Recent content by Rob_Reef_Keeper

Where in NJ?

Looking for frags in Rockland/Westchester/ or NJ. I don’t get to the city and LI. Not sure I want to try sps yet but may try a cheap frag. Also any good stores left in the area?

Tired to make the lights white for the pics

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The Zoas that are left are there and not spreading. I have lost at least 6 other colonies that just shrunk and faded away. The blue Zoas fell off the rock structure and need to be moved. The frogspawns/hammers/torches all faded away and died. Even a toadstool shrunk and faded away. I had...

Update: water changes and been scrubbing the rock the best I can. Trying to avoid landslides of the rocks. Pulled out allot of algae. Note to all of you are running. Herbie style drain in your overflow. You will have to watch and clean allot of scrubbing this stuff off the rocks. Ulva keeps...

I feed frozen Mysis. I put some Cheeto in the refugium area of the sump. The corals are still fading away but algae has taken over. The pincushion urchin does eat some of the algae and coraline but A few days later it’s covered in algae again. This tank is just not to be.

Over the past few months we have added a blue eye Kole tang. Does not touch the algae. Also added a cleaner wrasse. My predictions are the Ulva (sea lettuce) algae will overtake the whole tank in a month smothering the few corals left. The spots the urchin did clear are already being...

Added a pincushion urchin. Started eating the algae and coraline as well. Corals still fading away. Going to let it go for another month with no adjustments and if no improvement then i will tear it down and put it all in the curb.

Acclimated from 50 to 85 over 30 day schedule after I pulled the glass tops.

We’ll tank went the other way as Ulva algae has covered most of the LR and sand. Corals are the same - Zoas that were dying are about gone. Coraline about gone. My guess was not enough light and now lighting getting into the tank has nuked the tank into a swamp. Have to find a solution...

Hello, don’t get to the city or Long Island much. But looking to start a refugium and looking for chaeto. Also looking for frags. LPS, maybe softies.

So 1 week no glass. Brown film algae over glass. And topoff went from 4 gallons a week to 10 gallons. Need to redesign the topoff

Top of the rock is ~10 inches below the water surface. Lights are 9 inches over the water

Measured some more. And including pulling the glass tops. What a difference. Readings are AB+. All channels 100 40% 60% 80% 100% 85% no glass