Mike's 75 rimless

[Dr.DiSilicate]

sorry i was not in town tonight

Thanks for the offer though. This is what makes masc so great !

 

[Cake_Boss]

Thank you Jamie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no my friend thank you! The basslets are loving their new home, not shy at all. BTW your girls are adorable, crazy how they're teaching metric stuff now.

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Pic of tank mostly up and running! I did the aquascape today. Pics tomorrow when I get back home from the mother in law. We also got a kole tang! Loving it!

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Oh yea, here is what I had to her for my wife to make up for the fish obsession.

 

[wirick181]

sexy

 

[Zooid]

Nice fridge.....I'd give up a batch of fish for that LOL

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Nice fridge.....I'd give up a batch of fish for that LOL

I wish the tank was as big as the fridge. It also has led's ( the fridge not the tank) lol

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Came home @ 4:30 both the new tang and the kole ate but were breathing hard. By 6:00 the kole was in hiding and the yellow is on the bottom. I did a 10 gallon water change and tested the old water. I am having a cycle dammit!!!! I ran to the store and got prime and doubled the dose. The fuge sand is the only thing that hasn't been running for weeks.
The other occupants including the sps all look happy.
I am wondering if, in my absence the tanga have been fighting? Or the tangs are more sensitive than the corals to the cycle? I feel like a dumb a$$. Any suggestions would help. The yellow tang's respiration seems to have slowed a bit after the water change and prime...still can not find the kole.

Hope for the best

 

[Cake_Boss]

Sorry to hear about this, hopefully it will be a quick cycle. Good luck

 

[crustytheclown]

sorry to hear about your cycle man..... bummer. Pic of the tank looks good though!

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Yellow tang died(rip) kole seems to be pulling thru. I am doing a 5 gallon water change every night. Things seem to be cooling off now. I think the sand from the old tank may have had some nasties in it when stirred up.

 

[Wicked Color]

If there was an old sand stir or addition the redox was likely dropped, meaning a lack of O2 available in the water, which for animals that do not respirate very quickly (corals) this is not a major issue short term, however for fish this can be a major problem.
Anoxic sand can also contain nitric and sulpheric acid, and also cause the mini cycle you are seeing now.

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

If there was an old sand stir or addition the redox was likely dropped, meaning a lack of O2 available in the water, which for animals that do not respirate very quickly (corals) this is not a major issue short term, however for fish this can be a major problem.
Anoxic sand can also contain nitric and sulpheric acid, and also cause the mini cycle you are seeing now.

Yep! I wish I spent the money on new sand! Hind site

 

[jgonzz]

I thought I talked you into new sand lol ?

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

I thought I talked you into new sand lol ?

Yea, but sometimes I am a cheap mofo lol

 

[Off The Deep End]

Mike the tank is looking good! sorry to hear about the tang

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Mike the tank is looking good! sorry to hear about the tang

Thanks. I just hate to kill stuff from pure stupidity. Things are doing a bit better now. How is my old cube? Is it running yet? How did your son do last week?

 

[Off The Deep End]

The cube is up and running just waiting for the cycle to finish then ill be back in business! Neven is doing better the surgery went well but we had our worse nightmare come true, we were at poudre valley hospital and got a phone call that our other son was being rushed to McKee in an ambulance, it scared the s**t out of me. I guess what he had was a fever seizure and after 6 hours at McKee they said everything was normal and i got to go back to pvh to be with neven at 3am.crazy and stressful but now they are both back to the norm and doing well.

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

Bla

 

[Cake_Boss]

Bla

My thoughts exactly. Still need the cheato?