Aquaeurousa 28g

[JoshuA c]

Update: 11-30-13

 

Tank looks good. We got a cleaner shrimp, more zoas, and another mushroom today. The shrimp is happy. One zoa frag is opened and the mushroom looks great.

 

Can anyone ID this zoa, too?

 

 

 

 

I fed my goby the other night and my ric and people eater grabbed a mysid shrimp each

 

 

[JoshuA c]

Update:

Everything looks good. We are going to battle the red algae first and then take on the aptasia. We plan to use "red slime stain remover" so we have started aerating the water like it says to do.

We have gotten neon clove polyps (for $15 which is a pretty good deal I thought) watermelon zoas, and these little orange/green zoas (they look great under the actinics and if anyone can ID them, that would be great, thanks).

 

 

 

 

 

 

[1.0reef]

Nice, lots of nice zoas. But as I said, not large enough for a true sandsifting goby, even if it's eating prepared.

[JoshuA c]

Just added in the Red Slime Stain Remover. It has worked well for other people so we'll see how it works for me. Turned the water slightly yellow, initially, but it has since then cleared up.

 

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[JoshuA c]

The slime remover seems to have worked and quickly. I could see the red slime streaming off of the rocks by the next morning (under 24 hours). So I can personally recommend Ultralife Red Slime Stain Remover. Now I just need to get rid of aptasia and green bubble algae. I was thinking a chemical approach for the aptasia and a emerald crab for the bubble algae.

[defender.TX]

Chemicals for aiptasia. Peppermint shrimp just don't work in my experience. However, I have had my blue legged reef hermits devour entire fields of red cyano in a single night. You might want to add a few of those guys and see if they help so you don't have to continue treating cyano with chemicals.

 

I feel like cyano is different than normal pests - it's a good indicator your nutrient level is too high. When I see cyano it lets me know that I need to reduce feeding, recharge my Purigen, or pick up my water change schedule. I don't like to get rid of it chemically because once I've fixed the problem it goes away on its own (usually my blue legged hermits finishing it off).

[JoshuA c]

Here are some pictures:

 

this one shows the coloring of some of my zoas. I really like the patterns on the red ones in the back. It's strange because you can't see their patterns with the white lights.

 

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I have no idea what these are called, but they look great under both white and blue and just blue lighting.

 

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And here's my little buddy

 

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