ggee1 Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 UPDATED! My nano is now 4 months old, I have finally won my battle with the hairy algae. I still see a little from time to time, but nothing that can't be removed or eaten by the cleaning crew. Coralline has developed pretty much all over the powerhead and the back wall. So far so good! 8.5 lbs Fiji Cured Live Rock 10 lbs live sand Star Polyp Maze Brain Coral Acropora (frag) 4 turbo snails (Give or take, hermits sometimes have escargot) 2 percula clowns 5 blue legged hermits 1 Banded Coral Shrimp 1 Button Polyp Link to comment
JJshiv Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 Thats an awesome tank. I hope mine looks something like it some day. What kind of clowns are those? percs? Great job nice tank. Link to comment
ggee1 Posted December 7, 2002 Author Share Posted December 7, 2002 Yea, those are perc's they have been in there since set up, they are doing really well! Actually the tank is 2 months old, I think I had on there 3 months but it's two! Thanks! Greg Link to comment
Guest AbSoluTc Posted December 7, 2002 Share Posted December 7, 2002 Whats with the black paint editing?? Perhaps your looking for a flame, I don't know. However, you keep reiterating "2months". 1 - You need to stop adding corals until you get your algae problem under control. There is something wrong somewhere and you need to stop, and get it fixed. 2 - For a tank that is 2 months old - your bioload has exceeded its capacity. Why? There is not enough beneficial bacteria to support 2 clowns, 1 CB Shrimp, and then your corals. You need to seriously SLOOOOOW DOWN! Establish your tank with beneficial bacteria and find out what is causing the ALGAE problem. SPS' in an algae infested tank are not a good thing. Lower your light cycle to 8 hours a day if not already. Test for phosphates. Start scrubbing that rock. Incase you did not get it the first time - SLOOOOOOOW DOWN! This is constructive criticism and should be taken as such. NOT A FLAME. I can not say your tank looks good, because it does not. I will say however, you have a descent setup and it seems you are going the right direction. Take a few steps back, and fix the problem before it gets out of hand. Good Luck! Link to comment
ggee1 Posted December 7, 2002 Author Share Posted December 7, 2002 When I took the picture there was a huge flash image that reflected off the back of the tank. I liked the picture but did not care for the image of the flash in the picture, so I painted over it. Link to comment
ggee1 Posted December 7, 2002 Author Share Posted December 7, 2002 I will take your constructive criticism as that, constructive. Thank you for your concern! Link to comment
jdb1960 Posted December 8, 2002 Share Posted December 8, 2002 Very nice tank, ggee1. As for the comments by AbSoluTc: Although your comments may be somewhat valid, try rephrasing. You don't want to discourage a new nano tank hobbyist. I, for one, would have considered your comments a "flame". AbSoluTc, where are the pics of your tank, along with vital statistics and information that might be beneficial to the rest of us? Offer the rest of us "newbies" something to go on, not just an opinion. Link to comment
Guest AbSoluTc Posted December 8, 2002 Share Posted December 8, 2002 My pics are posted in this very same forum with all the information you could possibly want Im not flaming as I stated earlier, I just hope that ggee1 can see that he/she has a very good start to a wonderful tank and the fact that its so crowded at a young age, is not something "I" would be proud of. My previous post stated my concearns and critisizm. Nothing more, nothing less. Ggee1's tank has potential, all I was doing was giving advice to help improve its current situation. Link to comment
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