drock59 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 After a stressful period my tank looking terrible, it is finally on the mend. A few simple shots from tonight mixed with what it used to look like. Before: After: Before: After: Before: After: Before: After: Before: After: All my montis died except one and everything else lost a lot of color....very sad but on the road to recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 It's looking good, nice work on the recovery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Nice pics Dan! So what did you attribute the losses to? Wasn't it a salt issue? That sailfin tang you have if beautiful! Tank looks great. Later Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DChemist Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Was whatever happened real specific to your Monti's? After my recent crash, while I thought I lost my monti's, most have made a pretty good recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drock59 Posted February 25, 2007 Author Share Posted February 25, 2007 The die off was pretty specific to the montis. However, I lost a lot of color in and polyp extension in a variety of other corals. At this point I am blaming the incident on a couple of factors. 1. I changed my light and may not have cut the photoperiod enough. 2. My magnesium was a bit low which may have thrown off my calc and alk. 3. For some reason my alk skyrocketed from 8.3dKh to about 11dk in a matter of a day and a half. I think these three things combined devastated my corals. Overall, it appears I have totally lost only about three digitas. The monti caps are nearly dead but could still recovery, its too early to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DChemist Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 It is amazing to watch the color recovery. One acro of mine was a brown-out sale item that I could never get to color up. During the crash it totally bleached white and I thought I lost it. It's recovering to a nice blue color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palani Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Ryan I believe it's a desjardini. Fo real tho. Its got those orange vertical lines. So Dan you want a blue hippo tang too? LMK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Yeah its the Desjardini (Sailfin Tang) Its the version that comes from the Red Sea not from the Pacific (Figi, Indo Pacific) Yeah its a real nice fish! Later RYan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drock59 Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 Palani, how do you pronounce that? Ill have to ask the wife. She isnt into the hippos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Tank looks good...Differences aside...I always like to see a successful hobbyist with their tank. Nice photos as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Looks great Dan, glad its recovering well. I wish my desjardini tang would come out for photo ops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palani Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Hey Dan does the desjardini eat from your hand yet? Looks like it's eating very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coker98 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Glad to see that your tank is recovering. That bluejaw died on me. Either that or he has been very evasive for about three weeks. Its all good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Popeil Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 id be lying if i said i didnt steal a few of those to use as my screen backgrounds.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drock59 Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 weird ron popeil a thief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drock59 Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 Some more pics for anyone interested. The only monti that made it unscathed through the ordeal: Random: Bad close up of the GSP: a. Valida? Anyway, it turned all nasty but is finally coming back with its beautiful color. You can kind of see the purple and green polyps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drock59 Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 A couple more. Here is an attempted close up with a very poor comera: Newest addition: Gorg: Cool shot of the cleaner: And the neon hermit, he was not cooperating. Im working on getting a movie up shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drock59 Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 Here is a short little 4 min video of my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Dan I think that Monti you posted a photo of did better than the others because I dont think its a monti. It looks more like a Seriatopora to me,, Seriatopora guttatus I think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Dan I think that Monti you posted a photo of did better than the others because I dont think its a monti. It looks more like a Seriatopora to me' date=', Seriatopora guttatus I think?[/quote'] No, looking that up it is a birdnest type of coral. I have the same piece, it came from reefermandness and they can not name it, they call it a monti-millipora. So I have not idea what it is, but a very cool coral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 By the way drock, where do you have that "monti" placed at in your tank and what is the lighting like over it, I am trying to find a good spot for mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 i know Seriatopora guttatus is a birdsnest, but you cant tell what the growth structure is yet on that coral, unless its going to just encrust like it is now only. monti-millipora doesnt exist, so thats a pretty inaccurate name. at any rate, it doesnt look like a monti to me, oh well though, at least it made it through the stress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 i know Seriatopora guttatus is a birdsnest, but you cant tell what the growth structure is yet on that coral, unless its going to just encrust like it is now only. monti-millipora doesnt exist, so thats a pretty inaccurate name. at any rate, it doesnt look like a monti to me, oh well though, at least it made it through the stress! I know what you mean...my point was simply, that reefer never gave it a name and usually they come up with something whether the names are correct or not...and your right monti-milli does not exist. I guess it looks like it is starting to branch...I would love to get an accurate ID on it, so I have an idea of what it needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 does yours look the same or does it have some branches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 does yours look the same or does it have some branches? mine is much smaller, but looks the same as the encrusting base...polyps are identical in color and shape, I had it up to high, so the skeleton bleached on me, so I am hoping it will make a come back, since moving it lower. but when I got it the skeleton was the same color as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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