20G Nano Reef

[KeremAltinbasak]

I don't know what to do for this child.
This friend who gets along well with everyone is harassed only by his own kind. He has now dug a hole for himself there and does not leave it except to eat and is harvested regularly.
I can't catch it and separate it, but it immediately runs away under the rock and it's almost impossible to catch it, it's so fast!
What can I do ?

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

I don't know what to do for this child.
This friend who gets along well with everyone is harassed only by his own kind. He has now dug a hole for himself there and does not leave it except to eat and is harvested regularly.
I can't catch it and separate it, but it immediately runs away under the rock and it's almost impossible to catch it, it's so fast!
What can I do ?

Damselfish are jerks, mostly to each other. They are best kept in a pair or in larger schools to displace aggression. Usually in a tank they will still pick each other off even in schools until one is left. There are exceptions but damselfish aren't nice to each other lol.

Try a PVC tube he can go in ilwith a few small holes or net at one end and attach a string
Leave it a day or 2 for the damsel to get comfortable to go in and hide. Then pull string to pull out PVC and fish. Got to be quick though.

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

Hello everyone;
I tried a few ways but in vain. It is very smart and fast. Anyway, I left it alone now :)
Yesterday, the shrimp changed its shell and the shell got stuck in the wave motor. I think my starfish, which smelled it, climbed up to the wave motor and when I saw it, it was too late.
Luckily, only its arms were damaged and one of them was torn off.
I quickly rescued it from the current and put it back in the sand. It immediately buried itself in the sand and I saw that it was alive.
I hope it will recover soon.
I added one s-size doctor wrasse. Nothing extra, routine maintenance and checks continue :)

 

[Ben's Pico Reefing]

Depending on wave maker they make guards and protectors for them.

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

Depending on wave maker they make guards and protectors for them.

It actually looks like there is. So it's not like they can get stuck easily. I use Slw30. I think it wanted to go to the shrimp smell and got stuck. Because no living thing had ever gotten stuck before.
Maybe I could put a net or something around it. I'll think about it.

 

[Sinkers]

Hello everyone;
I tried a few ways but in vain. It is very smart and fast. Anyway, I left it alone now :)
Yesterday, the shrimp changed its shell and the shell got stuck in the wave motor. I think my starfish, which smelled it, climbed up to the wave motor and when I saw it, it was too late.
Luckily, only its arms were damaged and one of them was torn off.
I quickly rescued it from the current and put it back in the sand. It immediately buried itself in the sand and I saw that it was alive.
I hope it will recover soon.
I added one s-size doctor wrasse. Nothing extra, routine maintenance and checks continue :)

Still adding more fish mate?

How many is that now in the little nano tank?

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

Still adding more fish mate?

How many is that now in the little nano tank?

Hahah yes but you remember bicolor was dead, think of it as replacing it :) Fireshrimpte disappeared so there was a place for it so I filled it :P
A total of 2 damsels, 2 clowns, 1 bluetang, 1 yellow and 1 doctor wrasse :)

 

[Sinkers]

Yes, I agree with you all. I made a little mistake by adding too much fish at the beginning. But right now I can't catch any of them. Maybe she can remove the clowns, but my little daughter loves them too, Of course, as you can guess, she calls them Nemo and feeds them every evening. They have gotten used to being handled and are eating from my daughter's hand. So it will probably continue like this for a while. I don't think I would add anything, except coral, of course.

Yes I just remember after he died you were thinking to keep less fish as it was overstocked lol. Good reason to get a bigger tank . Would be better for the Blue tang also

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

Hello everyone I feel like our doctor is a little unwell. His swimming is a little strange and he didn't eat today. He was very healthy yesterday and he was moving like a bullet when I fed him. What could have happened today as in the video? Maybe you dont see but his tail its not normal, smaller and tiny. All the other fish are healthy.

 

[Sinkers]

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Hello everyone I feel like our doctor is a little unwell. His swimming is a little strange and he didn't eat today. He was very healthy yesterday and he was moving like a bullet when I fed him. What could have happened today as in the video? Maybe you dont see but his tail its not normal, smaller and tiny. All the other fish are healthy.

20G tank is small for 7 fish, they are in each other's territory. He probably got his tail bitten. You will likely continue to have issues with fish when you overstock them in small tanks unfortunately. Just get a bigger tank if you like a lot of fish.

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

Hello Everyone

We lost the doctor. The rest is ours. We continue.
In general, we have no problems. Living creatures and corals are healthy, nitrate is still high but we are used to it now. I never have an algae problem, interestingly my phosphate is always 0.04. KH was a little high but the last measurements showed something like 9-10. My nitrate is between 25-50. Salinity is constant 1024-25 / temperatures are 25.1 degrees Celsius.

But I noticed something while examining it the other day. A slime-like structure has formed behind my rocks. I took as much of it as I could on video. It is more present in the back, not the front. What is this? Does it cause any harm?
It looks like a bacterial film.

 

[Sinkers]

I wonder what new fish you will have next week . Hopefully the next one survives.

