Texreefers Official 60- The ongoing Saga!

[hobogato]

great, looks like the color has improved quite a bit since i have seen it as well

[Texreefer]

Blacktop and Sideswipe have been living on opposite sides of tank, last few days they are staying closer together. Blacktop is clearly the dominant one so Sideswipe is keeping a safe distance but it seems the bonding process has begun

[BSJF]

Glad to see they are doing well.

[Texreefer]

Ok. Confirmation! I officially have Red Bugs.. Beware.. I don't think i have Given or traded any SPS with anyone so no need to worry if you have gotten any from me. However, wanted to let everyone know.. I have received Acros from only 4 sources so if you are one of them. please take a look. I don't have the time,energy or resources (funds) to fight these things so I will most likely just go SPS-Less for a while. Really a Bummer!

[Texreefer]

PS. you can Add AEFW to that as Well.. so much fun

[BSJF]

Oh my, that sucks!

[FireWater]

Mike, I looked and everything appears to be pest free in my tank. I will call you later and see if you can swing by.

Let me know what you need.

[Texreefer]

Quarantine tank is up and running minus a small heater if anyone has an old one they are not using. I will let it stabalize over night and then I will start removing and dipping corals in the morning

[Europhyllia]

at least you are very efficent, Mike! Rather than diddle around with one thing at a time you got it all covered at once!

[justahobby]

Which treatment are you using?

[justahobby]

I am trying to remember a dip that I read about not to long ago. It was an insecticide and safe for sps. I want to say a maastard posted the link....

[Texreefer]

Which treatment are you using?
The Patented texreefer "get the hell out of my tank"!!!! Method.. I will remove ever SPS from my tank for a Period of about 5 weeks (Long enough so no red bugs or AEFW can survive. I will dip each coral with Revive or Coral Rx and inspect and remove as much as i can find and place in quarantine tank. I will repeat this process once a week for 5 weeks along with weekly 5 gal water changes on both systems. Once i'm confident my Display is pest free, I will inspect my SPS once more, the ones that made it and/or are free of pests wil go back in.. the others...... well, they will go to coral heaven.

[hobogato]

http://www.maast.org/showthread.php?67693-new-RB-AEFW-dipping-method-on-RC


I am trying to remember a dip that I read about not to long ago. It was an insecticide and safe for sps. I want to say a maastard posted the link....

[justahobby]

Ha! Thanks Ace. I was typing out a post when you posted. I hadn't found that thread yet, but came across a couple others that have tried it since...


You should try it. Go where no MAASTard has gone before.

[Kristy]

Who Texreefer? Go where no MAASTard has gone before? How about boldly cutting holes in his roof? Or in-wall plywood tank? :)

[justahobby]

Haha, very good points.

Pioneer - the first one in any effort

[Texreefer]

The Carnage will commence before noon today...anyone that wants to witness the Indiscriminate killing of AEFW and Red Bugs... or wants to help.. I will be starting a little before noon

[FireWater]

Did you find a heater? I am still rummaging through my stuff to find one.

I also pulled out some frags last night again and did not see anything on mine. I also checked and didn't get any frags from you.

[Texreefer]

Yes, have a heater and all corals have been dipped and moved.. will also do a bit of tank re-arranging today as well. found some dead or stunned red bugs but have yet to find any evidence of dead flat worms... they will all go through the process again in a week and I will probably try the method on RC that was posted.... keep you updated

[justahobby]

I'm surprised your melanurus didn't make short work of the flat worms. Mandarins may also eat the red bugs. The fattest mandarin I've ever seen was in a tank full of RBs and not eating prepared foods.

[Texreefer]

Justin, I have been blowing off the corals.. that might be why i haven't found any.... my hungry Melanurus. I only every found the one set of eggs so maybe I caught it before it got too bad. I do plan on getting an ORA mandarine at some point.

[Texreefer]

All the SPS in the Quarantine tank appear to be pest free when inspected with a magnifying glass..It will also be an interesting comparison having them under a 150w halide after being under LEDs

[randomfish]

take pics to see if color changes any

[CoryDude]

As soon as I saw your title about red bugs, I thought to myself, "He's got aefw too". That bites man. Betadine dips work well on the flatworms. I dipped an infested millie last year and saw about a hundred of 'em fall off.

[Texreefer]

Saw redbugs on several different pieces this morning in the quarantine tank. Next dip will be a shorter but much stonger dip

[Texreefer]

got a pic.. well what I would call a pic.. the best i could do... of the little menace
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/004-12.jpg
and another
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/003-14.jpg

[Texreefer]

First dip didn't work so I bought some of this today and i'm going to Nuke them.. If the corals live great! if not.. I go SPS-Less for a while... i'm not playin!
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/BayerInsectKiller1.jpg

[BSJF]

yikes. good luck.

[Big_Pun]

good luck mike...... ive been scared to look at my coral after this thread

[Texreefer]

yikes. good luck.
The good news is the corals are doing well in the quarantine tank. they have been in there for 6 days now. I'm doing a once a week 5 gal water change from my main tank to the quarantine tank and then out the door, so none of this will affect my main tank which looks great right now. in fact everything is growing really fast in the display. i'm having to clean the glass daily next to my Tyree Cap in order to keep it from growing too close to the glass. this thing has easily doubled in size since I got it from John. i will post a pic

[Mr Cob]

what! Ahh man I hate bugs. Gonna check the tanks out tonight since we traded recently. Hope you didn't get them from us and hoping the same for us. We didn't trade SPS though...but I see you got flatties too. bummer!

