The Garden -- Rakies shallow SPS cube

[Rakie]

OK... Gotcha

Yeah, I ended up using the Flucon before I heard of the other options still being around. So no points for experimentation here on my end, but since Flucon has worked temporarily (3x...), I know it WILL come back with just Flucon. So I'm doubling down with the Hydrat-MG.

It wont be as scientific.. But since everybody I know personally has ALWAYS had bryopsis come back with fluconazole alone -- I'll have a good feeling if/when it does or doesn't come back. Again, not very scientific.. Regardless, I'll be happy if it never comes back haha

 

[wowkingjames]

Your garden is awesome! Brother I think you need a bigger tank...lol

 

[Rakie]

Your garden is awesome! Brother I think you need a bigger tank...lol

Thank you! I've been out of room for awhile -- I'm considering a new rock structure to increase room.. But meh, we'll see. Right now I barely have time to test parameters -_-

 

[Rakie]

TGC Tropic Hurricane (I think...)

5.56 RAP colony frag

Small Pinky The Bear

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Looking great, bro! I need to get out to your place and check those out in person. You know to verify that you're not just photoshopping stuff onto bare rocks...

 

[Rakie]

Looking great, bro! I need to get out to your place and check those out in person. You know to verify that you're not just photoshopping stuff onto bare rocks...

No photoshop here! ...although, I am cropping out all the bryopsis. Does that count?!

Actually the bryopsis Is dead. It's just bubble algae now. And a long strand of red cyano I've named Fred.

 

[Rakie]

FRED IS DYING

Here he is hanging out with my hyacinthus (sp?) table. I let him get like 8" long. And poof, the jerk just starts dying on me..

RIP Fred -- 2/1/18 - 2/14/18

 

[bubbaque]

Do you know the reason why? Is all the cyano dying?

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Do you know the reason why? Is all the cyano dying?

I blame loneliness. Fred was alone on Valentine's Day...

 

[gatorbait01]

FRED IS DYING

Here he is hanging out with my hyacinthus (sp?) table. I let him get like 8" long. And poof, the jerk just starts dying on me..

RIP Fred -- 2/1/18 - 2/14/18

Do you think flucanazole could have caused an issue?

 

[Daniel@R2R]

@Rakie, I think there may be some confusion over Fred's identity...I think some are thinking he's a coral.

 

[gatorbait01]

@Rakie, I think there may be some confusion over Fred's identity...I think some are thinking he's a coral.

My bad.... I thought he was referring to that coral.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

My bad.... I thought he was referring to that coral.

Nah. I don't think you were alone in that. You gotta follow Tim's humor. Fred is the cyano strand.

 

[bubbaque]

I blame loneliness. Fred was alone on Valentine's Day...

It would be great if Fred was alone but usually he is always around a party of Fred's just like him.

 

[Second Shot]

Nah. I don't think you were alone in that. You gotta follow Tim's humor. Fred is the cyano strand.

I figured it was either the cyano or the vermatid snail lol

 

[Rakie]

Do you think flucanazole could have caused an issue? (With The Cyano)

Do you know the reason why? Is all the cyano dying?

All cyano is dying, he was the last strand I could find -- Not sure why. Here's what I have been doing;

- Dosed a lil Fluconazole (for Bryopsis)
- 10ml Brightwell Aquatics Hydrat-MG [Kent Tech-M] (For Bryopsis)
- Been dosing AquaForest Bacteria -- Pro Bio S, and Bio S (I dose this once a year)
- Been dosing Vinegar to increase stanky skimmate production (I'm starting to feel the need for a more powerful skimmer)

My no3/po4 has been high (where I like it) but after switching to LED's my corals all darkened up. I was wondering if it had to do with lower PAR levels causing the standard nutrient levels I keep to become "too high" for the light source, so I did some water changes and been dosing vinegar to help reduce. I also decided to use my yearly "AquaForest" 10ml bottle of bacterias. I don't like to dose bacteria all the time, but I think once a year a good 100% water change and dosing bacterias help realign things. I base this on absolutely nothing but hogwash and black magic.

I blame loneliness. Fred was alone on Valentine's Day...

That's not true, I was right here doing chemistry -_-

Nah. I don't think you were alone in that. You gotta follow Tim's humor. Fred is the cyano strand.

WAS...

It would be great if Fred was alone but usually he is always around a party of Fred's just like him.

He's actually alone as far as I can tell, but there's some area's I can't see behind the rockwork so he may have family. There's still a little bubble algae though, so his goal of making my tank ugly shall live on -- for now.

I figured it was either the cyano or the vermatid snail lol

The vermatids are annoying, but because I'm lazy i'm letting the corals grow them out. The vermatids and the corals are in a war for who can encrust faster. It also helps with some corals that refuse to grow arms for some reason and just encrust forever...

Just look at this guy;

 

[hybridazn]

Tank is looking good!

And I'm So sorry for your loss on your algae friend, I know you were close but time heals all wounds. Be strong my friend, be strong...

 

[GoVols]

And I'm So sorry for your loss on your algae friend, I know you were close but time heals all wounds. Be strong my friend, be strong...

Lol!!!

 

[GoVols]

@Rakie

Great find with the Hydrat-MG

Thanks for sharing!!!

 

[Rakie]

@Rakie

Great find with the Hydrat-MG

Thanks for sharing!!!

Yeah, really glad I was told about that one!