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here's the history of phils tank, when house first had it in 2004,
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and in 2006 when herman had it set up,

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This is an awesome tank but I think Phil is going to make it just as good if not better soon with a his good start.

BTW how long it takes you(house) to get the giant clam in the center to this size and what's his size now?
 

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Well, since the move......things were looking ok but then it started going downhill & corals were not looking good.
I had a few losses & I started to get frustrated.....to the point where I was planning to go FOWL because I barely had tome to deal with the tank & not understaing the problem.

When switching skimmers, I found the problem.

In my previous 65 gal my Euro-Reef's gate valve was above water level, but I still siliconed the **** out of the screw.
I my current sump the water level is higher & the gate-valve was partially submerged.
While ready to wash out the skimmer the silicone ball (that covered the screw) fell right off exposing a very badly rusting screw.
Chips of the screw were falling right off. Even the silicone had rust on it.

Although fish & inverts were / are all in great health, coral color & expansion never really looked good.

Losses:
Various SPS
Blasto collection
Alveopora
Lobo (making a comeback)

I've been doing WC's & will be adding "Poly Pads" tonight.
Time to come back strong!

I also lowered my Lumenarc & added an IceCap fan (with Deanos' assistance), which was way too high, & possibly caused alot of my corals to "stretch" up to the light.


Will keep you guys updated on my mission.:eek:


Thanks for the bump-:)
 
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