[Europhyllia]

those are actually good photos considering how super tiny these are! wow

[Texreefer]

Here it is today, you can see the straight edge starting to form on the left side of the pic from where i use the magnet to clean the glass
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/003-15.jpg

This was right after it recovered from its fight with the Hispida,you can see it wasnt even touching the rock.. now its grown all over the rock
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/012-1.jpg

[Texreefer]

what! Ahh man I hate bugs. Gonna check the tanks out tonight since we traded recently. Hope you didn't get them from us and hoping the same for us. We didn't trade SPS though...but I see you got flatties too. bummer!
Pretty sure i didn't get them from you Rob and I dipped and checked the spidermans...I have found nothing on anything else in my tank

[Texreefer]

those are actually good photos considering how super tiny these are! wow
I used a magnifying glass as a macro lens:bigsmile:

[Mr Cob]

that's a relief, yeah, I dipped the spidermans coming in as well...

[Texreefer]

Dip and water changes done!... LOTS of dead redbugs...since the first batch of eggs i found though, there has been zero sign of any AEFW alive or dead. I'm hoping thats a good sign. I used 10ml/1cup... it was milky white.. corals seem fine we will see how they do over the next few hours. I have inspected them throughly and only found ONE red bug still on a coral and it is DEAD. this bayer complete also had ZERO smell to it. looks like this stuff might be a winner

[Mr Cob]

nice find

[Texreefer]

OOPS!!! I really did NUKE them! I re-read a lot of the info on this and it is anywhere from 0.5ml/cup to 2ml/cup and I dosed with 10ml/cup. 20 times the lowest recommended dosage.. Polyps are out and corals look fine...no wonder the water looked like milk. excited about the results so far

[ErikH]

You had AEFW too? Oh man that sucks.

[justahobby]

That's excellent news. I am glad we have a tested, effective treatment here on MAAST now.

[Texreefer]

Thinking I will just do one more treatment next weekend and place all corals back in tank... there has been zero signs of any kind of pest. the only eggs I ever found have been long gone. i don't really have the time or energy to maintain this quarantine tank. I will give it till next saturday. if I see no signs of pests, I will dip again and place everything back in the tank...if I get the bugs again, all sps go bye-bye..

[hobogato]

cool, hopefully that will take care of them

[Texreefer]

Powerful stuff!!! so I did one last dip and placed all my sps back in the main tank..I am confident that I am pest free at this point. I am also POD free and almost Peppermint free as well. Even though I rinsed everything before I put it back in the tank, it seems there was enough pesticide still present that It killed off my entire(and thriving) pod population. I realized this because this morning my larger peppermint was hanging out by the front glass looking a bit woozy. I immediately knew what it was and checked my fuge.. lifeless., oh, well. live and learn, they will come back. i'm running cabon and doing a waterchange... good news is corals look good and showing signs of new base growth

[Texreefer]

Just a few random pics today that I thought were ok
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/016-2.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/015-2.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/011-4.jpg

[Europhyllia]

looks great! better than my stuff even in undipped condition lol

[BSJF]

looks very good.

[Texreefer]

Pod Population is starting to recover.. so far no sign of any bad bugs

[randomfish]

thats great news looks awesome

[justahobby]

Glad to hear it worked so well. How long was the interval between last dip and return to display? I remember reading that some pesticides repel water so perhaps a very diligent rinse, blasted with a powerhead, etc could prevent exposure to the display.

[Texreefer]

quick update, it has been two weeks since the corals went back in the tank and all of them show signs of new growth, good polyp extension, and coloration. no sign of any Bugs to this point. I will be writing a short review if the product i used in a separate thread so it will be easy to access should anyone need it in the future.

[Texreefer]

8 months old
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/042-1.jpg
Ponape Birdsnest I got from Chris a few months ago.. it was only a twig about an 1 1/2" long
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/039-1.jpg
My attempt at a Macro shot
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/048.jpg
Rainbow monty.. as close as i could get to the real colors
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/rainbowmonty.jpg

[hobogato]

nice pics - looks like a healthy tank!

[Big_Pun]

wow that birdnest is fast growing! looking good mike

[Texreefer]

found a dead Gorrilla crab laying in my hispida this morning.. Never have seen a crab or seen any evidence of a crab in there. a very cool looking little guy and im willing te bet it was my wrasse that got ahold of him...

[Europhyllia]

what does a gorilla crab look like? are they big?

[Texreefer]

I didn't get a pic but you could probably find one on line fairly easy... they are generallly about the size of a nickle to a quarter and can come in different shades of green /brown. usually have hairly looking legs. I know thats not the best description

[Kristy]

found a dead Gorrilla crab laying in my hispida this morning.. Never have seen a crab or seen any evidence of a crab in there. a very cool looking little guy and im willing te bet it was my wrasse that got ahold of him...

Ewww, unless it was actually the molt of a gorilla crab and he might still be in your tank! I am continually amazed when Mike's giant hermit crab molts at how much it resembles a full-fledged crab, not the empty ghost of a crab the way a shrimp looks when they molt.

[Texreefer]

Ewww, unless it was actually the molt of a gorilla crab and he might still be in your tank! I am continually amazed when Mike's giant hermit crab molts at how much it resembles a full-fledged crab, not the empty ghost of a crab the way a shrimp looks when they molt.

