00W's AIO Smorgasbord

[00W]

I hope t5 and water change will solve your issues.

Thanks Remi we shall see.
High nutrients is really the problem.
As far as lightning goes, white, as Tim said, is for our pleasure/viewing enjoyment.
I think the white spectrum causes algae of all types.
I've always thought this
But we all enjoy different viewing as far as our tank goes and I think I just enjoy the T5's, really.
We'll see where it goes from here.

 

[kingranch2003]

Berghia take a while. Like Kevin said, sometimes a few generations in. I put mine in (3) and saw almost immediate improvement, then an explosion of Aiptasia it seemed like, then slowly it started dwindling again and then, almost overnight it seemed like, all Aiptasia just disappeared.

I was raising 6 or 7 in my 6 gallon while @tharbin was deciding if he wanted them or not and I threw close to 100 Aiptasia in. That was gone in about 2 days. :face-with-tears-of-joy: They were eating them faster than I could harvest from the 135 and the 135 was being steadily and quickly consumed by the remaining Berghia in there.

Wow these are some impressive creatures! Well that settles it. I'm throwing the book at them

 

[00W]

Man, I'm hoping to see them dwindle soon Tim. They're getting close to a torch and some acans. I'm really glad to hear that you had success with them. Mine is really small lol. He looks like a real PM shrimp fingers crossed.

I got 2 for my 20.
Demolished all of them in 2 days.

 

[kingranch2003]

I found one bubble algae at the base of one of my torches today but I had to leave the house early and couldn't get it off. Is there any reason for this type of algae to appear or could it have come with some coral?

I had a bunch come in on a frag plug. I took them out by hand and it started spreading. Luis, I got an emerald crab and it disappeared in 3 days. I've never seen another single bubble since.

 

[kingranch2003]

Im looking at the 12 frag mount. did you just glue it in place on existing rock in your tank? and do you feel it gives the corals enough room to grow out nicely?

You won't regret your purchase. These are great mounts/shelves.

 

[00W]

Could be an issue....
Yikes.

 

[00W]

Im looking at the 12 frag mount. did you just glue it in place on existing rock in your tank? and do you feel it gives the corals enough room to grow out nicely?

Welcome to the Smorgasbord!

 

[luis angel]

I had a bunch come in on a frag plug. I took them out by hand and it started spreading. Luis, I got an emerald crab and it disappeared in 3 days. I've never seen another single bubble since.

My last experience with an emerald crab wasn't very good, it ended with him in the sewer and me with a dead torch and a super damaged hammer that never recovered.

 

[kingranch2003]

My last experience with an emerald crab wasn't very good, it ended with him in the sewer and me with a dead torch and a super damaged hammer that never recovered.

Oh wow!! Your coral munching tsb is shaking in his boots right now lol

 

[00W]

Lunch....

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

I'd love to hear the Smorgasbord strategy for aiptasia. What do you all do, or have done?
Note: There is no aiptasia in the second shot. I just thought it was an awesome picture lol!

Like others have said, berghia! I added 3 into my 15g. That week I saw lots of eggs. Then th3 next week I saw lots of babies. Still no noticale decrease in aiptasia. And then boom. One morning I woke up, and all of them were gone. Pretty crazy.

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

 

[smitten with ocean life]

did you guys see who POTM??? yay for luis!!

 

[kingranch2003]

Like others have said, berghia! I added 3 into my 15g. That week I saw lots of eggs. Then th3 next week I saw lots of babies. Still no noticale decrease in aiptasia. And then boom. One morning I woke up, and all of them were gone. Pretty crazy.

That IS crazy Walker. I bet you thought they weren't going to work until they did one day. I'll have to give them a try for sure

 

[cdemoss01]

Evening everyone. Nothing new today. My wrasse ate one of my new trochus. However some good news the tips of my GHA seem to have a little white on them but I can't tell.

 

[cdemoss01]

squash wasnt even allowed when i was growing up! :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing: unless it was pumpkin pie! my dad is a no veggies kinda guy!:squinting-face-with-tongue:

I like squash as long as it's cooked with the hibachi method!

 

[cdemoss01]

Lunch....

Ah yes another view of that beautiful kitchen

 

[luis angel]

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Could be an issue....
Yikes.

Is it the angle of the camera or do you have massive hands Joel??? :face-with-tears-of-joy: your checker looks like half the size of mine when I hold it lol

 

[tbrown]

@tbrown Reading your answer about the lights, I realize that I was wrong. I knew that blue lights are necessary for the zooxanthellae living within corals for photosynthesis, but I don't know where I read or someone told me that white lights were more important.

I'm not positive you're wrong, it's just a big argument at this point mainly because there's no scientific studies proving one side or another.

The biggest point towards blue light is that typically white light is filtered out by the water by the time it reaches the typical corals we have in our tanks.

Also, white causes algae growth so the less white you have the better chance of having a lower amount of algae.