Wife's Now My Office 65

[alton]

Starting over is a hard thing but I learned a lesson the hard way. If there is nothing wrong and everything is perfect, don't try something new. I was adding a product to my 180 to control bubble algae which worked great, when I added the same product to my wife's 65 for some small algae it took care of the algae but it also killed all pods, SPS, and beneficial bacteria. It has taken a while but starting slow with GSP, and then added a piece of birdsnest from my 180. Next month I will add a bunch of corals from Ty. Since I received a box of Tropic Marin salt at Macna from Lou Ekus, I will use it in lieu of Kent for a year and see how it goes.
The first picture is now, the second picture is from the first year. The Tang was re-homed due to picking on the jawfish, I lost the female JF right after her fourth clutch of eggs. The male held on to the eggs, but I was never able to raise any.

[Zack]

Looks good man, was this tank the smaller one in your living room?

[alton]

Yep, placed so my wife could watch her jawfish. They started in a 10, then 20, and finally the 65.

[alton]

Well playing musical aquariums again. Since adding a pool in the back yard I am spending more time with it than my aquariums so I am in the process of giving office tank to friend and wife's house tank going to office. Last weekend I completed the move with the transfer of all fish from one to another and taking the original home for thorough cleaning.

[alton]

The BSJF made a new home for himself/herself

[alton]

Update it seems after being reef safe for 2 + years my Golden Angels have been not so safe this past weekend. I am guessing since this tank is so clean there is not enough algae for them to pick on Saturday and Sunday so they are going after my SPS? Other than that the tank and corals are looking great! Also added more Tisbe pods from Algae Barn and Phyto everyday to replenish what I lost in the move.

[alton]

Two week update with my addition of Black Ice Pigs, formerly known as Clownfish or vacuum cleaners from Saltyfish Aquariums

[ACE]

looks very nice! The office tank is in it's new home and maybe your friend will post pics of it soon.

[alton]

Welcome back to Maast Mike

[ACE]

Very nice to be back...been a couple of years since I had a tank and I am very excited to have this one

[alton]

Okay another update, since the move I added rock that I cooked. It looked great when I added it but in time the hair algae was back. I used GFO and Vibrant to control and kill it. Although it slowed the growth of the algae my phosphates where down to .02 and Nitrates to almost nothing my corals lost color, and growth stopped. So I ordered 50lbs of Atlantic liverock from KP Aquatics, it came with more growth than the last time, but I also had a little die off so it took a week to cycle in a QT 29 gallon tank. A couple weeks ago I removed most of the rock and corals from the tank and replaced it with the new rock with having the issue of pulling the coral from the old and placing on the new. I ended up losing a couple pieces which one was the Oregon Tort I bought from Ty which broke my heart. In time I will replace it. No more GFO and no more Vibrant for this tank. The rock started to get some undesirable algae so I added some Scarlet Reef, Hawaiian Zebra crabs, and a baby yellow tang to the cleanup crew since the old Astrea snails would rather clean the glass versus the rock. It has only been a few days but they are starting to make a difference. Saving the best part for last is my corals are growing again and the color is back to normal. My clownfish decided to turn over my largest frogspawn and host under it. My jawfish is still happy although he used one of my loose SPS frags to build up his home. The yellow tang is doing well, he keeps himself busy picking algae off the rocks. I picked up a couple corals from Sierra Bravo this past weekend which are doing fine. His tank looks great, hopefully my coralline algae gets close to his.

[alton]

Checked everything today
Nitrates - 2
Phosphates - .08
KH - 7
Still having some fun with algae but corals are growing again with great colors

[Justin]

Nice, the nitrates are a bit low compared to what some folks mention on other bigger forums. They usually advertise a 4ppm to 10ppm on Nitrates. I'm glad that you're coloring is returning to your corals. I'm sure in time the algae will subside once they consume whatever they are currently feeding on.

[alton]

Okay four months later phosphate up to .16 Nitrates at 40 (I will be doing a very large water change) everybody who knows me, knows my summer has been busy! So it is time to get back into maintenance mode again. Corals are doing great, algae control is getting better. The brains are loving the higher nutrient load, while the Sps are growing very well. I did have to frag the frogspawn on the left of BSJF. And I added a baby Chevron Tang which along with the yellow will end up in my 180 Blueface tank at home.