Kristy, thats the first thing I checked... but luckily its the Actual crab

[Texreefer]

Just a quick update,, just realized my tank is already 10 months old. I seem to be pest free but have been dealing with base recession on my Acros. they are growing good from the top but receeding from the base up... I believe it is a Co2/ PH issue...cant seem to get my PH above 7.8.. of course i'm not using very reliable tests either.( on a side note, anyone that wants to stop by with a ph meter will be thanked) even though it is vented, my stand and my room are closed off and i believe excess Co2 build up is playing a part in keepin the PH down...I didn't have this problem during the summer when i run a fan in the room along with opening the windows on occasion.
Just added a male Lyretail last sunday that has some really nice color.. he has a couple of spots on him that are not ich that worry me a bit.. but he is active, is not scared of me and eats aggresively so I have hope he will make
I have been dealing with some algae as well since i haven't been cleaning the tank as well as i should...all my zoas got a good peroxide dip yesterday and the tank will be scrubbed clean this weekend.. Thats all for now

[FireWater]

When you get done with yours you can come do mine. :bigsmile:

[Texreefer]

Liked this picture so I thought I would post it in my thread as well. with another comparison shot of the cap... you can see on the left side where it broke.. it was growing to close to glass and as i was cleaning, my mag cleaner broke it. John, the second biggest whorl in the middle is about the size of the original piece you gave me
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/203.jpg
when I first got it... I know i have posted it before.. but I love comparison pics
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/007-8.jpg

[Texreefer]

Wanted a more dramatic look in my tank.. space is very limited and I wasn't liking the 2 dimensional look of it,, here is the result.. corals look much more colorfull in person.. my pics seem to make everything blend together.
front
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/004-13.jpg
right side
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/006-8.jpg
left side
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/005-11.jpg

I think it looks better!

[hobogato]

definitely like the rearrangement. those a nice pics, but i agree, much better in person. it seems to be pretty difficult to take incredible pics with those led lights for some reason.

[BBQHILLBILLY]

wow. very nice pics. Pic of the Month.:bigsmile:

[Texreefer]

wow. very nice pics. Pic of the Month.:bigsmile:
They must not be that great. 80 views today and you and Ace are the only ones that posted.:thumbs_down::wink_smile:

[Texreefer]

so whats life without a little adversity right?... I'm almost certain I have byropsis in my tank... I has started on all of my zoa frags.. and has spread to some other areas as well.. today I took out all my zoas and dumped them in a solution of 1/3rd tank water, 1/3rd peroxide, and 1/3rd straight Magnesium.. for 30 minutes... it will either kill everything, just the zoas, or just the bryopsis..no matter the outcome I will have results.. it if doesn't work.. I will be tossing all the infected zoas.

[Squiers007]

Tex, the pictures look great!

As far as the bryopsis goes... where did you find that recipe? Or was this something you came up with on your own? I would thin 1/3 peroxide would be a bit harsh.

Sent from my Ally using Tapatalk

[fjr_wertheimber]

Man, gorgeous tank!! Looks beautiful!

[allan]

Man, mike, it seems only last week that you were putting in an experimental frag.

If you still want that stag let me know and I will break off a piece today.

[Texreefer]

If you still want that stag let me know and I will break off a piece today.
. I want it just not sure when I will be able to get out there to pick it up

[Texreefer]

Tex, the pictures look great!

As far as the bryopsis goes... where did you find that recipe? Or was this something you came up with on your own? I would thin 1/3 peroxide would be a bit harsh.

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I just made it up.. yes very harsh.. but that was the point...if it doesn't work there is no need to try anything stronger.. just get rid of them

[Texreefer]

Man, gorgeous tank!! Looks beautiful!
Thank you.. following your build with great anticipation

[Texreefer]

More Random Pics Just because I can. I"m Battling some enemies but I think my tank is finally starting to hit its stride. Its almost where I wanted it to be at one year old... I have two months to go. I should see some good growth in the next two months
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/001-3.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/006-9.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/005-12.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/004-14.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/002-9.jpg

[FireWater]

Hard to believe it is almost a year already Mike.

[Texreefer]

So Looking at Lou's growth thread got me thinking about the growth in my tank...I have not been good at keeping progress pics and I have had trouble with my Acros but the growth on my other corals has been crazy good..My green cap has gone from barely 6" to almost a foot across in just a few months... the Tyree birdsnest frag I got from Chris Stands 6" tall and 3-4" in diameter(in the pic above) plus I have 9 frags of it that are bigger than the original piece he gave me. I have never seen a coral grow so fast. my war coral pictured above was just a small frag on a square plug and now it has grown over the plug and down onto the rock.. all i have been doing is a once a week 5 gal water change and dosing two part... Keeping it very simple seems to work

[Texreefer]

well, the ridiculously strong dip I did for the Bryopsis did not work.. it is starting to spread around the tank with more vigor. currently deciding on a course of action

[allan]

That bites... but man, mike, your tank looks stunning. How about Sherita's algae controlling method?

[Texreefer]

Thanks, what is her method? must have missed it

That bites... but man, mike, your tank looks stunning. How about Sherita's algae controlling method?

[allan]

She ran an experiment dosing the entire tank with hydrogen peroxide... a much milder dose than yours of course. But she showed some results after a few days.

[Texreefer]

My Picasso's are almost impossible to take pics of.. I think I shot about 60 pics and THIS was the best i could do!
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/004-15.jpg

[Texreefer]

in my battle with Bryopsis this morning, I accidentally shattered my giant Flower Petal Cap in to about 4 Really impresive sized pieces:bareteeth::at_wits_end:
Luckily with a little superglue and some patience, I was able to put the pieces back together.. it will have a couple of battle scars but still looks pretty good
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/FPCap.jpg

[alton]

Curious to see how well it heals, keep us updated

[Texreefer]

Will do Alton.
THANKS Louis!!!!!!!! second and third pics are the coral we were talking about. in the second pic it is the one lower and to the left.. and the third blurry pic is the one in the middle :) but you get the idea of the color
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/humulis.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/022-2.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/005-13.jpg

[allan]

It looks as if your snails are sunbathing...

[Texreefer]

It looks as if your snails are sunbathing...
:bigsmile: I had just put them in the tank, they have since run for cover from my murderous wrasse.

