There's something fishy about this build...

[Slocke]

LOOK AT THAT BELLY !!

So glad it’s doing well!

 

[Stang67]

Today was the last snorkeling. Tomorrow is a Bee Farm tour and Coffee Plantation. Friday is a Cacao farm tour and hang out in Kona until the plane leaves.

We stayed pretty shallow - maybe 5' at the deepest. The octopus was cool to watch though!

Bee Farm pronounced Ape E air E.

 

[Slocke]

So. Serious questions. For those with non glass lidded tanks is what are your daily top off amounts. Also I noticed some droplets appear on the pipe and drip into my sump. Not sure if it’s a minor leak or condensation? No salt creep so it must be condensation right?

 

[fishguy242]

250 gal open top ,open sump ,2 gals per day.350 same open top /sump 3 gal a day... ;)

 

[Slocke]

Thanks. I’m losing almost a gallon per day and since I’m used to my old tank with glass lids that felt like a lot.

 

[Goaway]

So. Serious questions. For those with non glass lidded tanks is what are your daily top off amounts. Also I noticed some droplets appear on the pipe and drip into my sump. Not sure if it’s a minor leak or condensation? No salt creep so it must be condensation right?

Fall tonWinter 1 gallon. Spring to summer almost 2 gallons.

I'd wipe clean and look to make sure. A miner leak shows itself well. Also, yes. Salt creep happens around those lil leaks. Happened around my sump tubes.

 

[Mschmidt]

5 gallons over about 4 days. 100 gallon total volume, sump in stand.

 

[JoJosReef]

Good reason to consider a polycarbonate lid!

 

[Stang67]

Good reason to consider a polycarbonate lid!

Where is a good place to get one?

 

[JoJosReef]

Where is a good place to get one?

@VintageReefer has a good contact on Etsy. I'm probably going that route. Just need to get the designs right for mountings.

 

[VintageReefer]

I got a pair of polycarbonate lids custom made for my 75g. I only top off about 1.5g a week now

2 of these…

Cost total was 90$

https://walterlids.com/
Or

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LidPropzShop
Both are run by @WalterLidz but he isn’t super active on the forum

 

[VintageReefer]

Warning
He will customize however you want
He will make the lid to the exact measurements you specify

I measured the size I needed and he made it exact. I have a bit of rubbing causing friction when I open the hinged lid. I forgot to subtract 1/16 or 1/8 of an inch. It’s literally exactly the size of the indentation on my frame. My fault. Nothing a dremel can’t fix in a few seconds but learn from my mistake and subtract a tiny bit or ask him to

 

[Stang67]

I got a pair of polycarbonate lids custom made for my 75g. I only top off about 1.5g a week now

2 of these…

Cost total was 90$

https://walterlids.com/
Or

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LidPropzShop
Both are run by @WalterLidz but he isn’t super active on the forum

Awesome thanks will be getting some ordered for the 180g when I get home.

 

[Slocke]

uggh
Anyone know what’s wrong with my SPS? I thought it was a bacterial infection? It’s now hit my forestfire Monti and took out a whole arm today. It’s like a pinkish brown slime that spreads really fast?

 

[Stang67]

Brown jelly doesn't affect those right?

 

[VintageReefer]

uggh
Anyone know what’s wrong with my SPS? I thought it was a bacterial infection? It’s now hit my forestfire Monti and took out a whole arm today. It’s like a pinkish brown slime that spreads really fast?

Can you crank the whites up a little more and post a new pic?

 

[VintageReefer]

Full arm loss in a day is RTN and that can have numerous causes. Have you checked all parameters?

 

[Slocke]

My parameters have been pretty good except magnesium which I’m slowly raising. This is the third colony it’s hit. All have been in my tank for a couple years and previously fine. Go from full and healthy to completely dead in days.

I blasted off the slime a couple hours ago.

Also I fragged the last two corals and only one small piece of my playing monti survived.

 

[Goaway]

My parameters have been pretty good except magnesium which I’m slowly raising. This is the third colony it’s hit. All have been in my tank for a couple years and previously fine. Go from full and healthy to completely dead in days.

I blasted off the slime a couple hours ago.

Also I fragged the last two corals and only one small piece of my playing monti survived.

For the slime, if you see it eating on more coral. Stop all wayer flow and syphon off everything into a bucket or something. I never recommend peroxide for sps. Iodine might help. Fragging a quarter inch below necrosis might save the colony. You might need to ask about meds with other sps growers.


Usually this stuffs acts way too fast.

 

[VintageReefer]

I also wouldn’t use h2o2 on sps.

Looking at the pic the center of the colony appears also to be affected

From parameters the only thing that jumps out Is phosphate and nitrates are high, but not alarmingly. Mg is low but I know you’re working on it.

Has temp been stable?