Some corals I've collected

[RussiReef]

how is BF and JMJ doing?

 

[danreefman]

Looking good !!!

Thanks Garry

Here's the flaming sunrise I got.
DOA

Same with captain cozier. I may be begging you to send me a frag soon.

 

[danreefman]

how is BF and JMJ doing?

I ended up losing brain frost shortly after I sent you yours. That pc is why I just said forget it and pulled my skimmer out.

Jumanji is finally staring to encrust. When I had it the first time, it started taking off.

My skimmer killed so much.

 

[Bob Weigant]

You still come up with great sps Dan

 

[danreefman]

Thanks Bob!

Chasing a rainbow.

 

[BAUCE]

I ended up losing brain frost shortly after I sent you yours. That pc is why I just said forget it and pulled my skimmer out.

Jumanji is finally staring to encrust. When I had it the first time, it started taking off.

My skimmer killed so much.

What happened with the skimmer? Drove nutrients too low?

 

[danreefman]

What’s the chalice in the last pic? Looks similar to my CK confetti chalice

Looks different from pics I've looked up. This one is a blue body glowing red mouths. When feed mouths open up really big and 1-1.5" tentacles of glowing red pop out. With that rim all the way around.

The pic Tony took when he received his.

 

[RussiReef]

Glad you find a solution to your problem. Capitain is doing fine in my tank. Hopefully in 4-5 months I can frag it.
Regarding loosing a corals... it happens, this is a hobby we choose

 

[danreefman]

What happened with the skimmer? Drove nutrients too low?

Just feel it took all the good stuff I put in the water out. I've been wanting to pull off since my last tank. Talk to some frontier buddies who grew stags out of the water. They talk about the skimmer like a scary thing. Like,"A skimmer?!! Those thing that steal all your nutrients?"

My first tank that grew sps like crazy. And everything else, I set up with very little knowledge. I didnt even know people thought of a skimmer as a must. I knew what salinity was supposed to be at. That was about it. I dumped food for corals in every morning before work. I'd come home at night dump in fresh water a few gallons. And dump in Bionic till corals looked happy. All I know is after I started getting info and trying to make a good system better. I failed. Ever since I've started using skimmers I've been wondering what's wrong.

 

[danreefman]

Theses are the hardest losses to swallow. I want these back.

 

[danreefman]

From every gadget you can get to almost nithing5

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Theses are the hardest losses to swallow. I want these back.

Oh my those are some tough ones to swallow if you lost them all.

 

[danreefman]

Oh my those are some tough ones to swallow if you lost them all.

All gone. Plus many others. I almost want to erase all my pics.

 

[BAUCE]

Just feel it took all the good stuff I put in the water out. I've been wanting to pull off since my last tank. Talk to some frontier buddies who grew stags out of the water. They talk about the skimmer like a scary thing. Like,"A skimmer?!! Those thing that steal all your nutrients?"

My first tank that grew sps like crazy. And everything else, I set up with very little knowledge. I didnt even know people thought of a skimmer as a must. I knew what salinity was supposed to be at. That was about it. I dumped food for corals in every morning before work. I'd come home at night dump in fresh water a few gallons. And dump in Bionic till corals looked happy. All I know is after I started getting info and trying to make a good system better. I failed. Ever since I've started using skimmers I've been wondering what's wrong.

I only run my skimmer half the day because otherwise my nutrients go to low. Were you running any icp tests during this time?

 

[danreefman]

I only run my skimmer half the day because otherwise my nutrients go to low. Were you running any icp tests during this time?

No. I kinda like the challenge. Plus when I start chasing numbers, I mess everything up.

Probably the number one important thing I do is pray for the tank and for guidance to help it thrive.

 

[BAUCE]

No. I kinda like the challenge. Plus when I start chasing numbers, I mess everything up.

Probably the number one important thing I do is pray for the tank and for guidance to help it thrive.

interesting...theres so many ways to successfully run a tank

 

[RussiReef]

From every gadget you can get to almost nithing5

Sometimes KISS method working just fine, at least for me

 

[danreefman]

Finally starting to get my glow back. Been dumping in a whole lot of food

 

[danreefman]

Oops

 

[Hagios]

Just feel it took all the good stuff I put in the water out. I've been wanting to pull off since my last tank. Talk to some frontier buddies who grew stags out of the water. They talk about the skimmer like a scary thing. Like,"A skimmer?!! Those thing that steal all your nutrients?"

My first tank that grew sps like crazy. And everything else, I set up with very little knowledge. I didnt even know people thought of a skimmer as a must. I knew what salinity was supposed to be at. That was about it. I dumped food for corals in every morning before work. I'd come home at night dump in fresh water a few gallons. And dump in Bionic till corals looked happy. All I know is after I started getting info and trying to make a good system better. I failed. Ever since I've started using skimmers I've been wondering what's wrong.

First. So sorry for such huge losses. Those were some especially nice pieces that looked like they were getting ready to explode.

Second. Just a couple questions.
#1 When you were running the skimmer was it just the SPS or just specific one's that were affected?
#2 Do you think the skimmer may be over sized considering the relative bio-load and volume?

Reason why I ask is...it that I had a situation a few months ago where I had no choice but to clean my Vertex to the nitty gritty because it simply would not come back on. It took over a week to get it broke in again before it started skimming normally again. That first week the SPS looked great, some even better than before. By weeks 2 to 4 many had begun to turn dark...not brown...dark, especially the tables. They were turning dark and the polyp extension was becoming less and less.

Once the skimmer started operating as designed the SPS started looking great again with a couple of exceptions. The TSA Fruit Loops, PC Superman and a Corn Bred table were hit the hardest. Color is still off, but slowly coming back.