Bubba's SPS Journey

blackizzz · Dec 7, 2018

Kinda looks like what my entire tank looks like right now

the "before" pics that is :mad:

That Aquatic Man is just insane Bubba, wish I could get ahold of that one!

bubbaque · Dec 7, 2018

blackizzz said:
Kinda looks like what my entire tank looks like right now the "before" pics that is :mad:

That Aquatic Man is just insane Bubba, wish I could get ahold of that one!

Not to turn this into a Dino thread but if thats what you are dealing with give this thread a read. It’s worked for me 100% of the time and doesn’t bother any livestock.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dinoflagellates-my-experience-h2o2-reefing-tool.52084/

blackizzz · Dec 7, 2018

bubbaque said:
Not to turn this into a Dino thread but if thats what you are dealing with give this thread a read. It’s worked for me 100% of the time and doesn’t bother any livestock.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dinoflagellates-my-experience-h2o2-reefing-tool.52084/

I appreciate it! And no, we do not want to derail this thread

Too many beautiful corals for that

justingraham · Dec 7, 2018

So do ur tanks do that because of u possibly not cleaning them fully of whatever is on them?

bubbaque · Dec 7, 2018

justingraham said:
So do ur tanks do that because of u possibly not cleaning them fully of whatever is on them?

Not sure I understand.

I am not sure why it happens to every new tank I add. I clean them well before I add them to the rest of the system.

justingraham · Dec 7, 2018

bubbaque said:
Not sure I understand.

I am not sure why it happens to every new tank I add. I clean them well before I add them to the rest of the system.

That whatever is on the tank from shipping and what not fuel this unholy ugly phase

bubbaque · Dec 7, 2018

justingraham said:
That whatever is on the tank from shipping and what not fuel this unholy ugly phase

This “new” tank actually came from a buddy who was selling off his stuff. It was up and running until the day I bought it. I let it dry out and scrubbed off all his old coralline and rinsed it well.

This happens to me wether I bought it new like the lowboys or used. It doesn’t bother me too much as I know it doesn’t stick around long. The main nastiness is already gone and tomorrow I’m gonna buy some extra turbo snails to take care of what’s left.

justingraham · Dec 7, 2018

Well I’m adding a frag tank and want to skip this

bubbaque · Dec 7, 2018

justingraham said:
Well I’m adding a frag tank and want to skip this

Maybe it's just my tanks. @FarmerTy added a new tank, maybe he didn't have it happen.

CoralWealth · Dec 7, 2018

bubbaque said:
Maybe it's just my tanks. @FarmerTy added a new tank, maybe he didn't have it happen.

I just added a new frag tank too and had the same thing happen, Im not sure if there is anything you can do to avoid it. It doesnt hurt anything.

justingraham · Dec 7, 2018

codydemmel4 said:
I just added a new frag tank too and had the same thing happen, Im not sure if there is anything you can do to avoid it. It doesnt hurt anything.

Sure until u throw a new frag pack with a Baton Rouge in there because there’s no room in the main display and it gets destroyed
Farmer ty might have to get that off u after my frag tank gets rid of it’s ugliness

CoralWealth · Dec 7, 2018

justingraham said:
Sure until u throw a new frag pack with a Baton Rouge in there because there’s no room in the main display and it gets destroyed
Farmer ty might have to get that off u after my frag tank gets rid of it’s ugliness

I added a lot of expensive frags to my new frag tank and nothing happened to them. if dinos is close to them just blow it off a couple times a day and like Bubba did just add a couple turbo snails.

Dont want to derail his great thread though!

I know I asked a little big ago, but what are the top 5-10 corals you own in regular lighting

FarmerTy · Dec 7, 2018

bubbaque said:
Maybe it's just my tanks. @FarmerTy added a new tank, maybe he didn't have it happen.

Its not wet yet but I'll keep you guys posted. I just plumbed it today.

whyoming.white · Dec 8, 2018

Sorry if this has been asked but is the BC Bubblebath Unicorn the same as the PR Fruity Pebbles?

bubbaque · Dec 8, 2018

whyoming.white said:
Sorry if this has been asked but is the BC Bubblebath Unicorn the same as the PR Fruity Pebbles?