[Texreefer]

I realized today that it has been OVER 48 hours since I posted any pictures so here we go!!!!!
first one is of my hollywood Stunner.. got it as a dime sized frag a few months ago
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/007-9.jpg
My rainbow monty and a chalice that i'm going to name "Texreefers strawberry patch"
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/013-5.jpg
Yes that cap is really that color.. also in pic are purple death palys, superman monty,war coral, tri color acro and more
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/011-5.jpg
My new Pink polyped Monty Cap
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/010-7.jpg
Just a cool shot of my efflo
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/015-3.jpg
blurry pic of my pearlberry and Hulk
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/012-2.jpg
AND...... last but not least.. an updated full tank shot
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/016-3.jpg

[Texreefer]

Planning a COMPLETE system teardown. ALL Live rock will be discarded. Some corals may have to be sold in order to pay for the new rock.. any Zoas, corals, etc that are infected with Byropsis will be given away with a warning or just discarded. All pumps will be soaked and scrobbed and maybe thrown out as well. I will be buying 50# fresh sand and 40-60# fresh live rock... I will create a more traditional deep sand bed and get a fresh start. I will give it another 6 months and if I see Bryopsis in my tank again, there will be a 60 gal cube for sale at a good price. In the mean time. if anyone even drives by my house and WHISPERS the word Bryopsis.. I will hunt you down,,,,,,,, Ok not really but I will have a very stongly worded message for you!!!!:bighug:

[Big_Pun]

hey mike i had good success soaking all my infected equipment with peroxide, now my vortech wet side and locline are clean and have stayed that way. just give them a pure peroxide soak

[Texreefer]

hey mike i had good success soaking all my infected equipment with peroxide, now my vortech wet side and locline are clean and have stayed that way. just give them a pure peroxide soak

Will do, Thanks

Now, I will be looking for about 3 or 4 big pieces of Premium live rock.. whos got the best

[adolph_09]

Man that sucks that you are gonna have to take down the tank to get rid of the bryopsis especially since its looking that good. My tank had bryopsis but I got lucky it kinda grew into a ball let go of the rock it was growing on and floated to the top where I then just scooped out the tank all together and it's never been back since.
If you end up selling that flower petal cap of fragging it out I sure would like a peice cause that thing is awsome!!

[Texreefer]

It will most likely break when I remove it... I may sell a piece or two from it.. not sure yet. I will post if i do

[Texreefer]

6 days later comparison of cap from when I broke it, to show how well it is growing back together. the first pic show a good crack
the second shows it almos completely grwon back together
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/FPCap.jpg
and today
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/012-3.jpg

[allan]

Let me know if you need additional space to house your frags while you rebuild. :) despite how that sounds, it's a genuine offer to temporarly house examples of your livestock if you do need to.

[Texreefer]

Let me know if you need additional space to house your frags while you rebuild. :) despite how that sounds, it's a genuine offer to temporarly house examples of your livestock if you do need to.

Thanks Allan, I appreciate that.. this is litterally going to be a one aternoon thing.. I will have rock, sand, extra water, all ready. remove everything, put sand, rock water back in and away i go. I really love the way my rock work is right now... so hopefully i can do something similar with the new stuff

[allan]

Okay, brother, Looking forward to your progress.

[Texreefer]

So thought about what to do with adding new rock to the tank... almost went with Johns Idea if using Marco rock, even had it in the cart about to purchase it.. then decided to wait.. then I just happened to stop by a local shop that had just what I needed. 1 Rock... yep! I am buying 1 piece of live Rock to place back in the tank:bigsmile:

[CoryDude]

Mike, I did the same thing last year after battling bryopsis, derbesia, and cladothryopsis. But I just discarded the sand. Then I bleached, power washed, and froze the rock. I soaked all pumps, skimmer, reactor, and even he chiller heat exchanger in water/bleach for two days. I bought a hand sprayer and completely wiped down the tank with a 50/50 bleach/water combo. I'm a few weeks shy of a year and everything's still clean.

Sorry you're going through this. Sucks to see all your hard work go down the drain. Nothing makes it in my tank now, unless I can clip it and dip it first.

[Texreefer]

Mike, I did the same thing last year after battling bryopsis, derbesia, and cladothryopsis. But I just discarded the sand. Then I bleached, power washed, and froze the rock. I soaked all pumps, skimmer, reactor, and even he chiller heat exchanger in water/bleach for two days. I bought a hand sprayer and completely wiped down the tank with a 50/50 bleach/water combo. I'm a few weeks shy of a year and everything's still clean.

Sorry you're going through this. Sucks to see all your hard work go down the drain. Nothing makes it in my tank now, unless I can clip it and dip it first.Dont know that I'm going to go to that extent. I will be keeping most of my existing sandbed and cleaning all my pumps etc. but I will have to have this done in one day.. tuesday in fact... I will need help getting the new rock in the tank... this rock is massive weighing in at 65#s it will require two sets of steady hands to place it... I only have 2" clearance at the widest points. I have never seen a Rock this huge in large reef tank much less a 60 gal. so yea, maybe i'm crazy.. but one way or another.. it will make a statement!

[Texreefer]

Big news!!!! my clowns are Becoming an official couple!!!!

[Texreefer]

just saw that Mr. Cobb has a chalice listed as "Strawberry Patch" so im back to just calling Mine pink and green in case "strawberry Patch" is an Official name

[Texreefer]

HOLY! Reef crest BATMAN!!!! You guys are not going to believe what this looks like with all the corals in it...WOW. I have out done myself this time!

[Texreefer]

Well, It took me a little over 3 hours to place all corals back in tank... Probably will move a few around still, till I get them where i want them..
first of all my large cap made it intact
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/004-16.jpg
left side of tank
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/008-7.jpg
right side of tank
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/007-10.jpg
and a couple shots from the front
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/006-10.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/005-14.jpg

[allan]

Looking great, mike.

[Texreefer]

OK, I am laughing so hard right now.. My tail spot blenny has won the Lottery with this new rock. There are literally hundreds of small holes all over this thing.. He will swim from hole to hole, sit beside it, try to fit his head in, turn around and stick his tail in and wiggle to see if he fits or not, then off to the next one. it is one of the funniest things I have seen a fish do!

