My tank is MAD :(

meowzer

meowzer

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I was on the phone with my husband.....and I was cracking up....and he was like....WTH are you doing???
I just laughed.......
 
novahobbies

novahobbies

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Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/382201/my-tank-is-mad/100#post_3335661
Yeah I know....The leather tree seems a little ...OMG...I hate to say this......Where is JOE...LOL...STIFFER HAHA
but lights are going out....actinics will be on for another 35 minutes.....then moonlights....SOOOOO hopefully tomorrow....we will be good
Well you know my dear that it may take a full hour to stiffen up all the way...or at least that's what the pill bottle tells me!
Sorry. I just had to.

Have you considered leaving the lights on for an extra hour tonight? Just to get a little more PAR available to the corals when they start peeking out again? I sometimes do that when I wind up doing late-evening water changes (which is almost always...)
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by novahobbies http:///forum/thread/382201/my-tank-is-mad/120#post_3335684
Well you know my dear that it may take a full hour to stiffen up all the way...or at least that's what the pill bottle tells me!
Sorry. I just had to.

Have you considered leaving the lights on for an extra hour tonight? Just to get a little more PAR available to the corals when they start peeking out again? I sometimes do that when I wind up doing late-evening water changes (which is almost always...)
They are already off.....so I guess not LOL
And be careful after 4 hours

Altho.....My thoughts are this.....who is the 4 hour "AHEM" "issue" harming? The guy.....or the poor woman
 
gemmy

gemmy

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I hope your tank is looking better. I just lost my cleaner shrimp. It molted two days and was very active since the molt. Today it was keeled over on its back.
 
J

jstdv8

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Meo,
You arent having temp problems by chance?
My titanium heater the last few weeks has come on and stayed on when the tank was allready 80 bringing it up to 85 and then jsut shut off and wouldnt turn back on, next thing you know my tank is 74.
The reason I ask is because while somethings were noticeably unhappy about it they seemed fine, but the monti turned almsot completley white with just a hint of orange on it. I talked to my LFS and they said it was a gonner.
Now 2 weeks later Ive got my temps under control and my monti is almsot fully colored back up.
Somehow my orange monti cap has a lot harder time than my sunset monti, that thig doesnt seem to care whats going on, it always looks good.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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GEMMY....Sorry about your shrimp....the tank was looking better this morning....I will have a full update when I get home this evening.
JSTDV8...The one thing that has been consistant is the temperature....I have 2 different thermometers, and I also have one of those temp testers ...the type that you shine the light in the tank, and you get a digital reading....and I'll tell you what.....It has been on the money every time I use it...in each tank too
 
meowzer

meowzer

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WOOHOOOOO OK...I just got home and everything looks good again....YAAYYYYYYYYY
I do not know if the monti can recover, but it has not gotten any worse

I got a new blasto...and a coco worm...YAYYYYY...how do I know which end is up???/ LOL
 
scott t

scott t

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I am so glad that things are looking better for in your tank.. I prayed last night that it would look better today..
I went to the store after work and the seafood counter was closed because it was after 5 pm I was so mad.. Seems that they close at 5 so I will have to try to make it there before 5 I guess
Might have to wait until Saturday if that is the case because I work until 5 the rest of this week..
 
meowzer

meowzer

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You could have bought a frozen one......buy the bag...toss one in...and cook the rest

Thanks guys.....I am soooooooooo relieved.....Now let's see what recovers (I mean sps and monti)
 
scott t

scott t

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Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/382201/my-tank-is-mad/120#post_3335890
You could have bought a frozen one......buy the bag...toss one in...and cook the rest

Thanks guys.....I am soooooooooo relieved.....Now let's see what recovers (I mean sps and monti)
Well now you tell me that lol, I dont eat shrimp though Meowzer.. LOL so All I do is take the shrimp and throw it in there for a few days then take it out and dispose of it right.. I bet that is going to smell Awesome when I do that LOL HA HA HA
 
meowzer

meowzer

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You don't eat shrimp....geesh.....make dinner for a friend...LOL
IDK...I did not use a shrimp, BUT from what I understand...you wait until your ammonia rises.....
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Scott T http:///forum/thread/382201/my-tank-is-mad/120#post_3335902
Then how the heck did you cycle your tanks or dont I want to even ask lol ha ha
The 225G I started from scratch, BUT cycled with the live rock...it had lots of die off....
the 29G I also cycled with live rock
The 54G I bought already set up..
and the 10G was a qt, then I threw in a little sand and a couple of pieces of rock my my other tank
Not everyone uses the shrimp method, it is quicker to get the cycle started, and may be necessary in some cases. It was not in mine
 
scott t

scott t

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Oh but I am sure that it would be the best way in my case.. I dont think i could just do it with live rock
 
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