crad190 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Equipment: 24g NC DX Stock lighting (soon to be 150w sunpod) Surface skimmer Maxi-jet 900 w/hydor+ Maxi-jet 600 Fuge mod in 2nd chamber w/ rubble and purigen ordered a light for the fuge. when i get the light i'm going to move the cheato to the back Comments? Sugestions? Link to comment
LoBo Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 hey, how much turn over does the hydor give it? Link to comment
crad190 Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 the hydor is just the "wave maker" i don't think it adds any more movement? but the 900 does 230gph Link to comment
LoBo Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 ohh, yea i heard the hydor makes it go in every direction and adds more, yea i have a 900 too. im not sure whats the turn over though, but im just wondering cause SPS need 60x turnover, and im wondering how much a 900 has ps. you have so many snails. Link to comment
crad190 Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 oh i didn't know that i adds any..... but i thought SPS needs only around 20-30x turnover Ps. most of the shells are empty ones i added Link to comment
crad190 Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 i know it needs a good cleaning Link to comment
wabbit Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 I like it. My first rockscape was a cove formation like that and it was my favorite. Should look real nice with clean glass. Link to comment
epicfish Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 The Hydro will actually cut down the flow since it uses some of the water pressure to rotate the head. Link to comment
Beretta Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 If possible, I would move the bright purple rock on the right side to another spot. It seems like it's just sticking out and out of place. And break out the broom, that tank needs some scrubbing. Link to comment
crad190 Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 just keeping you guys updated i really like the aquascaping! Additions: -Sixline -Emerald Crab -Zoo's Link to comment
spanko Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Nice. Is there room on the right front side to keep the glass clean or is that one rock too close? How long have you had it up and running? Link to comment
crad190 Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 oh just as a idea of where i started........ i think i've improved a little Spanko: there is a little bit of room, but since the corners are rounded it's really hard to scrap the glass. and it's been running for 4 months I thought i should show u some close ups of my corals: Toadstool Leather Watermelon Zoo's Fire & Ice Zoo's Comments??? Suggestions??? Link to comment
crad190 Posted July 8, 2007 Author Share Posted July 8, 2007 well if anyone is reading this...... my sand is now covered in orangeish algea, which pretty much happened over night....... what could be wrong? Link to comment
crad190 Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 well i guess i'm talking to myself...... but i decided i would lower the lighting period and that seemed to help alot. I am still not sure if i should get another fish??? currently have: -sixline wrasse -scooter blenny -blue chromis (trying to get rid of it but not sure, all i know is the old net trick lol) Also i'm torn on what corals i should add: SPS? LPS? CLAM? i would love some good ideas Link to comment
spanko Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Did you get the 150 sunpod yet? if you did you can put just about anything in there for corals. Link to comment
crad190 Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 yes i have had the sunpod for almost 2 weeks now lol Link to comment
spanko Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 So you've been up for 4 months or so, you have upgraded your lights, seems like a good start. The orangeish algae could be cyano bacteria. Do a search for it and see what contributes to it's growth. You want to get this under control before adding much. Link to comment
crad190 Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 is there anything that i can add to eat it? Link to comment
spanko Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 http://www.wetwebmedia.com/bluegralgae.htm Start here. I don't know of anything that will for sure eat it. Link to comment
crad190 Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 thank you i finished my ghetto fuge mod in the back today!!! i'm so excited to finally move my cheato from the display to the back! Link to comment
pudge1515 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 You might try to add some phosguard to one of the back chambers to get rid of any phosphates in your tank that might be causing the cyano outbreak Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.