Full tank shot, new 10-12" rbta, & a game

[Sky's Reef]

Just some updated fts. Tanks been going good for about a year now. Picking up a 5" purple tang today!

Picked this rbta up last night too. Hoping my adult pair of black onyx snowflake clowns from sustainable aquatics will host. the rbta is huge! Great color too.

Now for the game... How much do you think I paid for the nem? How much would you pay? I'm happy with what I paid so this is just for fun. Picked it up from mike @ coastal aquarium in arroyo grande.

Side note, please excuse the hair algae. Finally getting under control after battling phosphate of 1 for a year. You should have seen it last may lol

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[Sky's Reef]

Rbta

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[Sky's Reef]

And to make things even more awesome I woke to this...

Now I have two very large rbtas for my two pairs of clowns. How convenient

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[wickedfish]

Probably means something is off in your tank. Unless you fed the nem too much, usually they don't split on introduction like that.

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Ya splitting usually means stress. They split to make sure they will survive.

 

[BeanMachine]

Ya splitting usually means stress. They split to make sure they will survive.

Yep which doesn't necessarily mean a parameter is off in your tank... could also just be the change in environment or lighting... did you acclimate the nem to your system or did you just drop it in?

 

[yaridong]

What did u do to get your phosphates to come down? Gfo?

 

[BeanMachine]

Probably means something is off in your tank. Unless you fed the nem too much, usually they don't split on introduction like that.

I also agree with this too hehe it could be a number of things really.

Oh well now you have two just keep your tank maint up and you should be fine.

 

[Sky's Reef]

My water params are good. Always check before going to purchase something. Nitrate is a bit higher than desired at 10ppm but I have big fish who take big poos. Ph is 8.1 temp 80. Phosphate under .25. Nitrite 0 ammonia 0.

I have read that nems will split from the stress of a tank transfer. There is also the possibility that it was split prior to purchase and neither I or the shop owner noticed. Then there is the also a chance that my tank params are better than the tank it was in at the shop.

My last thought concerns lighting. The nem came from a display tank with 250watt halides and was then housed in a tank at the LFS for a month under a single t5. Now I've placed it under a 6 bulb t5 fixture and its relatively close to the top of my tank (had to put it where the large it was attached to could fit attractively with out having to rescape my tank)

When I get home today I'm going to inspect the nems and pictures I have to see if there is any evidence of a recent split.

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[Sky's Reef]

I did drip acclimate for 45 min

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[Sky's Reef]

Also the LFS owner told me that this was a clone from a massive nem that split into several from one of his accounts. This was one of the smaller clones

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[Sky's Reef]

What did u do to get your phosphates to come down? Gfo?

Water changes. Lots and lots of water changes. Also bought my own RIDI and started making my own water.

I am also looking to add a biopellet reactor in the next week or two because of my Bioload.

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[cowboycove]

Water changes. Lots and lots of water changes. Also bought my own RIDI and started making my own water.

I am also looking to add a biopellet reactor in the next week or two because of my Bioload.

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I forget who I heard it from. But doesn't phosphate enter the tank through feeding(brine cube etc) and water without the DI stage. Such as drinking water?

 

[bboyvital]

If the nem came from the display I say it was $60.00. Nice one by the way.

 

[wickedfish]

There's phosphate in almost all things eaten that have meat. Just think that when your fish poop that's a good amount of phosphates. Di stage removes total dissolved solids, phosphate is removed via phosphate type removers from the city. My city water had phosphate in the last report and even nitrate on a minuscule level.

 

[Reef Bullet]

.25 phosphates is pretty high. Also, just from the result of .025, I suspect that you're testing with the api kit... this kit is not very accurate to say the least. It's possible that your po4 is higher or lower than the result you got.

 

[Sky's Reef]

I forget who I heard it from. But doesn't phosphate enter the tank through feeding(brine cube etc) and water without the DI stage. Such as drinking water?

This my understanding as well. I've been soaking my frozen food in tank water and straining for the last 6 months and that has helped as well.

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