Sad day
Submitted by pwnell on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 23:19My Feather Star lost the center piece of it’s body - I assume this is where the mouth is located. This means it will die shortly since it cannot feed anymore. Lesson learnt - if the literature says an animal is IMPOSSIBLE to keep alive, trust them. You are not more special than the guy next door. Stop buying these animals then hopefully they will be left on the reefs where they belong.
A picture from when I just got him
Time for another BIG update
Submitted by pwnell on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 15:01At the end of September I started a new tank - a predator fish only tank. The idea originally was to use the QT tank for this purpose once I had a fully stocked main reef aquarium, but then a couple of things happened that made this unpractical.
Firstly, the QT tank is too small for the fish I actually wanted - the Volitans Lionfish. That fish can grow up to 38cm, and need a turning area of the same width. The QT tank is only about 32cm wide...
Solenoid issues
Submitted by pwnell on Wed, 10/11/2006 - 21:21Great. Today my solenoid decided to break. So my Ca reactor had been running for more than 10 hours with no CO2 supply... This caused the whole tank to be cloudy.
I am wondering whether this is the cause for the sudden cyno outbreak on the LR?
Reef Aquarium Blog
Submitted by pwnell on Mon, 10/09/2006 - 19:09I took the easy way out - I have decided publishing my MacJournal diary entries to a new blog site would be the best to keep it neatly organised by topic.
Check it out!
BIG Catchup
Submitted by pwnell on Tue, 10/03/2006 - 23:11I have switched over to ReefCon Pro since the last entry, and have been using it ever since. However since I started using the new Beta version because of the new tank log feature, I have stopped writing in here. So 1 October I ran into a small dilemma. The software expired. Even though I purchased a license, the BETA expired and there is no indication the publisher is going to release a new version anytime soon.
My attempt at maintaining a Reef Aquarium
Submitted by pwnell on Wed, 09/20/2006 - 01:03I recently (about 3 months ago) started a reef aquarium. Back in the days I lived with my parents my dad used to own a large tropical aquarium, and I remember I was fascinated by it. But that was a lifetime ago...
It started with an itch. That slowly progressed to a curiosity, which ended up in LOTS of research on the Internet. After two weeks of research I decided I was ready to start looking around for a shop to purchase the tank from.
Catchup
Submitted by pwnell on Sun, 07/30/2006 - 00:24I have been adding all the nitty gritty details to the ReefCon Pro software instead of using this. Guess I need to figure out what I am going to do...
The QT tank is up and running. I added the Percula I think on the 26th and it was doing fine. I added the Purple Tang on the 27th but it got badly stressed within 6 hours - when the nitrites went up to 0.1. So I took both fish out and back in the main aquarium.
QT Tank
Submitted by pwnell on Sun, 07/23/2006 - 00:59I installed the QT tank today. The new RO/saltwater mix was not enough for both a water change on the main tank and filling up the QT, so the QT is about 90% full of main tank water and I am preparing some new RO/saltwater to add to the QT tank to get the sump full.
F*$##$ Yellow Tang
Submitted by pwnell on Thu, 07/20/2006 - 19:36It took me 4 hours to catch the Yellow Tang. I decided I am going to give it back to Exotic since they were stressed beyond belief. Eventually after tearing down part of my reef I managed to catch him.
I have started feeding the fish a frozen vegetable diet and new SeaVeggies strips.
Got my QT tank yesterday and between today and tomorrow will be setting it up.
