My latest addiction - 25G Reef

[cichlid1409]

little update....
So since my experience with hyper-salinity it seems i may have killed off some beneficial organisms and my tank seemed to go through a mini cycle. Lots of diatom algae growing everywhere for the last couple weeks. Had to frag my Digi because of the die off, lost my superman monti and probably gonna frag a couple more sps tomorrow because of bleaching. Although, on a good note everything overall is looking a lot better, zoas are coming around, good polyp extension on sps has returned and diatoms are fading away.
I hope that sharing my experience can help someone else down the road.

[cichlid1409]

told you it looked bad.

when i get the money i'll set up my reefkeeper with a salinity probe. i should have got a new hydrometer a long time ago the one i had was really old from the first time i set up a SW tank in 2003-4.

that zoa colony was one of my favs before it started going down hill

[myjohnson]

Damn, get a refractometer foo!

Cool zoa colony!

Bet in the right light they look really good man.

[cichlid1409]

got a new hydrometer and adjusted salinity ...it was around 1.031sg .....hopefully this will fix my problems, only time will tell.....some pics of the worst of it :(

[Darbex]

Got the pics yet?

[CichlidFan]

I hope you get it worked out soon......we can all learn from your experiences....both good and bad....but I hope there are lot more good than bad for you....

Good Luck.....

CF

[cichlid1409]

i'll take some pics when tomorrow when the lights come on..... gonna go and get another hydrometer tomorrow too. its looking baaaaddd :(
falty equipment will get you every time...

[myjohnson]

Got to show the bad with the good man!

We all using this as a way to learn.

[Darbex]

well good luck on finding the answer

[cichlid1409]

been having problems with this tank lately not 100% on the problem. thought it might have been temp swings but now i think it might be salinity i got a new in-sump hydrometer the other day and its show a higher reading (around 1.028 ) than my older hydrometer which shows 1.024 i want to find a third hydrometer to double check both .....i hope i dont come up with a third different reading ......ugh

[myjohnson]

FTS update bro!

[tnguyen]

Nice!

[cichlid1409]

new encrusting superman monti, from gulf coast reef and aquaculture, as promised...



best pic i could get. still not as good as in person

[sunpolyps]

remember to brine your suns
and dont eat your zoos

[cichlid1409]

Pimp fish MIKE!

What kind of corals is that?

montipora digitata. that fish rests on my corals all the time .....hes a camera hog though