[kkiel02]

Wow it looks amazing! I think I missed something while I was out but I like the way it turned out!

[alton]

Congrats, it is always considered a great move if you can keep from breaking something.

[LuckySingh]

dude looks awsome

[Bill S]

Wow, Mike. I love that.

[Texreefer]

Thanks guys,Appreciate it! good to see you back Kevin. Bill, you should really see this thing in Person... it makes a Statement! Pictures don't do it Justice

[Texreefer]

Tank is starting to settle in and color back up after the new rock was added...starting to look good again
My cap made it through the move in one piece and previous brake is all healed
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/021-2.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/019-1.jpg
The colors on this Efflo are getting really nice
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/016-4.jpg
The colors on my Pearlberry and green Humilus are Awesome but I cannot get a good pic of them
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/017-2.jpg
one last shot
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/020-2.jpg

[hobogato]

great pics!

[Texreefer]

Thanks Ace, I still cant get the lighter blues of the Pearlberry to show....On a side note, Ace and I had to cut my mini carpet in half to get it out of a rock, both pieces are looking happy and healthy and healing up nicely!

[Texreefer]

Had these for sale when I took out the other rock... either no one wanted any or they were worried about bryopsis possibly being on them (rightfully so, since I had to cut some GSP and throw it out). but decided to keep the rest. first pic is how it looked and second two are where it is now... this stuff is BRIGHT green
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/003-16.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/009-9.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/008-8.jpg

[BSJF]

Very nice!

[Texreefer]

Cross your fingers everyone... there were two things that were growing Bryopsis that got moved into the new setup... my wifes two clams... found some growing on them yesterday... I pulled one out and scrubbed it really well, still need to do the other.
Pm a different note: with the exception of a couple of millies that I want, the top of my reef is set and ready to grow... I will now focus my attention on the lower reef and sandbed area.... Going to be looking for Acans, Ricordea, Gorgonians,maybe some tubastrea, definitely some of that sypodium,Zoas,maybe some more Chalices.

[Texreefer]

added two dosing pumps yesterday.. and let me just say... DADDY LIKES!!!!!!!

[rockmp]

added two dosing pumps yesterday.. and let me just say... DADDY LIKES!!!!!!!

Which ones did you get? Do you have them on timers or? BTW tank looks awesome!

Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

[Texreefer]

Thanks.. I got the individual ones from BRS I have timers on them set to dose at 12 hour intervals half of the amount needed for that day
Which ones did you get? Do you have them on timers or? BTW tank looks awesome!

Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

[Texreefer]

It has only been 3 weeks since I broke up my green cap and kept the smaller piece,, It has Already put on another 1/2" of growth in that time.:hypnotyized:. I dialed down the light a bit here to make the new growth stand out more..
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_1925.jpg

[Texreefer]

I have the money for my new Maxpect Mazzarra P Series 2 fixture setup, However, I have decided not to buy it unless my current lights sell.. Sooooo,, I moved some corals around to make better use of the light and just plan on keeping the current lighting for a while unless someone comes along that wants to buy it..
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_1927.jpg

[hobogato]

nice pic! the tank is really looking great

[adolph_09]

dang mike your coral grow like crazy!!! that chunk of the flower petal i got from you is barley starting to take off.
i say you just buy the p series already i just bought my 2 module package 2 days ago hopefully it will be here sometime next week.

[Texreefer]

Thanks guys!, I"m trying to show some restraint and be more responsible with my money.. I will hold onto the cash until MACNA if my current fixture doesn't sell.
Here is a side pic just for kicks
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_1928.jpg

[Texreefer]

I have been a bad Reefer lately...in the last two weeks the only thing I have done is fill up the auto top off so it doesn't run out of water.. Didn't realize Corraline algae could cover the glass that quick...I have several issues developing that I just don't want to deal with... maybe I will at least clean the skimmer today... water change might have to wait

[Texreefer]

Pearlberry Acro VS. Hollywood Stunner...... The "Pretty boy" VS. the "heavyweight" and the results?????????????

The Pearlberry wins!!!!!!! Yes folks, in a "stunning" upset... the pearlberry leaves a big black eye on the Stunner.

Snails dislodged part of my Pearlberry and it fell on top of one of my small Hollywood Stunner frags.. there for more than a day and the pearlberry came out the winner...not what I expected!

[FireWater]

The HStunner is a wimp. If a fish swims by mine too fast a part of it dies. Mine was getting close to 6" across in a perfect round saucer shape and in the last 2 weeks I have had 3 separate parts of it killed off by another chalice and one part right in the middle by sand sitting on it for less than a night.

Tank is looking good all grown in Mike.

[Big_Pun]

my hstunner is a beast it won't die!! lol but seriously I have to keep it away from anything or it stings it. nothing is as bad as the acan enchinata that was originally johns it struck again and took out 1/4 if my efflo

[Texreefer]

Tank is looking good all grown in Mike.
It Looks so much better than the crappy pics i take.. and growth is great. i have to move my birdsnest somewhere because it is already touching the magnet when I clean the glass

[Texreefer]

Was Bored this evening babysitting my niece, so as I was hiding in my office, I decided to snap a few shots
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2015.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2016.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2014.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2020.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2018.jpg

[CoryDude]

Wow! I love the Chromis and Clown pics the best.

[Texreefer]

My Newest addition
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2023.jpg
This is a wider shot of where it "CURRENTLY" is located
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2024.jpg

[Texreefer]

And Yes, the white specs you see all over the glass are because i haven't cleaned glass lately and the coraline algae takes over in less than a week

[hobogato]

gotta love bill's clones (it is one of bill's right?)

[Texreefer]

Yep:bigsmile:

[reefreak]

Nice man where did you get it from or did bills already split again?

