Move went well...in the beginning...

jennln

jennln

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So I started moving my tanks over to the new house a few days ago. My predator tank was the first one to head over. Everything seemed to go rather smoothly and there were no losses other than the coraline on the tank turning white...so that's a bonus right. Unfortunately, today I noticed a slight dusting of cyano on two rocks in the tank. I know my flow is adequate (you can see 2 ph's and the return in the picture, and there are 2 more ph's behind the rock work) and I'm extremely careful not to overfeed...is it possible this was caused from the move? I guess I should have expected something to go haywire, but ugh.....didn't want to deal with this.
Anyway here's a few pics of how the guys are doing after the move....the rockwork is not yet in it's "final" position and yes my skimmer is in hob position right now but only because I'm redoing the sump/fuge arrangements down below ;) Also I totally screwed up the back of the tank, but not really concerned about it yet ~ I'm replacing the horrid mirror thing I have back there with black in the very near future.
Full tank shot: (If you look close you can see all four fish. The only one missing from this shot is the eel who has been busy re-digging tunnels since being added to the tank.)

My "puppy dog"...

And I had to add a few shots of this guy. He's soooooo incredibly shy, but always has to "peek" to see if I'm adding food when I'm near the tank



Now I'm in the process of moving over my reef tanks and hoping that they go somewhat smoothly as well. Wish me luck!
 
loopy101

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well moving a tank or even just moving things around in the tank can cause excess nutrients to be stirred up in the water. which would be my guess for your cyano outbreak. flow helps but when the nutrients settle is likely where you will get the break out.
do a search there are alot of good threads on here on what you can do to fight the red slime off! wish you luck! and i like the pictures!
 
jennln

jennln

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Originally Posted by lion_crazz
http:///forum/post/3079106
Very nice fish! Hopefully your undulated stays tame. They are like a ticking time bomb.
For the moment he's doing okay...but he's still the smallest in the tank and the last addition as well. I do have to admit though, when food is involved he will do whatever it takes to get his piece first and retreat to his cave. I have a ridiculous amount of tanks...between upgrading from what I originally started with and purchasing two extras after being scared on horror stories I heard about the clown trig and him needing his own tank later on, swapping out for different sizes on c's list plus four tanks up and running in the house and an additional one cycling
All I need to stock up on now is enough filtration for the extra tanks and he will eventually have a place he can call all his own should the need arise. That is if I can continue to convince my husband that yes all of the tanks in the garage ARE necessary

Ironically enough, right now it's the picasso who is "running" this tank. Of course he's the one I had expected would be the least aggressive out of the bunch...go figure. I'm sure though that with time, and growth, that too will change.
 
crypt keeper

crypt keeper

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That clown trigger is gorgeous. I keep telling myself no but I may go get one of the 2 inch ones my lfs has. My Picasso is growing faster than I thought he would. Little guy is chubby.
Congrats on the move. Gorgeous tank
 
jennln

jennln

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Originally Posted by crypt keeper
http:///forum/post/3079267
That clown trigger is gorgeous. I keep telling myself no but I may go get one of the 2 inch ones my lfs has. My Picasso is growing faster than I thought he would. Little guy is chubby.
Congrats on the move. Gorgeous tank
Thank you. He is definitley my favorite in the tank. He's the biggest guy in the tank right now but still very much a sweetheart ~ loves nothing more than a good belly rub
I know that they are rumored to go psycho when they get to a roundabout size/age, but so far so good with this one. I've already prepared myself for the future so if he does go nuts, he's got a new home to move into all by himself. He hangs out with the picasso the most always swimming side by side. It's actually my picasso that is the most aggressive in the tank at the moment. As they get bigger, the undy in particular, I know that will change...but for now it's smooth sailing :D
 
jennln

jennln

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ACK....So now in addition to the cyano, I have two rocks turning brown (diatoms I assume). This is exactly what I was hoping to avoid, but it is what it is. I'm doing some smaller more frequent water changes, added carbon, phosguard and purigen to the filter and shortened the time that the lights are on the tank. Anything else I can do?



 
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