Macscale's 55g Reef Upgraded

[54seaweed]

the link is below round 3 at bottom of post
I need to update quite a bit

 

[Macscale]

the link is below round 3 at bottom of post
I need to update quite a bit

Oh duh... I'm on mobile so you can't see signatures. Will do.

 

[Darylb]

I spoke to soon the coral beauty has taken a bit out if my Duncan :/

 

[Macscale]

I spoke to soon the coral beauty has taken a bit out if my Duncan :/

Oh no...! That's terrible, I'm still watching mine carefully and seeing if he has a taste for anything that might resemble coral on the rock.

 

[Darylb]

I reduced my feeding from daily to every other day to try reduce nitrates and phosphates in my tank I had a bit of hair algae guess it backfired

 

[Macscale]

I reduced my feeding from daily to every other day to try reduce nitrates and phosphates in my tank I had a bit of hair algae guess it backfired

I just did the same thing... I had a problem with my CB not eating enough because it always hides. Today, it was all white and looked sick, I fed it and he brightened all back up.
Makes me wonder if the goby is having problems too. I'll have to make sure to get food for him when he comes out.

 

[Darylb]

Mine has always had a deep purple color I would really hope to keep it but might not be able to I got a person who runs a marine shop from home she is willing to take the fish and swap for another kind of fish

 

[Macscale]

Just a quick update,
I visited a different LFS today and it was amazing compared to what is around here. It's a 30 minute drive, but I don't mind.
They're prices are very reasonable and they have a good selection of corals, even ORA.
They had an amazing Red Sea tank.... It was stunning. The pics don't really do it justice though.

They also had what just have been a 1,000 gallon trapezoid system... It was a little dirty but stunning...
I plan on revisiting tomorrow... To actually but some stuff.

It seemed as if their sump was down on the coral tank, because they were working on it the entire time and yelling "The skimmer is down! It's been down all day! How? Get it one... No wonder it looks so bad." So you can tell, that it's supposed to be nicer.

It is the orders store in the area. Been open for about 20 years, it's also 11,000 square feet. Pretty cool...

 

[Cichlid-dude]

Awesome, i like finding new lfs's in my area. It even better when they are good ones. That is a beautiful redsea system.

 

[bribo12]

That tank makes me drool...! Glad you found a nice lfs!

 

[Macscale]

In other news, the CB is now gladly summing rounds on the tank... Used to only hide in cave between like 4 rocks, and you couldn't see him.

 

[Darylb]

That's good mac mine is fairly active iv lost one head on my duncan due to him tho

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[Macscale]

That sucks... I love Duncan's and I would hate to lose a head of one too him. From what I've gathered observing him, he doesn't like to nip at the rocks either. He isn't much of a grazer.., but he seems to love formula on pellets and mysis.

 

[Darylb]

Yea mine is a major grazer never stops I think he has tasted some other corals but nothing major yet

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[Sniperhank]

Good luck on the coral beauty...mine is a terror after never being an issue. Nipped a clam to eventual death and I think a pocilopora colony too. Nothing else in the tank, even another pocilopora colony.

 

[Macscale]

Good luck on the coral beauty...mine is a terror after never being an issue. Nipped a clam to eventual death and I think a pocilopora colony too. Nothing else in the tank, even another pocilopora colony.

So I've read. I've been following along with that, and it's what has worried me the most. I wasn't aware it finally killed the clam though. Sorry, I better hope mine stays a model citizen.

 

[Sniperhank]

Well, it isn't dead yet...but with a hole now I know the direction we're going. Good luck with it.

 

[Macscale]

Yeah thanks, that doesn't help with the odds though... Are you going to rehome the CB?

 

[Sniperhank]

Can't catch it. If I could, it would have been gone months ago instead of my clams.

 

[Macscale]

Oh... I suck at catching fish, so if mine goes wrong, I'm gonna have a major problem.
How big is yours?