Intheflesh
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Came home from a long weekend to see my kalk-top off tank empty and a bunch of skeletons 2 weeks ago. Not really sure if a switch got stuck or what. maybe I should install a second float switch for redundancies sake.
The most dissapointing thing of it all, is that for the last 2 years, my SPS were not only survivings and had great color, but they were growing too! (there was a time where I was lucky if frags would make it the night!)
I didn't test often, but I was doing weekly 10% water changes, and topping off with kalk water. No cheato, no GFO, no carbon, ATS. This system was working great for me. I found the more I fussed with dosing, and measuring, and re dosing, the less of a positive impact I would see. The small weekly water changes and kalk with maybe a monthly water test worked the best!
Its sad to see most of it go, but, I am using this as an opportunity to rebuild. I have a 57 rimless in my garage I will be setting up. I have a bunch of soft corals that survived, and a few frags that are hanging on for deal life.
The only survivors were a monti hispada, green stag w blue tips, and blue berry acro (all from greg hiller). I have a tri color thats half gone, but stabilizing.
The casuality list: Garf bonsai, strawberry shortcake, german blue digi, Purple Monster
sorrow: one of the oldest corals i had), a nice blue mille colony, green mille colony, green slimer, Pearl Berry, ORA Wolly Green, ORA Chips, 2 Red planet variations, and, one of my favs, Mike A. Teal Stag.
Luckily, everything I lost is common enough, and with the exception of the purple monster, cheap enough to replace. I WILL rebuild.
The most dissapointing thing of it all, is that for the last 2 years, my SPS were not only survivings and had great color, but they were growing too! (there was a time where I was lucky if frags would make it the night!)
I didn't test often, but I was doing weekly 10% water changes, and topping off with kalk water. No cheato, no GFO, no carbon, ATS. This system was working great for me. I found the more I fussed with dosing, and measuring, and re dosing, the less of a positive impact I would see. The small weekly water changes and kalk with maybe a monthly water test worked the best!
Its sad to see most of it go, but, I am using this as an opportunity to rebuild. I have a 57 rimless in my garage I will be setting up. I have a bunch of soft corals that survived, and a few frags that are hanging on for deal life.
The only survivors were a monti hispada, green stag w blue tips, and blue berry acro (all from greg hiller). I have a tri color thats half gone, but stabilizing.
The casuality list: Garf bonsai, strawberry shortcake, german blue digi, Purple Monster
sorrow: one of the oldest corals i had), a nice blue mille colony, green mille colony, green slimer, Pearl Berry, ORA Wolly Green, ORA Chips, 2 Red planet variations, and, one of my favs, Mike A. Teal Stag.Luckily, everything I lost is common enough, and with the exception of the purple monster, cheap enough to replace. I WILL rebuild.
