My 50 gallon slice of the ocean

[LEOreefer]

Oops and I forgot to mention we had the privilege of participating in a baby sea turtle realse. The eggs had just hatched and we got to release hundreds of baby sea turtles into the gulf ! It was a truly amazing experience. It was dark out so unfortunately this is the only picture I was able to get as we where not allowed to use flashlights on the beach during the release. Here is my wife, she got so into it she had tears in her eyes because it was so beautiful!

 

[usernam invalid]

Awesome man and congrats again enjoy the time have left on the honeymoon

 

[LEOreefer]

Hey everyone ! I’m sitting here on the plane on my way back to NY and wanted to give you a sneak peak into what I captured snorkeling in Mexico. It was a eye opening experience, I was in shock at the size of the tangs I saw swimming around. The location we were at did not consist much of a reef full of corals but loads of fish from tangs, to wrasses , angel fish all in there natural habitat. I hope to write my first article based on my experience and thoughts but for now here’s a sneak peak

 

[trevormass7]

Sounds like a fun trip. Congratulations on everything again man

 

[LEOreefer]

Sounds like a fun trip. Congratulations on everything again man

Thank you !

 

[Barrett]

Can’t wait to see the videos.

 

[LEOreefer]

Can’t wait to see the videos.

Of course it figures I’m currently sick with a fever put here’s a sneak peek at some video I shot with my GoPro

 

[Brew12]

Of course it figures I’m currently sick with a fever put here’s a sneak peek at some video I shot with my GoPro

You drank the water!!! ;Vomit;Vomit;Vomit

 

[Barrett]

You drank the water!!! ;Vomit;Vomit;Vomit

I tried to warn him about that.

 

[LEOreefer]

I tried to warn him about that.

Hahahha only bottled water but....... could have been all the ice I had but I figured the large amount of alcohol would have killed anything in it

 

[trevormass7]

Hahahha only bottled water but....... could have been all the ice I had but I figured the large amount of alcohol would have killed anything in it

Definitely not the correct parameters for parasites[emoji23]

 

[LEOreefer]

Definitely not the correct parameters for parasites[emoji23]

Hahahahaha your telling me ! Parasites still got in story of my life

 

[trevormass7]

If only coral was reset hardy

 

[trevormass7]

*that

 

[LEOreefer]

*that

Exactly I would love to know what happened to my neon green frogspawn. I came home and it was totally gone. lol my other coral is fine. I will have a full tank update post vacation hopefully later tonight or 2moro

 

[trevormass7]

Dude that sucks, relapse is my favorite coral. I'll be waiting for the update

 

[trevormass7]

*frogspawn

 

[Quartapound]

You're killin me! I'll be in Riviera Maya in 4 weeks... reading your post makes me wish I was there already. Can't wait for snorkelling! Don't think I'll make it there in time for the turtle hatchings.

Good luck with your new fish acquisitions!

 

[LEOreefer]

You're killin me! I'll be in Riviera Maya in 4 weeks... reading your post makes me wish I was there already. Can't wait for snorkelling! Don't think I'll make it there in time for the turtle hatchings.

Good luck with your new fish acquisitions!

That’s where we snorkeled in the area of riviera maya. It was a amazing experience you won’t be disappointed

 

[LEOreefer]

So here it is....... it’s been 9 days since I had my hands in the tank. I came home on day 8 and the first thing I noticed was almost all my GHA that was on the rocks was gone. Replacing it was Brown stringy alage that was mostly confined to the sand bed and frag rack. Upon closer inspection I realized I had my first coral loss. My neon green frogspawn was dead and just the skeleton was left. I was disappointed to say the least and am not sure what happened. All my other corals appeared ok but not the happiest I’ve seen them. We had a pretty nasty storm and I know there was a power outage...... I’m not sure how long as it also knocked internet out and I couldn’t accurately tell via my apex log.

I was a under the weather on Thursday so I postponed tank maintenance and was able to get it done today. I still wasn’t feeling well but something just didn’t look right so I pushed myself into a 15 gal water change and a carbon and gfo change. I also tested all water parameters and was SHOCKED at what I found.

When I tested the alk it came out to 5.5! When I left I dosed from 7.5 to 9.5. Now I have a 2 headed frag of hammer , torch , Christmas favia , red monti, birds nest, 5 heads of red zoas, small frag of green monti, and 2 heads of acan. The biggest thing in my tank is the hammer. I know I was gone for 8 days but is it really possible my tank used that much alk ?! Given the limited corals I have? I did not see much in the of any precipitation anywhere in my sump or tank. So today I started to bring my alk back up and that will hopefully make the corals happier!

I also ordered my QT tank today I decided to go with innovative marine AIO 10 gallon aquarium, Space is limited so it will work out perfectly. I hope to have it set up and cycle by the end of next week. My first fish purchase will be a stary blenny and 2 bengi Cardinals. They will be this first quarantine group! Here are some pics from this morning b4 lights on and a few from yesterday