The are the same. Here is where Reinaldo (owner of pirates reef) talks about it.

Sean1986 · Dec 8, 2018

Bubba that what my frag tank looked like for about 2 months. Was tied into my main display tank and sump. Never saw a thing happen in my display. Frag tanks looking much better now! I may of missed it but is that are you using as a frag tank I thought I read somewhere you were using a lowboy or something like that. But this looks like a rubber tote.

bubbaque · Dec 8, 2018

codydemmel4 said:
I added a lot of expensive frags to my new frag tank and nothing happened to them. if dinos is close to them just blow it off a couple times a day and like Bubba did just add a couple turbo snails.

Dont want to derail his great thread though!

I know I asked a little big ago, but what are the top 5-10 corals you own in regular lighting

Things have been changing quit a bit on what I like. A lot of my older corals were my favorites as they were grown out well and I could fully see their colors. I think in the next couple months there is gonna be a big shift in what I personally like the best. A lot of my frags in the frag tank are starting to put out some branches and it changes the way a coral looks in a big way. For now I would say this is my list with some I excited to see as the branches continue to grow.

1. Mattv Psycho asylum
2. BC Aquatic-mam
3. Home wrecker
4. "lady in pink" (I think it's really RRA UOP) but this one looks better than the one in my display as it gets hit with way more par
5. BC bubblebath unicorn/PR fruity pebbles

Some that I am watching and pretty excited about.
WWC All star - finally got some extra branches growing. I think this would possibly be one of the nicest corals out there
BC Backdraft
Hung's rainbow
TSA Rainbow fusion

One that I want back is the Mattv rainbow envy. I lost mine during that tank issue and it was looking really good.

bubbaque · Dec 8, 2018

Losing the Mattv Rainbow envy was such a shock. I took this pic literally the day before I lost it. I came out the next morning and it had RTN. It looked healthy as could be. I ended up losing a handful of corals during that time.

Sean1986 said:
Bubba that what my frag tank looked like for about 2 months. Was tied into my main display tank and sump. Never saw a thing happen in my display. Frag tanks looking much better now! I may of missed it but is that are you using as a frag tank I thought I read somewhere you were using a lowboy or something like that. But this looks like a rubber tote.

I will take of pics of the tanks today.

CoralWealth · Dec 8, 2018

bubbaque said:
Things have been changing quit a bit on what I like. A lot of my older corals were my favorites as they were grown out well and I could fully see their colors. I think in the next couple months there is gonna be a big shift in what I personally like the best. A lot of my frags in the frag tank are starting to put out some branches and it changes the way a coral looks in a big way. For now I would say this is my list with some I excited to see as the branches continue to grow.

1. Mattv Psycho asylum
2. BC Aquatic-mam
3. Home wrecker
4. "lady in pink" (I think it's really RRA UOP) but this one looks better than the one in my display as it gets hit with way more par
5. BC bubblebath unicorn/PR fruity pebbles

Some that I am watching and pretty excited about.
WWC All star - finally got some extra branches growing. I think this would possibly be one of the nicest corals out there
BC Backdraft
Hung's rainbow
TSA Rainbow fusion

One that I want back is the Mattv rainbow envy. I lost mine during that tank issue and it was looking really good.

Thats a nice list! I think I am going to buy the MattV Psycho Asylum soon and also the Bubblebath unicorn/fruity pebbles.

Dang sorry to hear about the MattV Rainbow Envy. It is by far my favorite coral in my tank right now and I honestly dont think that will change. I just wish it grew faster, mine is so slow for some reason but has great colors. I am thinking of cutting a big branch off it and see what happens

Velcro · Dec 8, 2018

bubbaque said:
Maybe it's just my tanks. @FarmerTy added a new tank, maybe he didn't have it happen.

Happened to me when I plumbed in a frag tank to my display. Cheap jebao UV always gets rid of the dinos and some turbos got the hair algae. I also found it really helpful to cover all the eggcrate with tiles.