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02-05-2008, 06:41 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Chicago Age: 21
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|  first major livestock catastrophe: the aftermath
Well, a few weeks ago my montipora started dieing. It took a few days for my dad to tell me (I was at school) and that may have cost us. All told we lost over half of the montipora and one really nice yellow tang.
From best I can tell, the breakdown seems to have spawned from poor husbandry. After our water numbers started looking good, we just stopped testing. Water changes were frighteningly infrequent. I added a bunch of coral a few weeks before the breakdown. It doesn't seem to be a DSB or pest problem as I originally thought, because massive water changes have stopped the damage. My soft coral had some bad days, but they all survived. It could have been a lot worse.
I don't remember who, but somebody said 55g was a difficult size for a reef. Especially after this ordeal, I concur. You have to run it either as an undersized equipment-intensive. full-blown reef or an oversized nanoreef. We don't really want to spend a fortune on equipment originally designed for larger sized reefs to make it more automated, but we barely have the time to do the work involved in what is essentially a giant nanoreef, with me being at school and my dad being a workaholic.
I guess the moral of the story is that poor husbandry will come back to bite you eventually. _________ Prevent dihydrogen monoxide contamination in your aquarium: www.dhmo.org | 
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02-05-2008, 06:43 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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Sorry for your losses.... That sucks man.... _________ 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, 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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02-05-2008, 06:56 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Myerstown, PA Age: 21
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sorry to hear that, hope all goes better in the future
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...AGA 46 gal. bowfront, coralife 192watt aqualight, koralia 4, aqua c remora w/maxijet 1200 and surface skim box,200watt heater, 40 pounds black aragonite reef sand, 50 lbs. LR...cycling at the moment...
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02-05-2008, 07:06 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Sorry to hear of your loss, this hobby is frustrating at times and a drain on the bank account. I dont know what your planning to do, but maybe you can try a fish only tank. Its alot easier to take care of and low maint. Just a thought. _________ 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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02-05-2008, 07:51 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Sorry for your loss man..My motto is get back up on the horse.... _________ 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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