jjjo Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 I have a clown that poops constantly. i have only been feeding him a small amount of food he can only eat in about 1.5 minutes once a day. yesterday he pooped for about 5 hours without stopping. is this bad? also my cleaner shrimp has been harassing the fish. he keeps chasing it, and when he catches it you can probably guess what he eats. Link to comment
redneckvampire Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 Ahhh.....the circle of life or One creatures crap is anothers treasure Link to comment
jjjo Posted November 28, 2004 Author Share Posted November 28, 2004 you sonofa***** redneckvampire. what the hell kinda answer is that. (sorry, kinda mean eh) anyway, he stopped right after i posted this thread. cleaner shrimp lost a leg.. Link to comment
cdm Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 thats pretty funny i hope he grows it back! Link to comment
redneckvampire Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 I just ment that it's something that goes on in everyones tank. My fish eats zoa poop, crabs eat fish poop, not sure if zoas eat crab poop. But anyway shouldn't be that big of a deal. It's all apart of creating a little ecosystem. Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 sorry about the mean comment earlier redneckvampire. okay, that's cool. hows your tank/reef doing, if you have one. anyway my clown stopped pooping and is acting normal again, and the shrimp still acts the same, even with a missing leg. any pointers on a good way to remove algae from the sandbed and rocks. any help would be great. Link to comment
redneckvampire Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 No prob Lots of ways to remove it. Suck it out with a hose when doing a water change, feed less, do a few small water changes, add a few more snails and hermits, use some sort of phosphate removing media. Just do a search and you can get more ideas than I can come up with. Just make sure your getting good water. I've had a bloom before just because I bought water from a store that didn't change their RO filter like they should. Other than the cups in the tank the 10 gallon reef is good (trying to get some loose mushrooms to attach). This was a few months ago. What do ya think. Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 2, 2004 Author Share Posted December 2, 2004 i put all that stuff you mentioned, like phosplate romover (phoseban sound ok) and a cleanup crew on my christmas list. i also am going to buy "beginner" corals over break. how about 14 astreas (2 present) for a 10 gallon reef, and 5 hermits (already present in the system)? can all this wait till christmas, that's 25 days from now. i also have yet to buy a hydrometer! (think i need one bad. ny tank has been uo and running 4 months without knowing what sg is. las i checked it was 1.023. hydometer is also on my christmas list) BTW nice tank redneckvampire. looks clean, no slime algea covering you sandbed and corals look healthy. you should remove the damsel and put a clownfish or a goby in there instead. (i have a clown. his name is krusty!) Link to comment
redneckvampire Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 I used to have a clown named Homey D. Clown. Was my first nano fish, but he past away right after his 5th birthday. I was going to just keep corals, but a friend bought the damsel for my b-day present. I've used phosban before and it seems to work well. I would suggest to use small amounts changed often until you get control of the algea. Maybe a tablespoon in a media bag changed weekly or every 2 weeks. But a few water changes will help out too. That sounds like it would be fine for a cleanup crew. My astreas get on the sand some if their is something to eat their, but they mostly stay on the glass or rocks. But most of all, please buy a hydrometer first. Even the cheapest one you can find. And keep reading up on how to get rid of algea. Persistance is the key. Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 3, 2004 Author Share Posted December 3, 2004 i used to have a $16.00 high precision hydrometer from drsfostersmith.com. it was one you put in the water and it would float. unfortunatly my clownfish went crazy once when i fed it and you can guess what happened. maybe i'll get an instant ocean hydrometer or a deep six. BTW will astreas eat cyano off the sand, or will the phosephate remover handle that? Link to comment
mickey85 Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 for a hydrometer, I have the floaty kind, and it's got a thermometer in the bottom. Makes it really handy, just kill the power filter, take a reading, fire up the filter again. But again, I don't check it more than every 2-3 days, because I've got a line on my tank where the water level should be, and I keep it topped off to there. Link to comment
jjjo Posted December 3, 2004 Author Share Posted December 3, 2004 yeah me too. except every time you put your hand in water evaporates off your hand thus lowering the level of salt water. then if you fill the tank up with fresh water back to the line, your salinity chages slightly. Link to comment
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