[Texreefer]

Bills had split again

[Bill S]

Looks GREAT Mike. Hope he/she does well.

[Mr Cob]

looks great Mike, everything is really growing too

[ErikH]

Holy Moly Mike! Crazy growth!!!

[reefreak]

Mike what are you running for lighting?

[Texreefer]

Reefreak, lights are outlined towards beginning of thread.

He is settling in nicely... found a tiny hole at top of rock. at night it completely disapears, then about 11 am it comes poping out and has stayed put for almost 3 days now. hope this is his spot
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2025.jpg

[CoryDude]

Wow, that is a delicious candle apple red!

[Texreefer]

some of you may have noticed I have not posted in a while... well. i'm about ready to toss this aquarium out the front door.... I have been very busy and stressed with work. I will be moving locations again soon and will be acting GM at the new location for the foreseeable future. we are in the process of taking down my parents house that caught on fire.. they don't have money to hire anyone so i'm am basically tearing in down myself piece by piece. all of my days off are spent doing this... i have not had time to clean or do a water change and actually ran out of water last night and had to fill it with TAP. all of my SPS are receeding at the bases again. including my awesome Efflo. the Bryopsis is taking over and it doesnt look like I will have any time for it for several more days. its not looking good for the future... just too much going on.. and to top it off I came home today to my AC overflowing in the attic and pouring water into my ceiling soaking all the sheetrock.. lots of $ and work.............................................. .......................!!!!!

[Mr Cob]

Sorry to hear Mike, there's light right around the corner. On a positive note... GM sounds like a good deal!

[Texreefer]

When your never home and don't take care of your tank, you dont realize that the reason all of your SPS are dead or dying is because the ALK pump has been turned off for a Month, have started the tank cleanup process but a majority of my SPS will probably not make it.. bummer

[hobogato]

well that stinks.

[Scutterborn]

That's no good, bud. I still have a mental pic of how awesome it looked when I saw it last. I'll hold that memory. I think we're in the same boat... Works for the birds!!


- Ben -

[Texreefer]

Well. It Seems i'm doing my best to KILL my tank outright.. left the ALK dosing pump in the ON position for 10 hours yesterday and by the time I got home from work last night it had dumped over half a gallon into tank and tank was snow white:mad: Anyone hear a fat lady singing?

[Scutterborn]

NOOOOO!


-Ben-

[allan]

Stuff a rag in her mouth and fix the tank.

I'd hate to see you green light the jump door.

[Scutterborn]

Was it just the sps that bleached or did you lose it all?


-Ben-

[KING]

How are the fish>?

[Texreefer]

Fish are good.. most SPS are probably toast

[Texreefer]

bought some emerald crabs from Elegant reef today and all 4 went straight to work on the Bubble Algea. Now i can start aggresively removing it and they will keep any new stuff in check. The Bryopsis is next as soon as I find a good source for a 1 gallon bottle

[Texreefer]

Nothing special or New here, but my tank just seemed photo-worthy for the first time in a long time this morning!
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2061.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2062.jpg

[cniles]

Looks Awesome!

[allan]

Very nice, mike.

[RayAllen]

Are these the SPS that have recovered from you troubles in July? If so they look great!

[Texreefer]

Are these the SPS that have recovered from you troubles in July? If so they look great!
Yes, I have bought nothing new in quite a while

[Scutterborn]

That's one heck of an about face, mike! Good job!


- Ben -

[tylermonster]

what a roller coaster of a thread.:what_smile: glad to hear your tank is doing good.:applause:

[Bill S]

WOW, Mike. Looks GREAT.

[hobogato]

things definitely seem to have turned around in there, great job!

[Texreefer]

Thanks for all the comments, I know all the tanks deep dark secrets so i still cringe when I look at it.. but If i can stay on top of the maintenance I should be alright.

[Texreefer]

when I was moving everything yesterday I was able to get a good picture of my RBTA
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2108.jpg

[profntbtr]

wow, that is beautiful.

[Flyride95]

That looks amazing!

[Bill S]

when I was moving everything yesterday I was able to get a good picture of my RBTA
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2108.jpg

Dang! I wish mine looked that good. :bigsmile:

You must have taken the wrong one home!

[Mr Cob]

lol Bill. Nice Mike.

[Scutterborn]

When my tank is ready, I will do anything within my power to try to get a "Bill's clone". Beautiful.


- Ben -

[Bill S]

When my tank is ready, I will do anything within my power to try to get a "Bill's clone". Beautiful.


- Ben -

I offer them on the frag exchange at times. Just make sure you have a "Level 3" credit.

[Scutterborn]

I'm not sure much of anything I have is a level 3! Lol!


- Ben -

[Texreefer]

since i took my tank apart and re-sealed it, I had some time on my hands to do other things.. I cleaned and scrubbed all of my equipment and re organized my Sump area. Now my two part dosing, controllers, fuge light, and skimmer and filter area, are all easy access
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2109.jpg

[hobogato]

wow! that looks great. i see you found a power strip too

[Texreefer]

Ok, tank has new seals and is back up and running so here are a few pics of the new scape... Still a bit cloudy but here goes.
Left side
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2113.jpg
right side
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2115.jpg
Front
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2114.jpg
some Acans and Ricordea From MACNA
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2116.jpg
and full tank
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2117.jpg

[Scutterborn]

Awesome look. I wasn't sure how it would turn out without the big rock. Looks great!! Those are some killer rics.


- Ben -

[Texreefer]

Random New pics
Full tank
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2128.jpg
The cool Factor
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2135.jpg
one of my sweet MACNA finds
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2131.jpg
Ricordea from MACNA got a total of 10 heads for $60
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2133.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2132.jpg
and a random just because shot
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2130.jpg

[hobogato]

awesome! turned out really well

[BBQHILLBILLY]

nice pics

[g-ray]

Very nice!

