Rocketman's New Dual 175g Bullnose Build Thread

Either way it's a good lookin blenny imo

 

+1 on the tribal blenny

 

UPDATE:

And not a good one...

I've been fighting what I believe is a severe case of velvet in my system. I've lost a number of fish. The sad thing is that everything looks fine on a fish then within 24-48 hours it's gone.

I'll keep everyone updated, but I'm not too happy. I've only had this happen one time before, after I added a piece of live rock to a previous tank, and I lost nearly all the fish in it.

On the bright side, I've added a few corals including a few montipora cap frags, and they are all doing well and growing.

 

Sorry to hear. I have no experience with it, and hope I never do. Good luck to you.

 

Sorry to hear on the velvet, congrats on the corals

 

:-/ Very frustrating, sorry. The potters pair was very nice.

 

The potters are still hanging in there, as are the majority of my FL fish.

 

I'm very sorry to hear it, and I hope you get things squared away quickly. You've got a tremendous set-up and it is going to be absolutely stunning once you do.

My first and only real experience with marine ran into something like that (although I think it was something other than velvet), and it wiped out my whole tank about 10 years ago. I was never able to get rid of whatever it was and ended up giving up the hobby it was so frustrating. I've only just recently gotten over being gun-shy to jump back in. I only mention it because we can all empathize with you and know how much that sucks, but hang in there! You are far more knowledgeable about this hobby than I could ever hope to be and I know you will figure it out soon. It's good that you have some encouraging news with the corals to help balance out the frustration, at least a little.

I can't wait to see more pics of the tanks once you have things back in order and have time to focus on other things...

(And yes, I love the Potters too!)

 

Thanks for the sentiment.

Velvet is a horrid parasite to which ick doesn't compare. Unlike ick, once a fish shows signs of it (which are tough to see), it is too late. I've had fish dramatically covered in ick recover, but with velvet it's done.

As I said, I've had one bout with this horrid thing before which cost me all fish in my reef tank save one. I hope that the size of the system will help here and more fish can be saved, but the scientific side of me says no.

 

Wow, how did I miss this thread, that is one seriously awesome tank. Sorry to hear about your troubles, though