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01-27-2008, 12:33 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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Sorry for your loss........ _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, rainford goby, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | 
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01-27-2008, 12:42 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 46
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Sorry to hear it but I have to say I have had no luck keeping flames for more than a couple of months.
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180 Gallon Reef, 150 lbs of LR and 4" LS. 4-175w 10k MH. 8-110 W actinic VHO, 2 Wave2K, LifeReef Skimmer . A 90 gal sump, Top-Off. 2Mag 9.5 return, Life Reef CR LCR-1. 1 Cin Clown, Bub coral, Xenia, Purp Tang, Yellow Tang, Pogoda, 4 Gobies, Niger Trigger, Angel, Brittle Star | |
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01-27-2008, 12:58 PM
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| | PICTURE POLICE
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Originally Posted by Otty  Sorry for your loss, I know how that feels. Have you checked your parameters? | yeah, I did check it and all is good. I posted my results not too long ago on another thread. This was the original thread I started below;
Im having trouble with my torch coral and my clam. I could see a little of the "lip" from the calm but not like before, The same with the torch. For the past week or so they havent come out like before. Every other coral is fine except these two. I just did a 25gal water change on Monday. If you look at my sign. you can see what livestock I have. My lights(MH & actinics) where last changed 7.15.07. I just tested my water and here are my results;
Temp--78.5
PH--8.1
Mag--1290
Alk--4.11
Dkh--11.5
salt--1.024-5
Cal--420
No2--0
Nh3--0
No3--15-20ppm
Po4--0
I also just changed out the chemi-pure(carbon) on Monady and the filter pads. I know some/most of you guys like to have some of those #'s a little higher but I like it that way for the most part. If you can think of something else that I may have missed, plz let me know. The only thing that comes to mind is maybe its time to change the light bulbs. From my test results, I cant figure it out. What could be wrong??? Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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01-28-2008, 10:36 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: IL Age: 20
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Don't attempt another one, it probably wont last much longer. | |
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01-29-2008, 07:04 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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My condolences...
I had a 5" acro colony suddenly RTN when everything else was fine, got to looking at it, there was a dead flame scallop right in the middle of it. _________ [center]Renaming Our Corals "Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." Andre Gide | |
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01-30-2008, 05:03 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida Age: 43
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Wow, Luna. Sorry to hear that. Keep up the good fight! Karma for the events.
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90G display tank. Kent Phos Reactor running carbon and ROWAPhos, Coralife 225 Skimmer. Wet/Dry converted to 10 Gal Sump w/ auto topoff float valve connected to Typhoon 5 Stage RO/DI. Little Giant inline (external) return pump. Coralife 2x150MH, 14K + 2x96W PC Actinics, Ecotech Vortech propeller pump, Hydor Koralia #2. | |
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01-30-2008, 05:47 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 47
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Sorry about the Flame Scallop.
Its been my experience (and not a long one) Scallops need fed pretty regular to stay healthy. If you are spot feeding thats pretty tough as these guys seem to cram themselves into the rockwork almost anywhere. Because of this dosing planktons seems the only way and too much dosing leads to all sorts of problems. Got rid of mine ( no comments ) as he wasnt getting along with the carpet anemone. What a mess that was...stupid scallop stuck to the carpet...kept popping his shells together...damn anemone stuck all up my arm...midnight...tongs were stuck in there too...corals falling off rocks...glad no young kids in the house. | |
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01-31-2008, 04:04 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 29
Posts: 74
Karma: 75
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Luna -
It sounds like there might be a larger problem brewing. I know flame scallops are hard to keep, but in another thread you mentioned not being able to keep mushrooms. Do you think there is something else happening in your tank that might be a really big problem soon?
I just didn't want this to become a major problem. As a complete newb, I can't offer much help as I have been lucky and without any issues (except the bristle worms...just search for it), but I am sure if there is a problem someone can help here.
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6 G JBJ nano
2" Pink Skunk Clown
1 1/2" BTA
Coral Banded Shrimp
Encrusting Gorgonian
2 Mussels
20 G long
Sea Clone Skimmer
Rotating Powerhead
MH Pendant (5000 K)
Encrusting Gorgonian
Too many bristleworms | |
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01-31-2008, 04:08 AM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Lunatik, I am really sorry for your loss. I know it is tough for me when I lose something from my tanks..
I have had a sick engineering goby, the smallest of the bunch for quite sometime now. We put her in quarantine when we noticed that she was not eating and started to show signs of bloat. I woke up this morning to find she had passed away. It is a bummer, she had so much personality, like engineering gobies do... _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html
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Last edited by BaxterS80; 01-31-2008 at 04:26 AM.
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