Csalt Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Tank has been running for 5 weeks. Had the diatom at the end of week 3 and they went away on their own. It only formed on the rocks, sand stayed cleans but i stir the sand quite a bit (still sucking out dust.) Lots of pods on the glass. Any algae I have is stuck to the frags and hasnt grown or spread. It's kinda hard to see but there's some white linty stuff on the left group. So when do I add snails and crabs? Link to comment
Csalt Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Ended up just getting two small hermits for now. Going to wait awhile and see how it goes from there. Link to comment
kylekruko85 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 I am no help to your question but I really like the look of your tank and aquascape! Link to comment
Csalt Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 I am no help to your question but I really like the look of your tank and aquascape! Thanks. There's another arch behind the rocks on the left just cant see it strait on. Wish I knew more about flow. That leather moves around a lot and I even have a rock helping deflect some of it. Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Hermits should be fine. They will eat any detritus and fish waste. You don't run any filtration on this tank, right? Looking great so far. You must be really on top of your water change schedule for there to be so little algae. At this point I see no use for snails. Link to comment
Csalt Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Hermits should be fine. They will eat any detritus and fish waste. You don't run any filtration on this tank, right? Looking great so far. You must be really on top of your water change schedule for there to be so little algae. At this point I see no use for snails. No filtration. I did have an AC70 on it during cycling to help clear the water but it was putting strands of filter floss in the tank. Going to keep this 2 fish max, low load. I might sump it in the summer, depending on how things go. should have done it in the beginning but oh well i guess. Link to comment
Pocket_Tamales Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 How regularly are you doing water changes during the cycle, if at all? Link to comment
Csalt Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 How regularly are you doing water changes during the cycle, if at all? I did one towards the end of the cycle and have been doing it since once a week. Link to comment
Csalt Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 I only have lights on for 6-8 hours. Link to comment
xHereFishyFishyFishyx Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Tank looks great. Love the rock layout. I'll be watching this tank for future updates! It'll look great filled out... Link to comment
bryanthelp Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Nice aquascape! Adding cleanup crew is fine, but you want to add them slow. You are going to have excess nutrients and algae while you system balances itself out. If you end up with too many CUC members right now, they may starve. Link to comment
Hammerstone Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I like your scape too!!! What size is your tank? What fish are you looking at? Link to comment
Csalt Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 I like your scape too!!! What size is your tank? What fish are you looking at? It's a 20l. Just the clown and eventually a goby and shrimp pair. Link to comment
Clown79 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Love the aquascape! Very nice looking:) Thats weird about the floss, never seen that before-the pieces coming from the filter. Then again I can't run a larger filter or mine on full without getting tons of micro bubbles-tried a few filters. We all have different odd stuff occur:) I agree, add cuc as needed because a starving cuc is just going to add nutrience. Link to comment
88mph Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 That tank looks beautiful Csalt, really! With some coral swaying in it, it will look amazing. You've positioned the LR really nicely. I like tanks that look longer rather than tall. Good luck with your project! Link to comment
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