corriewf Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 Well heres my little 10 gallon.I have been through ups and downs with this tank.I fought hair algae for 6 months and now im winning.I lost alot of corals to it though.Now im trying to get rid of the little bit that is left .I will post more pics very soon. Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 25, 2004 Author Share Posted July 25, 2004 Pic of fuzzy shroom.Wierd color morph. Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 25, 2004 Author Share Posted July 25, 2004 EWWWW ALGAE!Oh well I am getting rid of it fast thanks to a fat arse turbo I added a couple days ago.I have tons of bubble algae ,but dont really mind it.You will see the base of a huge toadstool that is now growing back after topped it . Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 25, 2004 Author Share Posted July 25, 2004 Oh yeah!I forgot to list my stuff. GSPs shrooms sun polyps bubble LPS Torch LPS Yellow Porites Monti Digita capnella toadstool hitchiker zoos orange zoos red zoos fuzzy shrooms alveopora atlantic flower anemone pipe organ false perc blue damsel green spotted puffer Link to comment
holyherbiness Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 looking good corriewf and I love your profile picture. Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 25, 2004 Author Share Posted July 25, 2004 Thanks.I am going to be posting some close ups tonight.I hate that third pic , it makes my tank look like crap.I just posted it cause I have it . Link to comment
holyherbiness Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 heh that third pic makes your tank look like a badly designed christmas tree still some nice looking colors though. Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 25, 2004 Author Share Posted July 25, 2004 Just wait until you see the close ups tonight buddy.Whats funny is most of that algae in that pic is now gone.I bought a huge turbo the other day that is eating through the algae like he has the mad cow disease. LOL! Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 OHHHHH AHHHH ATLANTIC FLOWER ANEMONE! Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 Well heres the Alveopora that I fragged.You can see on the right side how its healing over the break very nicely.Kids dont try that at home.You cant frag alveopora its impossible, cause it will die. It isnt expanded fully as its only about an hour after lights on. Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 MMMMmmmm BURGERS....Oh I mean side view. Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 Here are the fuzzy shrooms.This is only after an hour of lights on and normaly they expand to the point that the rock is not visible.They also look better in person ..OH well. Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 One more shot of the front.God I cant believe its over all ready.They grow up so fast.:*( Link to comment
bowfront26 Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Which lights are you using on that tank, any recommendations for my 10 g. Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 I am using the aqualight powerquad 96 watt.I am happy with it ,but then again it depends on what you wanna keep. Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 Also I wanna say that alot of that green you see on the rocks is annoying green coraline.Its also the only coralline I can get to grow on the glass and I hate it.I have to take a razor blade to the glass once a week. Link to comment
holyherbiness Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 nice looking tank! but a tad too green for my tastes. =) Link to comment
impur Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Originally posted by corriewf Also I wanna say that alot of that green you see on the rocks is annoying green coraline.Its also the only coralline I can get to grow on the glass and I hate it.I have to take a razor blade to the glass once a week. Exactly the same thing that happens to me. I scrape the glass with every WC. Gets so annoying. Link to comment
3gEclipseGuy Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Do you think changing out your heater would help get rid of some of the green algae? It looks as though it's on the heater glass and may help grow it more in that area too. Not too sure but I would give it a try and see what happens. What do you think? Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 iI really dont think it will help as it grows more on the front and sides then anywhere else.Also the rock is covered with it as you can see.I bought a piece of live rock covered in purple coralline and im hoping it will seed the tank . Link to comment
birdman204 Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Originally posted by corriewf OHHHHH AHHHH ATLANTIC FLOWER ANEMONE! I will work on that for you, now that you have a picture nice tank. Where's the coralline:P Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 If you point out a spot on the rock I will part the hair algae so you can see the coralline.HAHAHAHAHAH:D :D Link to comment
FishyPoo Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Corriewf, Your tank looks good. I've had my 10 gal up for a year now. I had bad green hair as well. I also get that hard green algae on my glass too, however I do have a very small amount of pink in a corner on the glass. How did you go about getting rid of the hair? Just brush it off? I was successfull with it's demise by growing some macro algae, it's a bit easier to pull out than that hairy stuff. I just got a skimmer a couple of weeks ago, it seems to be helping with the algae too. Link to comment
corriewf Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 Well for months I was pullling it out by hand.I got tired of that quick so I switched LFS for ro/di water.I dont think the one I was buying water from were changing their filters.Anyhow started running phosguard 24/7 which stopped the growth.Then I started buying snails like crazy.I have to say that the best snail yet is the one I bought the other day ,its a huge turbo and its eating algae at a amazing rate!Alot of the algae in the pics I posted is now gone and since im got rid of the phosphate its not growing back! Link to comment
birdman204 Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 speaking from experience , sea bunnies from www.IPSF.com and a few other online vendors will mow through a 10G worth of algae in less than a month. Make sure you know someone else with these problems though, cuz they will starve after that. Be sure to keep up with WC's if not do extras to combat the increased waste nutrient levels from them. Link to comment
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