bonese Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 Rods Foods = Bubbles. That is if you do not turn of your skimmer prior to feeding. I hate my camera skills. Furthermore resulting in a complete lack of pictures from now until I find my stride. DH - News on the Wife-MTK-getdrunk-OHNOSHECANT-She'spreggor-Day? Link to comment
bonese Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 The male is out and about now so I'm really please with that. Maintaining the .9ml dose until Monday in which it gets bumped to 1.4ml. Let me know if there is anything I should be doing? As it seems this tank was much easier (besides this mother ####ing algae) than my others and I have grown to expect problems. Link to comment
bitts Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 just keep testing the trates, so that when they drop you can reduce the vodka. Link to comment
bonese Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 Should I reduce the feedings, maybe to 5 times a week not all 7? Would that help or would that just #### everything up as it is being a ULN so I need to keep the food supply steady? Link to comment
bitts Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 lol you should see how much I feed. last night for example. each coral head was fed, each fish was fed enough for the helfrich's to get 10 pellets each. so the clowns where little piggy's. & yeah I feed multi times a day. Link to comment
bonese Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 Lol oh ok now I don't feel horrible. Have you noticed your tank is cloudy after feeding and #### or is it just me? Whats new in the tank JP? Link to comment
bitts Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 nothing I haven't added much since say august, & I haven't felt like replacing the things that have gone belly up. like my wrasse & shrimp. well I did get that second helfrich but It feels like its always been there. Link to comment
n0rk Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Feed hard. Always feed hard. If your filtration can't keep up, you're doing it wrong. By which I mean, if you're not feeding 3 times a day, try harder. Link to comment
bonese Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Three times?! I'm doing it wrong. I think my ####s wrong as I can tell due to the feeding plus algae but it's not thinning out or anything like that. What the ####. Link to comment
bitts Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 don't worry about it many fed 3 pellets every other day on normal tanks. it may take awhile to get use to it & the tank is new. Link to comment
n0rk Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Yep, it'll take a while for the tank to balance out. I've always fed hard though, fish love it. Link to comment
bonese Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Ok so in time it will adjust to the feedings and cope with them. I think we may MAY have Flatworms - a very small population but I do see what appears to be them on the glass in the corner about an inch from the sand bed. Flatworm eXit will be the course of action. Is there a way to make my skimmer more effiecent? It's rated for huge tanks but it isn't doing what I anticipated it to be doing. Flatworms = Get Drunk and rant about them to people who have no idea what they are. Link to comment
n0rk Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 The best way to make your skimmer more efficient is size it to do its intended job feed more or add more fish if it's way overrated. Personally I'd prefer a slightly underrated skimmer rather than massively oversized - then performance is always going to be at peak as opposed to having peaks and troughs which can cause bacteria and algaes to go whacko. But then I'm crazy and tend to change out 100% of my water every week... Link to comment
spanko Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 .................But then I'm crazy and tend to change out 100% of my water every week... Are you serious about that? Do you get your water free from like, oh I don't know, the ocean or one of the universities? Link to comment
n0rk Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Are you serious about that? Do you get your water free from like, oh I don't know, the ocean or one of the universities? Up until this last tank I've always used ASW. Never had storage facility for NSW, even though I'm literally 50 yards from the damn Pacific. In fact, I'll be going back to ASW soon enough... the water quality is too bad after the cyclones and floods and such. Link to comment
bonese Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 Vodka Dosage as of tomorrow (3/14): 1.4ml Still doing water changes and will likely increase the amount of changes per week to something like 4 perhaps. Link to comment
bitts Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 go ahead & keep the WC as they are. they only do so much. there need should be based on the nitrate levels. so maby only do them if the levels read high. Link to comment
bonese Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 So the Blue Hawkins has lost its blue and it has gone in to a purple/red/brown stage. It does look better than what it did about weeks ago when it was bleaching. Would it be safe now to move it up or should I give this one up? I feel like its healthier now - just not colorful enough. This hair algae is more annoying than MD. Link to comment
bitts Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 well I would say to let it stabilize a little longer. moving them around is actually quite stressful for them. but nork or henry will probably give a better answer. Link to comment
bonese Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 Ok cool I was under the impression that four weeks was a good amount. I have no problem with tim its just I want to know what I'm looking/waiting for. Link to comment
bitts Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 sorry forgot how long it had been. may be okay by now. but still ask henry. Link to comment
bonese Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 Drive your Audi. Henry - When and where do you suggest my mate? Link to comment
bitts Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Mmm... Audi good... so needs a heater core though. thank you heated seats. Link to comment
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