65 gallon build thread

[Ro Bow]

the base is all white

 

[Goaway]

No, nothing like that. I fear it is dead, because i can see some white, which i think is skeleton...

Can you get close up and of the mouths?

 

[Goaway]

Also, what temperature do you keep your tank?

 

[Goaway]

No, nothing like that. I fear it is dead, because i can see some white, which i think is skeleton...

If it has mouths to feed, it could be nurtured back to health.

 

[Clawfish]

I just read this entire thing as building a 65 currently to add my Fuval 13.5 corals to
is this still active??

 

[Ro Bow]

I just read this entire thing as building a 65 currently to add my Fuval 13.5 corals to
is this still active?

I still have the tank if thats what your asking, yeah. Still undergoing a HORRIBLE hair algae bloom right now

 

[Goaway]

Full tank shots? No need to be embarrassed. We all hit those parts of the map. Well, most.

 

[Ro Bow]

Full tank shots? No need to be embarrassed. We all hit those parts of the map. Well, most.

Hi, yeah ill post some. Parameters are stable, tank running almost a year now. Used RODI, every day i pluck some of the stuff off the rocks and powerhead. Grows so fast. Got a urchin and fighting conch to help, Urchin helps a lot, the conch eats poop on the seabed i guess. No fish died so far, or inverts. Coral grew A LOT, only the pulsing xenia though. My leather is so small, and algae grows on him so fast that he doesnt open. Alive though. Im getting a lid for christmas, gonna add some wrasses after that. Everyone is doing great, even my feather duster which suprised me,I just dont understand why this algae is going insane. Any advice? I was thinking maybe a UV sterilizer but my parents dont like the idea.

 

[Ro Bow]

Hi, yeah ill post some. Parameters are stable, tank running almost a year now. Used RODI, every day i pluck some of the stuff off the rocks and powerhead. Grows so fast. Got a urchin and fighting conch to help, Urchin helps a lot, the conch eats poop on the seabed i guess. No fish died so far, or inverts. Coral grew A LOT, only the pulsing xenia though. My leather is so small, and algae grows on him so fast that he doesnt open. Alive though. Im getting a lid for christmas, gonna add some wrasses after that. Everyone is doing great, even my feather duster which suprised me,I just dont understand why this algae is going insane. Any advice? I was thinking maybe a UV sterilizer but my parents dont like the idea.

Bump

 

[Goaway]

take rocks out one a day or 1 a week, scrub them down. add more snails.

 

[Ro Bow]

take rocks out one a day or 1 a week, scrub them down. add more snails.

I have life rock, i read that if i scrub it, the beneficial bacteria will get off

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Hi, yeah ill post some. Parameters are stable, tank running almost a year now. Used RODI, every day i pluck some of the stuff off the rocks and powerhead. Grows so fast. Got a urchin and fighting conch to help, Urchin helps a lot, the conch eats poop on the seabed i guess. No fish died so far, or inverts. Coral grew A LOT, only the pulsing xenia though. My leather is so small, and algae grows on him so fast that he doesnt open. Alive though. Im getting a lid for christmas, gonna add some wrasses after that. Everyone is doing great, even my feather duster which suprised me,I just dont understand why this algae is going insane. Any advice? I was thinking maybe a UV sterilizer but my parents dont like the idea.

A UV sterilizer won't help with this. My 16 gallon AIO tank in my home office looked just like this. I was changing 1/2 of the water weekly to lower the nutrients, but the standing crop of algae was unaffected. I ended up buying a huge assortment of CUC and now the tank is pristine.

Jay

 

[Ro Bow]

A UV sterilizer won't help with this. My 16 gallon AIO tank in my home office looked just like this. I was changing 1/2 of the water weekly to lower the nutrients, but the standing crop of algae was unaffected. I ended up buying a huge assortment of CUC and now the tank is pristine.

Jay

Would you suggest purchasing herbivorus fish, or inverts? I have about 15 hermits, 4 astrea snails, 1 turbo snail, pincushion urchin, fighting conch, emerald crab, and tomini tang as my CUC. Should I buy more hermits and/or snails? Whats the best CUC for the algae im dealing with (I think its hair algae)

 

[Goaway]

I have life rock, i read that if i scrub it, the beneficial bacteria will get off

Don't use fresh water, just a tooth brush to remove the long hair algae. And not the whole rock. Or, pluck and pull the algae in your display if you like. Siphon up all you can.

Long hair algae is bitter and will be ignored by your CUC. You have to get it short enough they will maintain the rocks.

Less hermits, more snails.

 

[Ro Bow]

Don't use fresh water, just a tooth brush to remove the long hair algae. And not the whole rock. Or, pluck and pull the algae in your display if you like. Siphon up all you can.

Long hair algae is bitter and will be ignored by your CUC. You have to get it short enough they will maintain the rocks.

Less hermits, more snails.

ok I will try that, thanks

 

[Ro Bow]

Update: My Diamond Goby died a few days ago... He jumped out of the tank for reasons unknown. Found him dried up under a pillow in a different room. Tank's SO MUCH BETTER with the algae bloom..Still some hair algae, but its doing good. Testing water today or tomorrow (most likely tomorrow), ill upload them here. Other than that everyones doing great, going to the LFS later this week (day unknown), and I will get a wrasse!!!!! I got a lid recently... Need to figure out how to build it .

I dont think I mentioned this here, but my skimmer exploded the poop inside it and it foamed up in the sump. This happened a few months ago. removed and changed all sump water and it was fine afterwards.