hawks66 Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 Oops, in anticipation of fish I added some purigen to my rack, however the bag I put it in was not fine enough and soon enough I had purigen pellets floating around. I found another bag I had and that seems to be working, hopefully the floss will take it all out. Do check the mesh of your bags people! Link to comment
hawks66 Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 All Param's 0. a little Purigen got loose today, which was annoying, my bags are not fine enough to contain it. Ill be on the lookout tomorrow. Must get tiny mesh bags. got some Ocellaris clowns. i hope my chaeto does well, ill do some light requirement searching. Link to comment
gonzalez78 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=173 Talk to them they are a great bunch and I'm sure they will help you. Link to comment
hawks66 Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 Things have been cruising along here for quite a while! my 2 clowns and one yellow watchman goby have been doing excellent, getting bigger, still very active and i'm loving them, getting some good coraline growth and params are great, a few water changes here and there, glass stays clean all by itself. I have quite the cleanup crew. I had some red hair algea but added some margarita snails and they took care of it in 2 days. blue legged hermits, dwarf cerith, Florida Cerith, nerites, margarita I seem to be losing some nassarius snails though?? here's a happy clown and goby What i do have is this strange hard thin red '''''stuff'''??? a large patch on the top rock right were my powerhead points. which i thought would curtail any algea from the top rock which gets the most light. and another view and a tiny patch on a bottom rock it doesnt seem to be spreading anymore. the snails and crabs cant seem to make a dent in it. any ideas folks? I'm on the lookout for coral deals. ive seen some websites/ebay offer 5 rics and 5 zoa's for 100$ which seems like a decent deal to me. I keep looking on craigslist, but nothing great nearby. If you're in the east SF bay area and want to sell some corals HMU!!! i think once i get the corals in I'd call this tank a success as long as she stays clean! I don't have super high goals for this tank, its a first tank and I would just be super happy if it stays living and happy and clean for a long time. Link to comment
uaiu Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 It could be a different kind of coralline algae, it comes in many colors Link to comment
hawks66 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 UPDATE! New Full Tank Shot! Also got some corals off craigslist for all 4 for 30$ A ric zoas Shroom more zoas and Dr. Manhattan the watchman goby! The clowns are happy and the tank is staying clean on its own! looks like the blue leg crabs are working on that brown algae though it spreads. still unidentified. Link to comment
hawks66 Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 Well things were going swimmingly, great growth on the corals, but we got what i think is a cyano outbreak it's red sand? Ive reduced feedings, did a water change and lowered the lights, but to no avail. i dont really have any sand cleaning snails, perhaps i should pick some up. any ideas? the TDS on my RO is pretty high, up to 40 ppm.. i ordered new carbon and filter from BRS and also ordered a DI unit to add. so that hopefully helps. gonna put gfo in the tank soon as well. also, that brown algea we see on the top rock and spot on the lower right rock in previous pictures has really taken off. here is a close up. any ideas on what can be done? none of my snails or crabs seem to make much dent and its spreading. what is the protocol for swapping out your live rock? any way it can be done? Link to comment
ward827 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Not sure if that's cyano or not. If it is, I'd try a dose of chemiclean. 2 cents. W- Link to comment
Chk111 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I think that is coralline algae on your rocks- I've seen it in many different colors from dark purple brown to light green... But I'm a total noob so I could be totally wrong This seems similar...http://www.livingreefs.com/red-coralline-algae-something-else-t24528.html Also another link with similar pics of the mystery algaehttp://www.wetwebmedia.com/redalgidf4.htm Link to comment
Chk111 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 And last but not least... http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f40/brown-encrusting-algae-33297.html They suggest a sea urchin to rid of the brownish red encrusting algae Link to comment
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