hang in there though, you are great reefer and take very good care of your animals, so don't beat yourself up!

 

[zibba]

Sorry for your loss friend, hate to lose a fish, especially when you have no clue what happened. Do you think it was internal parasites? I read through your thread, but not sure if you QT'd the anthias? Hang in there though, you are great reefer and take very good care of your animals, so don't beat yourself up!

It's very difficult to say what caused them to die but based on some other conversations, I think it may have been a collection issue. They were in the LFS's qt (not sure how long, they said a month, but with the rapid death it's difficult to say). I gave them a prazi bath while acclimating but otherwise they went straight into the tank. While I'm a believer in QT, something tells me they wouldn't have fared any better in my QT in this instance.

 

[Reeflogic]

Yeah, anthias can be tricky and usually don't fare well in QT's. Shame though, such beautiful specimens. Well, again, sorry for your loss man, wish there was something I could say to relieve the pain, but I know exactly how you feel. You still have some amazing tanks and all will be better soon!!

 

[Reeflogic]

WOOT! I got my first starfish, that should make you feel better!!

 

[revhtree]

Sorry about your losses!

 

[revhtree]

An updated video of the ADA -- best viewed in HQ rez:

[video=youtube;qYWSFMuyz-E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYWSFMuyz-E[/video]

Great video and love the song!! LOL!

 

[zibba]

Yeah, anthias can be tricky and usually don't fare well in QT's. Shame though, such beautiful specimens. Well, again, sorry for your loss man, wish there was something I could say to relieve the pain, but I know exactly how you feel. You still have some amazing tanks and all will be better soon!!

WOOT! I got my first starfish, that should make you feel better!!

Thanks for the support. Awesome on the starfish addition! Makes me feel better!

Sorry about your losses!

Great video and love the song!! LOL!

Still shocked about it all but thank you for your condolences. Haha, the song is entirely unrelated to reefing and doesn't mix well with the video but it's Johnny Cash, what's not to love!?!

 

[Reeflogic]

No I meant my first R2R starfish for 25 posts lol, figured that might cheer you up!

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[zibba]

No I meant my first R2R starfish for 25 posts lol, figured that might cheer you up!

Sent from my Galaxy S4 with Tapatalk 2

You're a mover and a shaker! Next up, 2 starfish!

 

[zibba]

Quick check in: I came back from a 5-day work trip and everything was in one piece. The last male ventralis didn't make it and there's some bryopsis making a return. After cleaning the tank and monitoring the parameters for a few days, I started dosing Kent Marine Tech-M last night. Magnesium was 1380 so I'll be raising it over the next few days to 1700-1800. Things are otherwise looking fine except I need to mount corals and do some rearranging -- too many corals on the sand bed and some corals aren't looking super happy with their placement. Nothing too exciting. I'm going to take pictures this weekend and I'll post up a few if they turn out.

Happy Friday!

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

good to hear nothing major happened to your tank. can't wait to see some pics.

 

[zibba]

Not much new to report, just slowly raising the Mg and did some rearranging -- will wait for things to settle in before doing a FTS.

Here are pictures of a few new corals (added within the last month or so):


Da Vinci Zoas by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr


Evolved's Blue Spotted Shroom by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr


RR Falling Horizon's Lepto by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

 

[zibba]

Moved the OG mummy eye back up front because it's just too nice of a coral to keep in the back. It grew a little while it was hiding out:

Back in December 2012:

Today:

OG Mummy Eye Chalice by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr

 

[evolved]

Evolved's Blue Spotted Shroom

The lost orange yuma is almost ready if you two still want it.

 

[zibba]

The lost orange yuma is almost ready if you two still want it.

Sweet, yeah we'll give it a home. I'll get it from you this weekend or sometime soon.

 

[zibba]

I got a new toy:

These are my first pictures with it. Had a lot of fun with it and I didn't even turn off the pumps yet.



Zibba Saguaro by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr



JF Psammy by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr



WWC Red Dragon by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr



ORA Purple Plasma by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr



Tyree Undata by ..:.. EZ ..:.., on Flickr