Meteorflower

Well, this sucks, but two days ago I started to lose my SPS one by one. At this point approximately half my colonies are gone, with another one beginning to show signs of going. I am experiencing RTN, and in addition, the affected colonies seemed to be creating lots of tan-colored slime before perishing in 24 hours or less. I've lost everything from tiny colonies and frags to mature, happy colonies the size of softballs. I had Aquatek test my water, and the tests came back fine - nitrate was nigh undetectable, no phosphates, slightly low KH which I dosed for upon returning home. They suggested it might be something bacterial, and possibly pathogenic, due to the rapid rate at which this is tearing through my colonies. I'm kind of at a loss as to what should be done, aside from water changes. Does anyone have any suggestions?

This may be the last straw for this tank, and if I lose all my SPS, I am considering tearing it down and selling it. With that in mind, I would hate to sell my live rock or livestock to anyone if this might be something that could be contagious.... Should I be worried? If so, I might save my rock, bleach it, dry it and use it to start a new tank as dead rock and seed it with bacteria from a bottle (a la MCallahan).

Any suggestions from you pros would be welcome, but at this point, it's breaking my heart and I may throw in the towel.... If my Hawkins Enchinata goes, all bets are off.

Tank stats: 150 gallon tank with 75 gallon fuge/sump with LR and chaeto, running over a year, 150+ lbs live rock, 2x250 watt MH with supplemental T5s and PCs, Bubble Magus skimmer (a huge one), Tunze Wavebox plus a pair of Koralias for flow..

Recent changes: added a bubble tip anemone that is nowhere near the SPS and has not gone near them (completely on the other end of the 5-foot tank)

Still available.

I have two lightly used Koralia Magnum powerheads that I need to get rid of. Both were used for approximately one month, but they were just too much flow for my five-foot tank - they move a lot of water! Asking $50 for the Magnum 5 and $60 for the Magnum 6.

Put me on the waiting list too! Gorgeous anemones.

On a side note, what is that little golden blenny-looking fish in the lower right hand corner of the picture?

Lovely! Wish I had the $$ right now.

Thanks for coming by, it was great meeting you!

Everything has been sold - sorry!

Sold, thanks!

My school of five chromis have never bothered anyone else in my 150. I also had good luck early on with clowns, firefish, royal grammas and pygmy angels. Good luck!

Second on the chloramine, it has always been my understanding that they do use it.

Must.... resist... gah!

PM sent.

Aw, man... I shouldn't, but I want it!

Pms replied, both pending.

Here's a pic of the torch frag (left) next to the mother colony (right).

Hi all, I need to make a little room in my tank so I'm selling off some duplicate colonies. Sorry for the lousy pics, I only have a little point-and-click camera.

Pink with purple polyp bird's nest colony, roughly softball-sized, $30

Mini torch colony - it's actually two separate frags mounted to one rock. It's a very pretty green and my clowns host in the larger colonies. One frag with one head, and the other with four heads, five heads total, $50

Ok cool.

So cute!

I have a trap that you can borrow, and I live close to Hyde Park too. Shoot me a PM.

The Red Planet and Icy Blue that I got from you are turning out to be my favorites!

It's got a footprint of 36"x12"... I don't know the height off the top of my head but I think it's around 16"-18". An in-tank skimmer might be perfect...

That is one good lookin' picasso!

Ha! I also feed Spectrum New Life pellets. I had no idea they were so popular! My fish love them.

It's got to be either a hang off the back or an in-tank because the tank isn't plumbed. Will the Tunze work for that option?

You were spot on with your guess too - I was up till 3:00 AM acclimating, mounting and placing those little beauties! So worth it.

Hey Garrett, I can't thank you enough for all the AWESOME frags! They're drip-acclimating as I type... I can't wait! Your tank was incredible and we had a lot of fun talking to you... you will definitely be seeing more of me and Harrison! I am a very happy reefer. Thanks again!

Hi all, I am setting up a 30 gallon tank to keep a fuzzy dwarf lion, and I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good protein skimmer for a smaller tank... Initially I'm just going to do frequent water changes, but I would like to add a skimmer when I have the $ to make maintenance easier. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!