Benapilot's SCA 150 Upgrade
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Long overdue update:
Story time...
I have a problem these minty green zoanthids. They're taking over every available rock space they touch and multiply like crazy, covering over any encrusting coral in their path.
Grr... So, one day, I thought I'd try getting rid of some of them. With some tweezers I tried gently lifting them from the rock. When that didn't work, I got a little more aggressive. Now, I've heard of palytoxin and how it can wipe people out, but I've handled rocks with these zoas before with no ill effect. I really got aggressive pulling this evil coral out. They slimed up, clouded the water, but I was only able to extract a fraction of them.
That night, as I lay in bed thinking about how I'm going to get these things out of my tank, I began to feel achy and feverish. "Nah, it's just in my head!" and went to sleep. Next day my wife came home from work saying how she felt sick.... "uh, honey, I think I may have poisoned you..."
Palytoxin strikes again!! Fortunately, it only lasted a day or so. I thought I killed my red plating Monti, but it came back!
So now, I'm accepting my evil new friends. The only way I'll completely get rid of them will be to do a total reset with new live rock. I'm not there yet, but it's in the back of my head for someday in the future.
Otherwise, the tank is on autopilot... almost literally! We went away on a three week vacation and other than scraping the glass when I got home, I didn't have to do a thing outside of my normal monthly maintenance tasks (trim the cheato, add kalk, clean the skimmer cup, and change the filter roll).
We spent some time in Hawaii on this last vacation. On the Big Island at the Mauna Lani resort, there are these fish ponds that are fed by the ocean. On the walkways, you can see all kinds of fish, plus some eels that like to hide in the rock walls. My wife was intrigued with them and asked if I could get one for the tank.... "I'm not sure...I'll need to do a little research."
Yesterday I put an order in with saltwaterfish.com for a Snowflake Eel! Spouse approved!
In order to get the free shipping, I also added a Red Coris Wrasse, a Melanarus Wrasse, a Starry Blenny and they included a Copperband Butterfly for $10 (I sure hope I can keep him alive).
Happy Reefing everyone!!
Story time...
I have a problem these minty green zoanthids. They're taking over every available rock space they touch and multiply like crazy, covering over any encrusting coral in their path.
Grr... So, one day, I thought I'd try getting rid of some of them. With some tweezers I tried gently lifting them from the rock. When that didn't work, I got a little more aggressive. Now, I've heard of palytoxin and how it can wipe people out, but I've handled rocks with these zoas before with no ill effect. I really got aggressive pulling this evil coral out. They slimed up, clouded the water, but I was only able to extract a fraction of them.
That night, as I lay in bed thinking about how I'm going to get these things out of my tank, I began to feel achy and feverish. "Nah, it's just in my head!" and went to sleep. Next day my wife came home from work saying how she felt sick.... "uh, honey, I think I may have poisoned you..."
Palytoxin strikes again!! Fortunately, it only lasted a day or so. I thought I killed my red plating Monti, but it came back!
So now, I'm accepting my evil new friends. The only way I'll completely get rid of them will be to do a total reset with new live rock. I'm not there yet, but it's in the back of my head for someday in the future.
Otherwise, the tank is on autopilot... almost literally! We went away on a three week vacation and other than scraping the glass when I got home, I didn't have to do a thing outside of my normal monthly maintenance tasks (trim the cheato, add kalk, clean the skimmer cup, and change the filter roll).
We spent some time in Hawaii on this last vacation. On the Big Island at the Mauna Lani resort, there are these fish ponds that are fed by the ocean. On the walkways, you can see all kinds of fish, plus some eels that like to hide in the rock walls. My wife was intrigued with them and asked if I could get one for the tank.... "I'm not sure...I'll need to do a little research."
Yesterday I put an order in with saltwaterfish.com for a Snowflake Eel! Spouse approved!
In order to get the free shipping, I also added a Red Coris Wrasse, a Melanarus Wrasse, a Starry Blenny and they included a Copperband Butterfly for $10 (I sure hope I can keep him alive).
Happy Reefing everyone!!
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Gone. Every one. 
The two wrasses didn’t survive the bullying from my sixline, the starry Blenny just disappeared, the Copperband never acclimated to tank life eating, and the eel just up and died one day (he was vibrant and eating the day before).
I think I’m done adding livestock unless I make a drastic change. My current stock all get along swimmingly and they’re all beautiful fish, so I’m happy.
I can’t add any more coral, either. Just about every square inch of exposed rock is covered in coral, be it green mushrooms, Zoas or chalices! It’s a good problem to have
Sometime, maybe, in the future I’ll perform a total tank reset- new live rock, trade in some fish for others, etc. I think the sixline has to go if I ever want to get any ornate wrasses. I will certainly NOT be bringing any of the green zoanthid/palys or the green mushroom corals!
All is well, though! It’s summertime in Alaska, so I hardly even look at the tank right now!
The two wrasses didn’t survive the bullying from my sixline, the starry Blenny just disappeared, the Copperband never acclimated to tank life eating, and the eel just up and died one day (he was vibrant and eating the day before).
I think I’m done adding livestock unless I make a drastic change. My current stock all get along swimmingly and they’re all beautiful fish, so I’m happy.
I can’t add any more coral, either. Just about every square inch of exposed rock is covered in coral, be it green mushrooms, Zoas or chalices! It’s a good problem to have
Sometime, maybe, in the future I’ll perform a total tank reset- new live rock, trade in some fish for others, etc. I think the sixline has to go if I ever want to get any ornate wrasses. I will certainly NOT be bringing any of the green zoanthid/palys or the green mushroom corals!
All is well, though! It’s summertime in Alaska, so I hardly even look at the tank right now!
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