jball1125 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 I blastos too. Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Nice, looks like you've planted some seeds and the tank is starting to fill Link to comment
jball1125 Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 Nice, looks like you've planted some seeds and the tank is starting to fill Thanks Spencer! I think I'm just going to sit back and watch it grow for a while, adding only ”I must have” pieces every now and then. Link to comment
jball1125 Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 Not much going on over here. Getting some decent growth on some pieces. Even the infamous Darth Mauls are growing. Along with good growth I am getting bad growth too. Not sure what this algae is, but its taking over that top rock. Any suggestions to get rid of it? BTW the top algae is different than the smaller patch on the bottom. Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Take your frags off the rock and scrub with a scrub brush, maybe hot water or let it dry out. Yes this will kill bacteria and such but I don't see your clown and your frags shouldn't mind the loss Since you can't pluck it off with your hands, a critter is the other option maybe a elephant conch, turbo snail, tiny sea hare (all are iffy) However I don't think changing the lighting schedule or doing massive WC's will do anything in this case... Link to comment
jball1125 Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 Take your frags off the rock and scrub with a scrub brush, maybe hot water or let it dry out. Yes this will kill bacteria and such but I don't see your clown and your frags shouldn't mind the loss Since you can't pluck it off with your hands, a critter is the other option maybe a elephant conch, turbo snail, tiny sea hare (all are iffy) However I don't think changing the lighting schedule or doing massive WC's will do anything in this case... Yea I tried plucking it but it just goes everywhere and I can already see growth coming from where the particles landed. The one on the bottom seems like some type of macro algae, it actually looks quite nice, if only it didnt grow so fast. The clown is in there but I dont think he would mind too much. My main concern is removing the rock since I did epoxy the crap out of it. I have been thinking about covering it up with something to block the light from hitting it, not sure how though. Link to comment
jball1125 Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 Added 2 smaller Mexican turbos today. Hopefully they will help some. If they start to cause too much havoc ill just give them back to the LFS. Link to comment
jball1125 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 So the turbos have definitely been munching down, unfortunately not on what I want them to munch down on, they have already knocked over some frags so back to the LFS they go tomorrow. Link to comment
urbaneks Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I honestly would replace that rock. The tank looks new enough where you don't have corals encrusted. You can try to fight that but at this point I think it would be easier to replace it with a new piece. Link to comment
jball1125 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 I really dont want to remove the piece, its really quite large, I will however try scrubbing it next. Link to comment
jball1125 Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 Well the turbos were way too clumsy for my taste, besides they didnt touch the purple stuff. I traded them in for a lawnmower blenny. Such a cool fish to watch, I have seen him pecking at all sorts of stuff but hasnt made his way up to the problem algae yet. We will see if he takes interest in it. Even if he doesnt I dont think ill take him back, I really like his character. Link to comment
jball1125 Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 The blenny didnt seems to pay much attention to the algae. Unlike the turbos though I didnt return him, I like him. I decided to take the cheato out of my AC70 because I honestly dont think that it does much, at least on such a small scale. I took advantage of the free space and squeezed the algae infested boulder in there to keep the bacteria but hopefully kill off the algae now that they wont be getting light. How long do you guys think it will take before all that algae dies off??? Link to comment
jball1125 Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 New FTS with the algae infested boulder removed. Looks ugly but hopefully the algae will die off soon. New LMB Link to comment
jball1125 Posted December 25, 2012 Author Share Posted December 25, 2012 At my mothers for the hollidays, checking the apex status through the android team viewer app and it works flawlessly. Merry Christmas to you all! Link to comment
jball1125 Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Added some new pieces today, incuding a maxima clam. Pics tomorrow. Link to comment
jball1125 Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Here are some crappy pics. Me and the camera could not get on the same page today. Maxima has much brighter blue stripes. God of war palys are too far from the glass for my point n shoot. These are one of my favs. Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Tank is reallly coming along! Love that ric garden. Nice zoas too! Keep up the good work! Link to comment
jball1125 Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 Thanks Mic. Now if only I could learn to take pics like yours. Link to comment
Rain24 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Nice clam! Do you have to feed the blenny then since it didn't like that big ball of algae? Link to comment
jball1125 Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 Nice clam! Do you have to feed the blenny then since it didn't like that big ball of algae? THANKS! He has other patches of algae here and there that he picks on. Link to comment
jball1125 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 So my cat decided he liked the taste of my Apex display cable. Link to comment
jball1125 Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Not much to update around these parts except a new misbar clown. He seems to be getting along just fine with my original one. Still having some weird macro algae issues. The stuff is actually pretty but its growing everywhere. Im at the point where I have decided to just let it be. If it starts to take over corals I will have to start over I guess. Ill try and get some pics of the new clown and the nuisance algae soon. Link to comment
jball1125 Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 Well here is a shot of the left and a shot of the right. Not looking its best but hopefully things will get better. Havent been feeding the corals to see if that helps with the macros. Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 That type of purple turf algae is tough to eradicate once it takes hold. I had read some Posts on this stuff so when I saw some come in on a frag plug I removed it completely outside of the tank right away. I haven't seen any accounts of typical Nano creatures that will actively graze it, unfortunately, but you might try a few different types of hermit crabs to see if any of them have a liking for it. Looks like you have plenty of fish, so you wouldn't need to feed the corals. Keeping inorganic phosphate and nitrate very low (to keep algae growth restricted) will be tough with three decent sized fish, but doable with regular detritus removal, WCs and possibly using GFO and a skimmer. Looking forward to seeing the clown pics. Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.