Kinda's Large Tank Adventure (LTA)

[Kindanewtothis]

Also there are tons of pods in the 10g

 

Edit:I guess you have to know which of the dots are pods....

[seabass]

18 minutes ago, Kindanewtothis said:

Good or bad?

Small bristle worm.  Usually considered good, but they are unpleasant to touch.

[PeterU]

Bristleworm on a snail? Bristleworms are okay. That's a small one IMO.

[M. Tournesol]

4 hours ago, Kindanewtothis said:

Good or bad?

It looks like a Chimera of a snail and a bristleworm for me 🤨.
Have you ever see a snail with a bristleworm appendage or a bristleworm with a shell 🤷‍♂️?

 

It looks too evil to be safe 👹. Imagine if it starts to talk😱

[Kindanewtothis]

13 hours ago, seabass said:

Have you figured out what died? 

Everyone is accompted for. No death (fish or invert). It had to be the zoa.

[Ratvan]

9 hours ago, Kindanewtothis said:

Really enjoying looking at "Billy Bob" the strawberry conch. Thanks for the suggestion @Ratvan.

They are glorious weirdos, wait for it to kamikaze leap off your rocks to the sandbed 😂

[Melfy77]

5 hours ago, M. Tournesol said:

It looks like a Chimera of a snail and a bristleworm for me 🤨.
Have you ever see a snail with a bristleworm appendage or a bristleworm with a shell 🤷‍♂️?

 

It looks too evil to be safe 👹. Imagine if it starts to talk😱

Just wait until it gets out of the tank and crawls in your bed!! Lids are not only for fish, it keeps us safe during our sleep😂

[Kindanewtothis]

Just now, Melfy77 said:

Just wait until it gets out of the tank and crawls in your bed!! Lids are not only for fish, it keeps us safe during our sleep😂

I'm suspecting your rocks to be the source of this medieval monster! 🐉

[Kindanewtothis]

I don't see any plus value to keep bio-media in the hob filter on the 10g, I'm thinking more floss would be better.

[seabass]

1 minute ago, Kindanewtothis said:

I don't see any plus value to keep bio-media in the hob filter on the 10g, I'm thinking more floss would be better.

Normally I'd agree.  But with an ammonia spike, you don't want to be removing any part of your biofilter.

 

2 hours ago, Kindanewtothis said:

Everyone is accompted for. No death (fish or invert). It had to be the zoa.

Did this tank recently get any new rock?

[Kindanewtothis]

1 minute ago, seabass said:

Did this tank recently get any new rock?

Not since Melfy77 gave me some and it was kept in water all the time. It's not it. 

 

Still cloudy this morning.

[seabass]

1 minute ago, Kindanewtothis said:

It's not it. 

Alright, but it's not some zoanthids that were removed weeks ago either.  Weird that we can't figure it out.

 

4 minutes ago, Kindanewtothis said:

Still cloudy this morning.

Bacterial blooms often last for several days.

 

UV is often very successful at getting rid of them.  Otherwise, I suggest just waiting it out.

 

You'll want to keep dosing Prime everyday for a week or two to deal with the ammonia spike.

[Kindanewtothis]

7 minutes ago, seabass said:

but it's not some zoanthids that were removed weeks ago either. 

My bad. It was moved in the tank weeks ago, tear out from the rock it was now attached to and placed somewhere else. It became darker, browner and wasn't "glowing" anymore.

 

I only removed it from the tank yesterday.

Edited September 12, 2021 by Kindanewtothis

[Kindanewtothis]

21 minutes ago, seabass said:

Bacterial blooms often last for several days.

 

UV is often very successful at getting rid of them.  Otherwise, I suggest just waiting it out.

Will wait it out. I hope it doesn't last more than a week because after that I'll be gone 5 days (moose hunting, how Canadian is that? 🍁) 

[seabass]

51 minutes ago, Kindanewtothis said:

moose hunting, how Canadian is that? 🍁

I figured that shooting a moose would just piss it off.

[Kindanewtothis]

17 minutes ago, seabass said:

I figured that shooting a moose would just piss it off.

Yeah and it's black powder riffle hunting, I only got one shot. Takes time to reload.

 

Also got to be closer.

Edited September 12, 2021 by Kindanewtothis

[Tired]

That critter there is one of the beneficial species of bristleworm, in case you still needed an actual answer. Harmless and helpful, leave it in.

[Kindanewtothis]

"Live phyto blends purchased from your LFS can be used to start a culture.  However, this will likely result in a monoculture of a single species (often Nannochloropsis)."

 

@seabass Looks like this is happening, it's now green

[seabass]

That looks really good.  When you get your plankton sieve, strain the culture through that to clean it up even more.  But make sure that you don't use it for phyto after you've used it for pods, or you'll have 2 pod cultures and 0 phyto cultures.

[Kindanewtothis]

2 minutes ago, seabass said:

When you get your plankton sieve

It's gonna take time, schedule for sept. 16th to 27th... USPS...

 

Harvest is due in 3 days, will use the brine shrimp net again this time.

[Kindanewtothis]

I wonder if I don't have a pods culture in the 10g, there are really many of them. Do I keep dosing phyto while the bacterial bloom?

[seabass]

33 minutes ago, Kindanewtothis said:

Do I keep dosing phyto while the bacterial bloom?

I don't see a reason why you shouldn't.

[Kindanewtothis]

Did someone dropped a glass of milk in my tank? 😅

[Kindanewtothis]

Would a large water change help at all with the bacterial bloom?

[seabass]

I would just provide good flow and wait it out.  However, I doubt that a water change would do any harm.