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You've had better luck with rock flowers than me, none of mine have survived.
You've had better luck with rock flowers than me, none of mine have survived.
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Looks good!
You've had better luck with rock flowers than me, none of mine have survived.
That's strange flowers love it but bubbles don't. I'm hoping I have the opposite problem lol. I plan on adding a BTA to my cube soon and am pretty nervous about it.Thanks! Still more algae than would care to have at this point (emphasized when I turn up the white lighting for photos....doesn't look nearly as bad under typical AB+ spectrum).
Anemones are funny in that regard. With this tank the flower nems thrive, while BTAs struggle (I have lost many save for these three). In my former 125 gallon tank I had a very sizable rose anemone that refused to die despite my best (lack of) efforts. They are definitely more challenging than a lot of typical corals, IMHO.
Update 8/2/2021
Because a movie is worth a thousand pictures is worth a thousand words:
is there a condydactilys in there?
Update August 18 -
Added:
- Yellow Clown Goby
- Trimma Goby
- Coral Banded Shrimp
- Pink Rock 'nems
- Green Star Polyps (oops?)
I have a snail problem with mine, they reproduce like mad and get stuck in it all the time.Lesson number 931+:
When your tank's surface is showing film (and you have both a surface skimmer and excellent circulation) act on it right away.
Lesson number 932+:
When your Nero 5 is flashing red, don't just restart it. It might have a rock anemone staying on vacation amongst its blades (mine did). Not sure how on earth it managed to attach itself to the blade without creating an anemone milkshake, but somehow it did. And when I did restart the pump, I saw bits of all too familiar flesh streaming through the tank. Fortunately it was just a minor flesh wound (tribute to you Monty Python fans), and *maybe* it will have a chance at recovering.
Wtg Nudis!Update September 15 -
20g:
7.5g:
- Added:
- Pink Streak Wrasse
- 2 Rainbow/Rose Anemones (about 2 weeks ago)
- Notable:
- The nudibranchs added on August 5 have already wiped out all but one Aiptasia. Amazing! Got these nudis from ReefTown.com.
- Added:
- 3 pink feather dusters
- 5 Tiger Trochus snails (already wiped most of the cyano from the bare glass bottom)
- Cleaner Shrimp
- 2 Neon Star Polyp bunches (added 2 weeks ago)
Wtg Nudis!
I've been thinking about adding some feather dusters, how do you like them so far?
Wow, scary stuff.Wow, I got to experience the wonderful world of dinoflagellates for the very first time over the past few weeks. Highish Phosphates (0.13) combined with completely flatlined Nitrate (0.000000000000....). Completely ticked off corals/anemones, a clown fish scratching itself. You get the idea. My strategy so far has been this:
Even before starting those last few items, I'm already seeing a bit of improvement. Dinos are still apparent but in less gross numbers, and the anemones are all looking much happier. Hopefully with these last few steps and continued monitoring I will beat this Red Tide of aquariums.
- Removal of Marinepure Gems bio media from my hang on back filter. Seemed like a good idea at the time to have these at the ready for an instant quarantine tank or other, but in hindsight they probably contributed to the NO3 flattening out.
- Daily blasting of the strands and subsequent rinsing/cleaning of my HOB filter sponge and skimmer to promote physical removal of the Dinos as best as possible.
- Daily heavy feeding of meat-centric foods to bring up the nitrates while limiting high Phosphate foods (pellets, ReefRoids, etc). At last test Nitrates were measuring 0.2ppm. More room to grow.
- Added a Chemipure Elite bag into the HOB to try to bring the Phosphates down a bit.
- Last week I started raising the temperature slowly, bringing it up to 82° as of today. Many have reported empirical success with this (in combination with other approaches of course).
- Just got my microsope off of eBay today, so I'll be diagnosing shortly.
- Did the coffee filter test to filter the Dinos and confirm they regrouped within the hour.
- Just got in some medical grade sodium nitrate per Randy Holmes-Farley's recommendation, so if the heavy feedings don't prove to be enough there is that.
- I just got in an OASE Biomaster canister filter (the only one I have found with a really easy to use pre-filter so that it doesn't turn into a Nitrate factory, ironically) to be coupled with a 15 watt Aqua Advantage hang on back UV sterilizer. I had been thinking of adding the OASE for its efficient mechanical removal, but now with the need to do UV sterilization this is my best solution (compared to adding a sump or using an in-tank pump). This will be combined with a glass lily pipe surface skimmer more commonly used in planted freshwater tanks.