From snakes to fish

[dvgyfresh]

Duncan healed up nicely ! And pic of nems , tentacles used to be always be bubbles but after split it’s a weird mix lol

 

[dvgyfresh]

happy Saturday everyone ! Just fed and dosed ab+ So a little cloudy lol everything is happy ! Found out I have a red Mithrax crab and it’s pretty big , will leave for now until I see misbehavior haha was eating tube worms

 

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Some shots from this morning ,
Tank is looking really clean, even though I may have fed 5 cubes yeseryday lol , I’m guilty of over feeding the fish are good at begging and I do try to target feed my nems every other day with some mysis , I do think it helps them
Pics taken top down with all flow off

 

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New nem moved to a better spot, I’m really thinking it’s a rainbow and wil eventually look like my other BTAs

 

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Current fts
Plan is this weekend , I am sellling some Xenia / Kenya and mostly trading in a bunch of it for LFS credit , hopefully enough to get another RBTA or rock flower maybe a torch.
Found my baby nem again , it likes to move around not sure how to get it to grow lol hoping for the best

 

[dvgyfresh]

Some changes this weekend , ended up trading my green mushroom rock / Xenia rock / Duncan and some anthelia for a GBTA and first ever mangrove! I’m very excited about the mangrove lol

supposedly the GBTA is from melev’s reef not sure if I believe but I love it either way!

tested parameters alk 11 ph 8.3 nitrate 30ppm phosphate .3ppm

 

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Fts after all the trades and some top down shots.

is my torch getting another head? It kinda appears that way. Also can see other new nem on rock in second pick, I think it’s a rainbow BTA

 

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GBTA I haven’t been able to see in months came out and made a new friend. New nem decided to be stringy tentacles lol it’s weird how they change form bulb to stringy

 

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Acro
And zoa from POTO live sale growing , the acro very very slow lol

started to target feed little nems some zooplankton after another reefer suggested , hoping it helps them grow

 

[dvgyfresh]

Peppermint shrimp worked to get rid of so much aptasia in front but left aptasia valley lol one day I will fix but not today

 

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Luck streak came to an end lol rapid RTN on sps coral / cup coral from gulf live rock it even melted some nearby Pandora zoas, happened over weekend while on vacay. Not too sure how or why

 

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Some anemone spam, little BTA moved in with zoas and another GBTA moved next to the other on top of the water must be a good spot?

 

[SaltyT]

Luck streak came to an end lol rapid RTN on sps coral / cup coral from gulf live rock it even melted some nearby Pandora zoas, happened over weekend while on vacay. Not too sure how or why

That is weird. Were those corals perhaps in the path of your BTA when it moved?

 

[dvgyfresh]

That is weird. Were those corals perhaps in the path of your BTA when it moved?

Not in the path , I think it was BJD because I could see the brown gloop on the melting zoas before they vanished , I didn’t know it could affect SPS and LPS / zoas at the same time ! All near each other also not sure what makes it go away and why other zoas still alive and fine

 

[SaltyT]

Not in the path , I think it was BJD because I could see the brown gloop on the melting zoas before they vanished , I didn’t know it could affect SPS and LPS / zoas at the same time ! All near each other also not sure what makes it go away and why other zoas still alive and fine

I believe BJD can affect any coral, but euphyllia seem to be the most susceptible. Through the years I've heard that BJD can happen as a secondary infection from damage and that it can also happen from vibrio bacteria attacking weakened corals. I'm sure this was just an isolated incident but keep an eye on the rest of your corals.

 

[dvgyfresh]

I believe BJD can affect any coral, but euphyllia seem to be the most susceptible. Through the years I've heard that BJD can happen as a secondary infection from damage and that it can also happen from vibrio bacteria attacking weakened corals. I'm sure this was just an isolated incident but keep an eye on the rest of your corals.

I’m thinking of dosing the display with some cirpo to be extra cautious but at the same time nkt sure if I would be creating a resistance since I have dosed before idk

 

[SaltyT]

I’m thinking of dosing the display with some cirpo to be extra cautious but at the same time nkt sure if I would be creating a resistance since I have dosed before idk

I wouldn't dose cipro if no one else looks iffy. A water change wouldn't hurt if you haven't done that already.

 

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Tested alk today 13.8 dkh
Wooooop maybe why sps died lol
Everything else looking good
Phosphate .18ppm
Nitrate 40 ppm
Ph8.4
Cal 480
Mg 1500
Sal 1.026

need to cut back on kalk

 

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Don’t post enough daytime pics

 

[SaltyT]

Tested alk today 13.8 dkh
Wooooop maybe why sps died lol
Everything else looking good
Phosphate .18ppm
Nitrate 40 ppm
Ph8.4
Cal 480
Mg 1500
Sal 1.026

need to cut back on kalk

How did Alk get that high? Was it gradual?