[FireWater]

I take half the credit for that acan. The twin looks real good in my tank too.

Tank is looking good Mike. You need more sps though.;)

[Texreefer]

Homemade Macro shots using a magnifying glass
The Ridiculous Rhodactis
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2141.jpg
The "BS" BTA
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2145.jpg
The "Awesome Suprise" Acan, other side has Green heads with Yellow centers.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2143.jpg
The "Nearly Knarly" Aussie Duncans
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2144.jpg
The "Truely indestructable" Tri-color
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2146.jpg
The " ALL...My...Friends.... own a low rida!" WAR coral
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2149.jpg
The "EYE don't know, Maybe and Alien EYE" Chalice
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2142.jpg
And The "Lastly but not the Beast!" Bangaii
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2148.jpg

Can you tell i'm bored today!

[KING]

Nice pics..i love the tri color sps..

[reefreak]

Very nice. What light are you going to get when you sell yours?

[Mr Cob]

lol, nice MIKE!

[Texreefer]

going to go with the AI Vega

Very nice. What light are you going to get when you sell yours?

[reefreak]

Nice

[Texreefer]

The Duncans and war coral I got from you Rob

lol, nice MIKE!

[Mr Cob]

they look great!

[Texreefer]

Just a quick update... After pulling out my DSB fuge and tossing it, pulling out my 4" sand bed and tossing it, pulling out my #65 rock, pulling out all my water, holding fish and coral in Temp aquarium for 3 days, I now have ALL new Rock, ALL new sand, All new Water, going into 3rd week and I see hundreds of Pods all over my tank.. good sign.! oh,, and did i mention........ i'm Now rocking an AI VEGA!!!
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2150.jpg

[Big_Pun]

fancy huh!!!!! Looks good gotta say your are one hard working reefaholic, looks like your going to win the war after all yor battles

[Texreefer]

I will give an opinion and review of the vega once it has been on the tank for a week or two but I can tell you a couple of things that have me a bit tweaked right now. These are very minor issues, well more of just a minor annoyance than anything, but what has be tweaked about it is how simple the solutions are that have not been addressed.
1. If you plan to Buy and "Hang" ONE Vega you have two choices. Buy the hanging kit and an EXT rail kit and Cut it in half with a hacksaw so you can attach the hanging kit, OR go to home depot,Lowes, etc and search for some random parts that will connect the light to the hanging kit. The response and solution from AI was to buy the $25 kit and CUT it in half. My solution: buy $3 worth of parts that could have easily been included in the hanging kit.
2. The new wireless contoller has a couple of programming bugs... instead of an addendum added to the shipping box explaining the problem and solution, I had to figure it out ask for help and wait for a response. their solution was to download the new firmware and re-install it. this worked and fixed the problem but again, they know its an issue and don't say anything until you figure it out and download the new software..
I am very pleased overall with this light so far.. just some little things that frustrate the process

[RayAllen]

Looking real nice Mike.

[Texreefer]

Lights,,
Still early but i am completely sold! Quite possibly the last fixture I will ever have to buy for this tank. Had to turn it way down for now since it burned the tips off my Gorgonian.
Just the fact that all parts can be changed out and upgraded is enough to make it worth it.
Love the wireless controller because I can have it at my desk and adjust lights without getting up.
hanging kit allows it to be raised or removed in about 30 seconds
push of the button coral acclimation mode for adjusting new corals
besides the first two annoyances i mentioned, I have found nothing about it that I do not like

[Texreefer]

went hunting this weekend and when I got home my large efflo had fallen over onto my stunner and my frogspawn. Not a pretty site as all three were affected, the tank is not doing well now since several sps are starting to RTN... Big efflo has large dead spots and may not make it. frogspawn lost a couple of heads. and now red slim starting to develope. have no motivation to try and fix it. we will see how things play out

[Paul28]

man that sucks :(

[Scutterborn]

Dang. I hadn't seen this. How's it evolving?

[polarbear]

went hunting this weekend and when I got home my large efflo had fallen over onto my stunner and my frogspawn. Not a pretty site as all three were affected, the tank is not doing well now since several sps are starting to RTN... Big efflo has large dead spots and may not make it. frogspawn lost a couple of heads. and now red slim starting to develope. have no motivation to try and fix it. we will see how things play out


Sorry to hear this happended. If you need any help or need a place to house something just let me know. Im right down the road in New Braunfels.

[FireWater]

We'll get you through it Mike.
I think you should cut back the red led on your vega a little for a while to try. Someone will buy the efflo and that will free up space. I'm free this Saturday if you want help, or a boost, or a beer.

[Texreefer]

holding steady right now... but have suffered some losses and some corals not looking so hot..I think the efflo my recover but it will take a while,,, John... i'm free and making Jerky saturday.... beer might be good

[Texreefer]

Was rudely awakened this morning at 6:30 am by my 7 year old yelling "Daddy, Daddy, your tank is overflowing everywhere!"
I bolt out of bed and run into the Office and turns out I was just out of water and the return pump was sucking air.

[Scutterborn]

Phew! I hate the feeling that you felt as you were running to your office but I love the feeling you had when you realized what it was!


-Ben-

[ducati996]

Man jerkey sounds good right about now i got beer :-)

[Texreefer]

The slow road to recovery.. None of my sps made it so for now i'm sticking with hardier stuff just to get my interest back up again.. here is how it looks this morning
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2219_zps526c8e04.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2220_zpse23bd07b.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/IMG_2221_zpsd9662292.jpg

[KING]

Sorry to hear..I got a tri color V i can cut a pis off for you..lmk free..

[Texreefer]

Thanks man that is one that i want.. i will let you know when i'm ready

Sorry to hear..I got a tri color V i can cut a pis off for you..lmk free..

