Rebirth

[Alex Costa]

Well.

The fish (diamond goby) came..........and the fish goes away (to the frag tank)

After just one day he started to bury the rocks (and the corals) were he hide below....
I must blow the sand 4 or 5 times a day to clean the corals.

Let's go to plan B.

 

[Janci]

Well.

The fish (diamond goby) came..........and the fish goes away (to the frag tank)

After just one day he started to bury the rocks (and the corals) were he hide below....
I must blow the sand 4 or 5 times a day to clean the corals.

Let's go to plan B.

Strange. I had 3 of them and they all behaved well.
Plan B was...?

 

[Alex Costa]

Strange. I had 3 of them and they all banged well.
Plan B was...?

Seems that I didn't have the same luck.

Plan B is do nothing.....and wait to see how the things turn in one month or two....

 

[Alex Costa]

A pleasant surprise at the end of the year.
My friend has a couple of cardinal bangais that spawned a while ago.
This week he brought me this pair of juveniles who, to my surprise, were not slow to enter my longspine urchin

 

[LBReefer]

A pleasant surprise at the end of the year.
My friend has a couple of cardinal bangais that spawned a while ago.
This week he brought me this pair of juveniles who, to my surprise, were not slow to enter my longspine urchin

These guys are too cute. Now I want a pair.

 

[Janci]

A pleasant surprise at the end of the year.
My friend has a couple of cardinal bangais that spawned a while ago.
This week he brought me this pair of juveniles who, to my surprise, were not slow to enter my longspine urchin

Nice to see that they instinctively know where to hide and be safe.
Cool picture

 

[Alex Costa]

Hello

 

[Alex Costa]

 

[blackizzz]

Wow, great shots!

 

[Cleo]

Unreal [emoji7]

 

[tripdad]

As always, great photos! Hope the tank is doing well!

 

[Alex Costa]

Some not so good news:

- I had to remove the long spine urchin. It grows very big (about 10" long). Then its mouth starts scratching the tissue of corals that he climbs over.

- I had a Potassium spike in late october. It kills some acros and let the tank in a very very bad shape. To solve it I had to do a lot of WC, wich leads to a bloom of dinos in the sandbed.......I decided to remove the sandbed and now, 6 months later, the things starts looking a little better.

- I have lost my 2 sand fishes, due to the bloom os dinos, the Diamond goby and the opistognatus (one of my favorite fishes)

 

[tripdad]

Sorry to hear the bad news. Dino's are the worst I've had to deal with, very frustrating. Hope things continue to improve!

 

[Alex Costa]

Sorry to hear the bad news. Dino's are the worst I've had to deal with, very frustrating. Hope things continue to improve!

Very......very.............veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy frustranting indeed!!!!
I thought about to tear down the tank sometimes.
But I want to win the chalenge of bring it back to its better shape.

 

[Alex Costa]

One of my favorite corals and its evolution:

21/04/2018

20/04/2019

 

[Victoria M]

Wow Alex. Beautiful pictures!

 

[Alex Costa]

 

[Alex Costa]

Wow Alex. Beautiful pictures!

Thanks Victoria!

 

[Alex Costa]

My zoas garden finally starts to thrive.....

Oxides - Rasta

Radioactive Dragon Eyes - King Midas

Fruit Loops

Eagle Eye

Blue ******

Red Bam Bam

No ID - If somebody knows it, post the name, please

 

[Alex Costa]

Fruit Loops - Purple Hornet - Brasil Reef

Emeralds on Fire

Eye of Rah

Magician