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

Hello everyone

Yes, it's been a long time :)
The current situation is quite standard and continues as usual. No loss, no addition, no removal. Everything is okey.

Only the eggs I noticed on my window have appeared :) I have no idea what they are, who caused them or why. If anyone has information, can they write?

Thank you.

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

Hello everyone It's been a long time :) A lot has changed. The situation is not good. I couldn't find the reason. In the last 1-2 months, I lost elegance, indo gold torch, candy canes, monti and some more. I don't understand but a conch died and my shrimp eats it with pleasure. My regular water changes continue. Last week, I made a change of almost 40%. I completely dismantled the protein skimmer and cleaned everything down to the spindle. It collects perfectly now but my nitrate is still in the 50s. My phosphate is also 0.04 kh and it is still high at around 9-10. I change the activated carbon every month. I change the fiber every day in the sump and I use 0 ro water in everything. The salinity fluctuates between 1024-25 and the temperature does not go above 25.1. It is summer so I run the air conditioner and do not let it get hot. Ammonia is 0. I am confused about what to do now, I couldn't think of anything to do about nitrate. My fish are growing healthily, there is no loss. But coral losses have started. As a contribution, I only pour a stability cap after every water change per week, that's all.For the first time since I set up the aquarium, brown algae started to appear. What should I do, please advice?

 

[Sinkers]

How often are you doing water changes? Maybe do it more often until Nitrate comes down a bit

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

How often are you doing water changes? Maybe do it more often until Nitrate comes down a bit

Since I set it up, I have been doing a 15% water change every Saturday. I did a 40% change 2 weeks ago and I continue with my normal routine. Should I add something as an additive, such as a nitrate reducer? Would products like AF nitraphos minus work?

 

[bangcamaro]

ugh i feel your pain, im dealing with a Cyano outbreak right now, been trying to test more regularly and my parameters all seem to be within range of good..definitely frustrating, i hope things work out for your tank...all a learn by fire scenario for us I guess..

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

ugh i feel your pain, im dealing with a Cyano outbreak right now, been trying to test more regularly and my parameters all seem to be within range of good..definitely frustrating, i hope things work out for your tank...all a learn by fire scenario for us I guess..

Ohh, sorry to hear that my friend. Have you tried Chemiclean? Everyone who uses it is very happy, check it out.

As you said, these are all experiments, let's see what happens. I changed the salt, I switched to AF Hybrid +. Maybe it will help. Because the Redsea salt I had left started to clump, it may have spoiled.

I will do 2 water changes a week from now on. I guess we will figure it out with closer monitoring. I will let it be for a while.

 

[KeremAltinbasak]

Hi everyone,

I've been facing some issues lately, and unfortunately, all of my torch corals have died for reasons I still can’t determine. Strangely, the rest of my corals seem unaffected.

The last additions I made were a Madagascar leather coral and some various zoas and ricordea. As you can see in the previous photo, there were patches of algae forming on the top of the rock. To handle that, I added an algae eater blenny and incredibly, within just 2 or 3 days, the entire tank is spotless. Not just the rocks, but even the background, wave maker, and the return pipe from the sump completely clean. The tank looks crystal clear now.

All of my fish are healthy and doing well. I haven’t changed anything in terms of stability; in fact, I’ve increased my water change frequency. I used to do 4 water changes per month (once a week), but now I’ve increased it to 6.
Despite this, I'm still struggling with high nitrate levels. I’m starting to suspect the issue might be the detritus buildup at the bottom of the sump since it's a rear sump system, it’s hard to clean regularly. I had a peek inside and noticed a lot of sponge growth in there, which I assume is a good sign!

I’m planning a thorough cleaning session soon probably will climb up and give the sump a full maintenance check.

Anyway, just wanted to share the current state of things. I’ll keep updating you guys as I go.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Hi everyone,

I've been facing some issues lately, and unfortunately, all of my torch corals have died for reasons I still can’t determine. Strangely, the rest of my corals seem unaffected.

The last additions I made were a Madagascar leather coral and some various zoas and ricordea. As you can see in the previous photo, there were patches of algae forming on the top of the rock. To handle that, I added an algae eater blenny and incredibly, within just 2 or 3 days, the entire tank is spotless. Not just the rocks, but even the background, wave maker, and the return pipe from the sump completely clean. The tank looks crystal clear now.

All of my fish are healthy and doing well. I haven’t changed anything in terms of stability; in fact, I’ve increased my water change frequency. I used to do 4 water changes per month (once a week), but now I’ve increased it to 6.
Despite this, I'm still struggling with high nitrate levels. I’m starting to suspect the issue might be the detritus buildup at the bottom of the sump since it's a rear sump system, it’s hard to clean regularly. I had a peek inside and noticed a lot of sponge growth in there, which I assume is a good sign!

I’m planning a thorough cleaning session soon probably will climb up and give the sump a full maintenance check.

Anyway, just wanted to share the current state of things. I’ll keep updating you guys as I go.

I had issues with torches in my tank too! Never could pinpoint the issue, but the only thing I could think of was that it was caused by low nutrient levels in my tank. Sorry about you losing your torches