[KING]

Koo

[hobogato]

looks like your tank has started to recover nicely

[FireWater]

Come by with baggies Mike.

[Texreefer]

Thanks John! maybe next weekend

[Texreefer]

I decided on a new siginature that more accurately describes my current reef keeping skills

[Scutterborn]

Lmbo!!


-Ben-

[Texreefer]

here are a couple of I-phone pics of my two favorite chalices
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/image1_zps8d777721.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/image_zps6f46e791.jpg

[Texreefer]

well its been at least a couple of weeks since i have tried to kill my tanks, so I figured I would try again last night..
set my automatic ALK and CAL dosers back up and then proceeded to foreget to switch the ALK pump back to auto after I primed the line.. so for about 12 hours I was dosing ALK into tank,,,, yep.. you guessed it... my tank was enjoying a white christmas this morning.... so the chalices and probably the two new Nice Acros i just got are probably toast... i'm my own worst enemy... I think it is my advanced age.....

[Big_Pun]

ouch!

[Scutterborn]

An I gonna have to buy your dosing pumps to get you to stop playing with them?!? ;)

Sorry to hear this. The first chalice is freakin awesome. What is it? I gotta get one. Ace has as well and that's when I fell in love with it.


-Ben-

[Texreefer]

its a watermelon something or other.. got it from Ace a while back

[hobogato]

tyree alien eye

[Scutterborn]

That's it! It's awesome. How's it going Mike?


-Ben-

[Paul28]

no not again :( is everything alright ?

[grouch]

tyree alien eye


I got onne from Tuan last frag swap awsome chalice.

[Texreefer]

Well, I did a water change and adjusted the pumps correctly and for some strange reason the tank and ALL corals look better now than they have in a long time.. plus it killed what was left of my hair algae... go figure!

[Scutterborn]

Silver lining, I'd say. Good to hear!


-Ben-

[Texreefer]

Today on the latest installment of How To Kill Your Reef-------Just turn the power off!!!!
oh yes, turn your return pump off and leave it off for at least 24 hours... that should do it!

[KING]

Lmbo....maybe you should let your kids take care of your tank..

[Texreefer]

I think you nailed it... my Wife came home today and said something is wrong with the tank.. my kiddo looked at it and said,, "mom, the master switch is cut off"

[Big_Pun]

controller time !!

[Mr Cob]

Today on the latest installment of How To Kill Your Reef-------Just turn the power off!!!!
oh yes, turn your return pump off and leave it off for at least 24 hours... that should do it!

crazy! I did this to my broodstock system a few days ago. I turn pumps off when feeding and it was the last feeding of the day and I didn't catch it until the following day when I went to do the first feeding of the day. Everything was fine... makes me wonder why we all freak out when we lose power for a couple of hours during a storm.

[Big_Pun]

crazy! I did this to my broodstock system a few days ago. I turn pumps off when feeding and it was the last feeding of the day and I didn't catch it until the following day when I went to do the first feeding of the day. Everything was fine... makes me wonder why we all freak out when we lose power for a couple of hours during a storm.

I did that twice to my 70g and lost 7-10
fish each time just leaving it over night sometime oxygen level can fall fast.

[Mr Cob]

man, that stinks, maybe the fact that I dose H2o2 helped or that the windows in the house are always open..? Anyways, yeah, I'm always paranoid about making careless mistakes.

[Texreefer]

well, no losses. everything looks good. my skimmer is freaking out and i used a little prime just in case... but everything seems just fine

[Texreefer]

Change of Pace!! instead of me trying to kill my reef this week, IT decided to try and kill me!!!!! cleaned it this morning and when i turned the skimmer back on and stuck my hand in the tank, I got a really funny looking grin on my face but it wasn't because i was happy... Saltwater is a very good conductor of electricity and now I will be looking for a new skimmer pump

[Paul28]

Ouch :(

[Texreefer]

Bleh!!!!!

[Big_Pun]

mike!!!

[Texreefer]

Yeah, i'm still around... sort of... skimmer pump out!, bad case of cyano. out of salt. Corals Dying. no Money for new pump. No time to take care of it.. considering selling everything.... just sayin..

[ducati996]

Ouch what type of skimmer pump u need?

[Texreefer]

don't remember off the top of my head. but its around $60 may sell some stuff to get the pump but i need to come up with the cash to renew my membership first..... I have a small school of really cool damsels that i have had for a while and they have all decided that they will excavate 5 seperate caves under the rocks. that and the lack of skimmer really caused Havoc in the tank..

[Bill S]

Let me know what size pump you need. I've got a few hanging around.

[Texreefer]

Bill!!!!!!!!! Good to hear from you man. I will check and let you know..Right now the wife is the only reason i haven't gotten rid of the tank yet.. she loves her clowns...

[Texreefer]

crappy I phone pic aside.. the tank is making a nice recovery with just steady basic maintenance
http://s122.photobucket.com

well, crap. don't know why it would unload my pics anymore

[Texreefer]

lU8FXqw6KoM
Thanks Ace for Fixing link.. quick video of the recovery of my tank... this is amazing if you would have seen it about 3 months ago

[Texreefer]

playing with Iphone.. takes supprisingly good pictures. hmmm!
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/photo5_zpsb2ca136b.jpghttp://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/photo4_zpsebeb45c5.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o258/itili/photo3_zps375e472b.jpg

[Texreefer]

I have had a very happy, healthy,fat,eating out of my hand, sailfin tang in my tank for a while now.. I came home today and got some food and stuck my hand in the tank waiting for him to come up and eat from my fingers as always and..............................Nothing!... I have done an extensive search and there is only one possible scenario, for some reason he jumped and the dog ate him. no other possibilities. he was there yesterday and I have no clean up crew that would eat him. very bummed!

[Scutterborn]

That's no good Mike! I'm sorry to hear about it.


-Ben-