Tank Entry

Hey guys, I just thought I would give a quick update since it has been a couple months since my last one. First let me start by saying I have sadly neglected my tank but not because I wanted to but I got a promotion at work then my boss took a vacation meaning I got to do his job (meaning I am typing this on my work break now.) My sps after growing and looking good went into decline browning out, loss of polyps, and in one case rtn (which has stopped at the tips of the coral.)

I think ...

For anyone who has ever battled Satan's algae (bryopsis) currently or in the past know that it can be a very daunting task and will test your mettle to the point that giving up even crosses our minds. Bryopsis is not your typical algae, it does not require high nitrates or phosphates to thrive. Bryopsis will strike a clean spotless tank just the same as a dirty tank so despite what you may have been told if all you have is bryopsis in your tank then you do not have phosphates leaking from your live ...

Late last week I put 4 bids on ebay for some millepora which no one carries locally, I bid a low enough amount to where I was willing to take a gamble but I wasn't going to go big I also decided that if i was going to win one I better win at least 2 so I got reduced shipping cost. As of last Sunday I won 4 millepora at an average of 6.00 each plus shipping and they all arrived today alive and the "hair" tentacle things are already showing on most of them (more than I ever saw on any other ...

It seems I can finally rest easy again for a second as I have recorded 0 instances of death among my corals in a week. Nature seems to have run it's course and in fact whatever it was the chaeto must have learned to like because i turned it over to rotate it for light and it exploded in an orgy of growth. As previously stated in older posts all test showed signs being good with no spikes or drops in any parameter and the same can still be told today. I did run out of carbon through the process and ...

Water changes do not seem to be helping what so ever and all parameters are still testing good. whatever is killing corals in my tank has even the zoas and xenia looking sick and my smaller frags of monti caps that just so happened to be low laying and bleached out now as of this morning so as of right now I have 4 different species of coral death confirmed by this unknown killer still no sign of distress in the fish but I fear it is only a matter of time before I have a full on dead tank on ...