My 10g Piece Of the Reef

[jarred1]

This tank was born on January 28th, I have been looking around on here and haven't seen many mushroom only tanks and I just want to do something different.

 

Equipment:

• 10g AGA
  
• Penguin BioWheel 150
  
• Koralia 1 (400 GPH)
  
• Cheep heater
  
• DIY 48W LED Fixture
  

 

Livestock:

• Various Snails
  
• Percula Clown
  
• 7# Liverock
  

 

Corals:

• Zoanthids
  
• Palythoa
  
• Candy Cane Coral
  
• Various Mushrooms
  
• Ricordia Yuma
  
• Ricordia Florida
  
• Pulsing xenia
  
• Acan echinata
  
• Duncan
  
• ORA Green Birdsnest
  
• ORA Green Toadstool
  

 

i need to upgrade from my 10g to a 20 high and would like to see what everyone thinks i would need to get to upgrade from my 10g to a 20 high. any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

all the equipment listed is what i have on the tank now let me know what else you think i should need.

[violinist]

Picsssssssssssssssssssssss

[jarred1]

 

And last but not least the star of the tank!!!!

 

Picsssssssssssssssssssssss

Your too Fast!!!!!!!!!!!

[pismo_reefer]

That clown is sick as sh*t!!!!!!!!!!!

[jarred1]

thanks

 

for soft corals is dKH: 10 good?

[jarred1]

anyone know what kind of algae this is??? when the lights go out for the night and come back on in the morning there isnt much of it then about 6 hours after the lights have been on it gets worse and turns darker.

 

 

 

[jellyfish521]

i think its cyano algae id

[dtfleming]

Its cyano, add or redirect some flow and Its common to see it on new tanks.

[jarred1]

does it happen to most new tanks?

[dtfleming]

Most how much flow do you have in your tank? You should shoot for 20x-30x turnover.

[jarred1]

i have 240gph in a 10g tank so that should be good right? what could i do to get rid of it? id like it to be gone by Wednesday, will phosguard get rid of it?

[jarred1]

 

 

 

just got it yesterday:

 

FTS:

 

thanks for looking

[konolua]

Cyanoalage or cyanobacteria happens to the best of 'em. It is VERY common in new tanks. You will go through the brown cyano first, then it will turn a slight red color and then you get the awesome encrusting green algaes that are hard to clean the glass! Rad! That will come around the 2nd or 3rd month.

 

Then, you get passing blooms...maybe sometimes here or there. You will never have that BEAUTIFUL sand again...it will always have something on it....not much you can do.

 

Keep it up! Great job on the rock structure!

[Arkayology]

Nice tank.

 

You could try some hermits to keep that cyno down. Also, it is a good idea to try and suck some of it out of the tank when you can.

[jarred1]

thanks for all the nice comments

 

i got a scarlet hermit crab it doesn't seem to be doing much though i may have to get some blue legs

[Billdemart]

I have that cyano too. It's turned the slight red color now... I'm in week 9. It's only in the right corner of the tank. I've directed some flow that way but it hasn't helped.

 

I guess that's my excuse to get the Mp10. WOOO

[jarred1]

 

 

 

 

[jarred1]

more pictures!!!! just cleaned the tank so stuff isnt open all the way.

 

i need to stop adding stuff and wait for everything to grow out!

 

 

Thanks for looking!

[jarred1]

good news cyano is disappearing!!! This morning when the lights came on there was this layer of slime on the water it was so thick i could use a net and scoop it out then i siphoned as much as i could out, it was clear and slimy . Any ideas as to what it was?

[jarred1]

 

 

 

 

 

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[MGDMIRAGE]

Is that aragamax sugar sized sand or is that silica sand? It looks off white in every picture even the first ones.

[jarred1]

im not sure what kind of sand it is but i got it from a beach near my house a while back. it is very fine sand, i have had a large cyano algae break out a while back and all the sand was covered in it.

[jarred1]

some new pics!

 

 

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