spandy34 Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Its more of brown hair algae in spots on my rock..... and on the sand its light brown and darker green in my cave setup...... and purple and red in spots on the rock as well Link to comment
zemuss Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Banjo quesiton on the Skimmer. I have the same skimmer and can't get the settings right. Any advice or can you tell me where you have the knob set at? Link to comment
Banjo Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 Its more of brown hair algae in spots on my rock..... and on the sand its light brown and darker green in my cave setup...... and purple and red in spots on the rock as well Well, if you have bad hair algae, there are some ways to help get rid of it. Just google the topic and there's tons of information on it. Brown/light green algae is just from extra nutrients. Everyone has to clean their tanks of this stuff, mainly glass/sand. The purple/red is coralline. Banjo quesiton on the Skimmer. I have the same skimmer and can't get the settings right. Any advice or can you tell me where you have the knob set at? What are your problems with it? Too much water going into the cup? Mine is set about halfway and the water level stays right at the beginning of the cup, gives me a nice dark brown and green fluid at this level. It took me about 3 weeks to find the perfect setting though. If you're running this on a BC and are using filter floss in front of the water output to prevent micro bubbles, try using less or moving it further away from the holes. If you have it directly blocking, it will cause your water level to raise much higher in the cup and you will never be able to skim properly. This happened to me as well. Link to comment
zemuss Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 I have it on a Solana (Moded) and it just seems to skim very wet. I might close the valve and see what i get. Link to comment
Banjo Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 I have it on a Solana (Moded) and it just seems to skim very wet. I might close the valve and see what i get. Yeah, mine skimmed very wet as well until I put less of the floss in front of the exit grates near the top. It let water pass through it more easily. Link to comment
zemuss Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 I closed the gate so very little water is exiting. I wounder what this will help. I guess trial and error now. Link to comment
Banjo Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 Yeah, just tinker back and forth with it. Once it starts running properly, it's a very good skimmer for the money. Link to comment
Banjo Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 Anyone know white type of snail leaves little white eggs on the glass? They are maybe 5-10 of them in random portions of the glass, spread out about a half inch away from each other. I constantly keep wiping them off, but they won't stop spawning! At least I'm assuming these are snail eggs... Link to comment
2nd nature Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Maybe i missed it but what are you dosing with and how often? Link to comment
Banjo Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 C-Balance. Twice weekly. Link to comment
Banjo Posted July 26, 2010 Author Share Posted July 26, 2010 I'll have to get some up soon. (when I'm not being ridiculously lazy, lol) Link to comment
biocute Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I removed the chaeto because I could no longer stand random small pieces getting sucked into my pump in chamber 3 or being pushed out into the display. Got really irritating unplugging my pump every other day. It was the main reason I bought the skimmer. Plus, how much does the small amount of chaeto actually help in chamber 2? I'd imagine it doesn't make that much of a difference. And as far as the skimmer placement in chamber 1, I'd much rather have it in chamber 2, but the fluctuating water level would probably make it pointless. How were you able to fit your Aquaticlife Protein Skimmer in your biocube chamber 1? you got any pix? I have been trying to get that same PS to fit in mine propoperly. It seems to restrict a great deal of flow... Link to comment
Banjo Posted August 3, 2010 Author Share Posted August 3, 2010 How were you able to fit your Aquaticlife Protein Skimmer in your biocube chamber 1? you got any pix? I have been trying to get that same PS to fit in mine propoperly. It seems to restrict a great deal of flow... It fits right into it almost perfectly. I haven't noticed any flow restrictions. Just google "AquaticLife Mini in Biocube 29" and there should be a Nano-reef link with instructions on how to put it in. I followed this guide. Link to comment
d9hp Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Those anthias ever jump on you? Beautiful tank. Love the hammer and frog together. Get a torch! Link to comment
Banjo Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Those anthias ever jump on you? Beautiful tank. Love the hammer and frog together. Get a torch! Thank you Nope, no jumping problems at all. They're never even towards the top, always about mid-column constantly swimming back and forth. They add such color to the tank. And yeah! I already have DEFINITE plans on a torch. I'm just waiting to find the perfect one I've added like 10 acan frags and moved a lot of the coral around since the last pictures. I'll have to get an updated FTS soon. I also am on the fence about what to do with my GBTA. I love it to death and it adds a touch of flavor to my aquarium, but unfortunately it moved a few weeks ago. One night I woke up to it almost on top my green Acropora colony. I had to frag 75% of it due to the stinging I'll probably be getting rid of it soon even though it's stopped moving the last two weeks. Just don't want to risk it moving again and killing another one of my corals. Link to comment
thewoodsarelovely Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I'm new to this forum, and just got a 29 g BioCube this week. I'm trying to figure out how much live rock to get, and the store simply gave me the standard guidelines and said it all depended on what I want my tank to look like. I love the look of yours--how many pounds of live rock do you have in it? Link to comment
Banjo Posted October 12, 2010 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 I probably have around 15 pounds. Link to comment
irogers Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 tank is looking great brother. i'm looking forward to seeing those acans grow in Link to comment
Dasani Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Beautiful tank dude! I'm not the biggest fan of LPS, but W0W. You made it look amazing. GJ! Link to comment
Banjo Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 Thanks guys! Appreciate it I need to take some updated pictures when I'm not feeling ridiculously lazy. Link to comment
msujeff Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Tank looks amazing, I really like the hammer and torch next to each other. Link to comment
Banjo Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 Tank looks amazing, I really like the hammer and torch next to each other. Thank you! Link to comment
C Jerome Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Looks like the tank is developing nicely. I am thinking of trying out some T5 over my BC29, how much have you played with the color in the photos before posting? Jerome Link to comment
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