No Going Back Now.

Hi all

I have still got computer issue’s here and it’s a real nightmare to post any updates lately but so much has happened with the tank I have made a special effort to sit through the endless waiting for any new page to load and appear on my screen.

Since adding the blue mushrooms which are doing pretty well, I added two chromis fish, I could not resist them at a fiver each and I intend to get a few more, the thing is when I added them they seemed pretty happy and were swimming around ok, I went out for the afternoon, came back and one of the chromis fish was gone and I have seen no trace of it since, and that was a week ago, I have since rearranged the reef and have found no body or anything, where did it go? very strange.

Ben, you were right about the wrasse name, its not a yellow fin, it’s a yellowtail or spotted wrasse, its nibbling off the rock all day, but does not seem to take frozen food so I hope its feeding enough.

I also have some more bad news, I lost a clown fish a couple of nights ago, I found it stuck to my big powerhead, it could not have been stuck for long as me and my wife were watching the fish a matter of minutes before. When I removed it from the powerhead it was in a terrible state and well and truly dead, I was gutted, it was such a strong healthy fish.

My green star polyps are also having a hard time, they have not opened very well for days and are being attacked by loads of Aiptasia, loads of the little pests, I had a go at removing them with tweezers but had no chance, they withdraw into the rock much to quick for me, I seem to have a lot in the tank, all different types, my wife even found a slug type thing which appeared to be eating the polyps, it was purple, had a white stripe down its middle and was about an inch long.

I have rearranged the tank today and when it settles I will try to post a pic, aside from the things mentioned above the tank overall seems to be doing ok, although the brown algea on the sand is still a problem.

Thanks
VictorMeldrew

Sorry to hear about the FIsh VM

Sorry to hear that! hope things start to go better for you soon !!!

Thanks guys

Here are a couple of pic's of the tank as it is now, the corals are still all closed at the moment.





I am pretty pleased with the way it turned out, i will be working on the left hand side first, just need to get some more large pieces of rock, i think with the way it is now, it will be alot easier to extend in the future.

Thanks
VM

VictorMeldrew said:

Thanks guys

Here are a couple of pic's of the tank as it is now, the corals are still all closed at the moment.

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I am pretty pleased with the way it turned out, i will be working on the left hand side first, just need to get some more large pieces of rock, i think with the way it is now, it will be alot easier to extend in the future.

Thanks
VM

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Still looking pretty dam good tho keep in there

Sorry to hear you've lost a few of your fish VM! I had aiptasia in my tankand tried Aiptasia X, but I ended up getting a true peppermint shrimp which has done the job well.

I am sure things will start to settle soon. Brown algae is still hanging about for me too but slowing down a bit.

Keep going matey....it's looking impressive!

Hi all

Thanks very much for the support guys . I have some better news today, I have been shopping I have finally got hold of a regal tang and it’s a real beauty its got to be my favourite addition to the tank so far, I brought a feather duster along with another pink coral, which I forgot to look at the name of, I am sure someone can tell me. I also brought another powerhead for the right hand side of the tank, it’s a SEIO M1100 which turns 4400 litres an hour, I also picked up some 3 more chromis fish and another 3 kilos of LR.

Here is the first pic, i will post the rest in separate posts, as i am using a different camara and have not worked out how to get more than one pic per post yet



More pics soon i nealy forgot to mention, i have also brought another Clownfish.

Absolutly amazing. I'm so jealous!!

Thanks Reesy, here is another pic, it shows my recent work on the left hand side of the tank and it also shows my new pink coral, which i still do not know the name of any idea's



Thanks, more to come later
VM

Its not a species of Dendronephthya is it.
Regards
BigC

Looks good mate, lovely new fish

Hi BigC, are you asking me or telling me, cause if your asking, my answer is, i have no idea i will do an images search for that in a sec, i will see if i can get a better pic

Hi Ben cheers mate, here is my latest fts



I have cleaned the back glass, i was going to leave it, but looking at the last fts, i realised how bad it looked.

Wow, what a difference the cleaning of that back glass has made. So much better.
Regards
BigC

This pic might help i.d the coral