Lissa's 40BR upgrade!

[drperetz]

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EOCC :usa1:

 

[KathyC]

The tank looks great Lissa! Happy that you captured the look you wanted for your new apartment!!

 

[adamrose]

wow that new FTS is incredible!!!

 

[ellebelle]

Nepthea

Xmas-tree worms

Seriously, why did I go without MH for so long? Superman monti, all colored up.

Mrs. Pylei Wrasse

Mr. Pylei Wrasse

Magma Chalice - already has new growth on the edges

My very first coral - purple clove polyps

Acan "jap" lords

 

[inkblue]

nOicE!

 

[MO~IDOL]

Seriously Nice fish! Nice Corals! Awesome Xmas Tree! and Great photargapher!!

 

[aaron23]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO very sweet =]

 

[daisy]

Lissa - your corals are BEAUTIFUL!!!! tank looks GREAT! Sorry you lost the assessor. He was cute.

 

[KathyC]

Your pics are stunning Lis! The Christmas Tree worms pic should be Dec. pic on the next calendar!!!

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Lissa it looks great. You did a great job

 

[ellebelle]

So my tank took a pretty bad hit this time. Most of the SPS seems okay (surprisingly) but my LPS is looking pretty bad. I'll have to see how bad the damage is when the lights come on.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Sorry to hear that Lissa. What happened?

 

[KathyC]

Let me know of anything I can help you out with on the tank..will be passing through Manhattan early afternoon.

 

[noodleman]

what happened??

 

[ellebelle]

I'm not sure.

I completely lost my open brain. Looks like it happened recently as the skeleton is really white - no algae at all. One set of acans is bleached some. I lost a chunk of a small pink lobo off of the side. Half of my hammer coral is dead. Blue candycanes also look a little bleached. Oddly SPS seems to be fine. All has grown. Bottlebrush and Tort seem to have lost a little color, but that seems to be the only issue.

I need to do some testing, but I have two theories:

1) Temperature problems. When I got home, my tank was at 71 degrees because my tank caretaker left the window wide open. She told me that it was getting really hot, so I told her to crack the window since I had to take my chiller offline due to the crack in my sump before I left (not enough pumps to run everything; not enough time to replumb properly). But she opened the window WIDE open. I think there were probably some serious temperature swings.

2) I have to assume my phosphates have spiked (from die off maybe?). I have a really ugly algae bloom all over my sand.

I need to do some tests, but I'm only in town for the night then I leave again for four days. I've done some stop-gap tank maintenance and I'll take care of it better when I get back on Monday. :sad2: Stupid hobby.

 

[ellebelle]

Proof that my SPS is starting to color!

Nepthea

Can't resist one of the xmas worms

Tri color acro

Yellow monti

THe blue candy canes love it when I disturb the sand bed.

More candy canes

Full Tank Shot (please don't judge my algae outbreak):

(and for direct comparison, the FTS from before I left)

And finally, thank you JH!

 

[KathyC]

All things considered Lissa..you being away from the tank for a month & an open window..looks really great! Sorry you lost the brain..
I'm sure you'll have the algae under control in no time!!

Lovin that yellow monti & tricolor :

 

[nanoreefer22]

Makes me jealous is all i can say Looks better than mine and I'm with my tank everyday

 

[prattreef]

Lissa,

Your tank looks really nice. Stories of your festering algae swamp are much exaggerated.

 

[ellebelle]

I often get the best growth after I've been away for a while (you know, on the things that make it). I think it's because I'm not constantly putting my grimy paws in the tank.

Your tank looks really nice. Stories of your festering algae swamp are much exaggerated.

:lol2: I admit I cleaned up the front of the tank a wee bit before I took the full tank shot.