10 gallon nano reef journal (pics)

unwritten law · 07-25-2009, 04:43 PM

thanks... yeah I dont think I want a purple firefish though so i might get it for a friend who, not to my surprise, just lost a mandarin. Petco usually sells the purple firefish closer to $50, haha what a rip off.

unwritten law · 07-29-2009, 05:44 PM

so I first got two clowns... lets call them one and two. Number one died within 2 days cause he never looked good to begin with, I got him mostly for his compatible size. I got a half off on my next one named number three. Number three looked like he had soemthing wrong with him so I was treating with mela/prima and within a few days it looked better. Now number two is starting to look like number one. Lethargic, not eating, staying near the top and moth seems to be open a lot, possibly breathing a lot... I guess I just can't keep a freaking clownfish a live...I did a w/c monday so I expect everything to be okay but I'll do a test soon. I don't think I stressed him with the change cause he's not getting better but maybe.. It's weird that he got sick after I was treating for a almost a week. He does seem to have some spot next to his mouth. Maybe a xenia sting? I dont know...

unwritten law · 07-29-2009, 06:09 PM

nitrogen levels are all zero.
pH is about 8.2
alkalinity is normal
salinity is 1.022 (maybe shocked from the w/c cause it was higher prior to it)

That's all I have to test....O and number two has been dragging a string of number 2 all day. That is he has had a string of poo all day. Very clear with a few darker spots, which has just gotten longer with more darker spots. Hopefully he was just backed up.

unwritten law · 07-31-2009, 10:20 AM

got some frags yesterday....pictures later hopefully after work.

But my clown never improved and I lost number 2...... Apparently I can't keep more than one clown a live at a time. This one last over a week so it's not like it was sick when I got it so I'm afraid I'm doing something wrong... any ideas? This one went just like the first, labored breathing, lost of appetite, hiding, lost of color, dead.

Should I wait on replacing it? I'm going out of town for almost a week in about a week. So I either replace it this weekend or the beginning of next week and pray for the best while I'm gone or wait almost two weeks to replace it. If I wait and then try my best to get a juvi or a male will this be okay?

If my third clown dies I'm just gonna try damsels.

unwritten law · 07-31-2009, 10:24 AM

over night my tank bursted in pods... I guess the corals brought them but who knows....

Lotus · 07-31-2009, 11:27 AM

I'd wait to get a new fish until you're back from your trip. It's always a bad idea, IMO, to get a new fish before you go away.

Good news on the pods!

unwritten law · 07-31-2009, 11:36 AM

Yeah I think I'm gonna do that... It's just a pain that they are living and I don't have a clue why. My remaining clown (#3) is now having a feast on the pods. Once the light went on she cleaned out her area.

Ideally I'd want a pair of clowns, a clown goby and a sixline. But if I can't keep clowns I'd go with a trio of chromis... maybe something else. I think they may be easier to keep. So I'm just gonna wait on adding fish and hope this last one makes it.

unwritten law · 07-31-2009, 09:51 PM

I'[m thinking my problem has been that my RO water's system hasn't been serviced in a while and the chlorine isn't being fully removed. So I'm treating the water and hoping for the best.

chrispar0323 · 07-31-2009, 09:56 PM

got any recent pics?

unwritten law · 07-31-2009, 10:08 PM

tomorrow I'll get some up...I had class and work today...

07-25-2009, 04:43 PM	#81
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,351	thanks... yeah I dont think I want a purple firefish though so i might get it for a friend who, not to my surprise, just lost a mandarin. Petco usually sells the purple firefish closer to $50, haha what a rip off. __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

07-29-2009, 05:44 PM	#82
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,351	so I first got two clowns... lets call them one and two. Number one died within 2 days cause he never looked good to begin with, I got him mostly for his compatible size. I got a half off on my next one named number three. Number three looked like he had soemthing wrong with him so I was treating with mela/prima and within a few days it looked better. Now number two is starting to look like number one. Lethargic, not eating, staying near the top and moth seems to be open a lot, possibly breathing a lot... I guess I just can't keep a freaking clownfish a live...I did a w/c monday so I expect everything to be okay but I'll do a test soon. I don't think I stressed him with the change cause he's not getting better but maybe.. It's weird that he got sick after I was treating for a almost a week. He does seem to have some spot next to his mouth. Maybe a xenia sting? I dont know... __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

07-29-2009, 06:09 PM	#83
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,351	nitrogen levels are all zero. pH is about 8.2 alkalinity is normal salinity is 1.022 (maybe shocked from the w/c cause it was higher prior to it) That's all I have to test....O and number two has been dragging a string of number 2 all day. That is he has had a string of poo all day. Very clear with a few darker spots, which has just gotten longer with more darker spots. Hopefully he was just backed up. __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

07-31-2009, 10:20 AM	#84
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,351	got some frags yesterday....pictures later hopefully after work. But my clown never improved and I lost number 2...... Apparently I can't keep more than one clown a live at a time. This one last over a week so it's not like it was sick when I got it so I'm afraid I'm doing something wrong... any ideas? This one went just like the first, labored breathing, lost of appetite, hiding, lost of color, dead. Should I wait on replacing it? I'm going out of town for almost a week in about a week. So I either replace it this weekend or the beginning of next week and pray for the best while I'm gone or wait almost two weeks to replace it. If I wait and then try my best to get a juvi or a male will this be okay? If my third clown dies I'm just gonna try damsels. __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

07-31-2009, 10:24 AM	#85
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,351	over night my tank bursted in pods... I guess the corals brought them but who knows.... __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

07-31-2009, 11:27 AM	#86
Lotus Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 14,778	I'd wait to get a new fish until you're back from your trip. It's always a bad idea, IMO, to get a new fish before you go away. Good news on the pods! __________________ Lotus and Ecotank's tanks "So long, and thanks for all the fish."

07-31-2009, 11:36 AM	#87
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,351	Yeah I think I'm gonna do that... It's just a pain that they are living and I don't have a clue why. My remaining clown (#3) is now having a feast on the pods. Once the light went on she cleaned out her area. Ideally I'd want a pair of clowns, a clown goby and a sixline. But if I can't keep clowns I'd go with a trio of chromis... maybe something else. I think they may be easier to keep. So I'm just gonna wait on adding fish and hope this last one makes it. __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

07-31-2009, 09:51 PM	#88
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,351	I'[m thinking my problem has been that my RO water's system hasn't been serviced in a while and the chlorine isn't being fully removed. So I'm treating the water and hoping for the best. __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

07-31-2009, 09:56 PM	#89
chrispar0323 Little Fish Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 108	got any recent pics? __________________ 20g tall- 6 neon Tetras,1 Neon dwarf Gourami, 3 Emerald Cories, 1 Bristlenose Pleco, 1 Apple Snail 10g- 1 creamsicle molly,1 dalmation molly,2 Silver Mollies, 3 guppies, 2 mickey mouse platies,(the fry have dwindled to two survivors for their toughness we have named them Apollo Creed and Rocky) 3g Pico planted tank-In progress Iwagumi style

07-31-2009, 10:08 PM	#90
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,351	tomorrow I'll get some up...I had class and work today... __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami