80g Shallow Reef Build

[Manose]

The best part is the snails won't be paralyzed by the dino and should chomp up the rest.

Glad it's getting better.

I have diatoms as well and need a clean up crew as well

It is wild as it took an absolute crap load of nitrates to get back to about 4ppm and phosphates at around .01.
Once I got them up the dinos left the building and diatoms moved in with various other green life.
I really want to get some snails from somewhere that does not have fish housed with their cleanup crew like Reef Cleaners-https://www.reefcleaners.org/aquarium-store/tank-cleaners
The problem I have with reef cleaners is I am not sure what I want to go with or how many.
If you guys have a place you like to order from let me know.

 

[dantimdad]

I have had good luck with aquarium depot

 

[Manose]

I have had good luck with aquarium depot

I will check them out.

 

[A sea K]

I had thought about 90deg but due to the rock work taking up all the back space, the extra coverage was not needed.

My rocks are basically centered but the primary reason I want to orient them that way is my fish are always towards the front glass (begging for food) and I'm really hoping the light placement will better bring out the colors as the way my lighting is now it is almost as if the fish are "back lit" per say.

 

[Silver14SS]

Ipsf has a good variety of captive bred cleaners. I believe Reef Cleaners may be wild caught? Algae Barn has some captive bred options too.

 

[dantimdad]

I just ordered a variety of 30 snails from AD for $40 including shipping.

This is the third time in the last couple years I have ordered from them.

 

[Manose]

My rocks are basically centered but the primary reason I want to orient them that way is my fish are always towards the front glass (begging for food) and I'm really hoping the light placement will better bring out the colors as the way my lighting is now it is almost as if the fish are "back lit" per say.

It would be fine to go 90degrees because these lights already cover so much area especially on our 80g.

Ipsf has a good variety of captive bred cleaners. I believe Reef Cleaners may be wild caught? Algae Barn has some captive bred options too.

Who is IPSF? I have no problem with wild caught but I would rather have them away from fish due to nasties getting in my tank.

I just ordered a variety of 30 snails from AD for $40 including shipping.

This is the third time in the last couple years I have ordered from them.

I have talked with Matt and maybe they can get me some stuff we will see later today. I am being over run now by normal nuisance algae so I have to do something quick.

 

[A sea K]

It would be fine to go 90degrees because these lights already cover so much area especially on our 80g.


Who is IPSF? I have no problem with wild caught but I would rather have them away from fish due to nasties getting in my tank.
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Thats great thanks. If I remember correctly IPSF is Indo Pacific Sea Farms

 

[NY_Caveman]

I have used IPSF.com and was quite satisfied. Check out their YouTube page here. Good short videos of all their critters.
https://www.youtube.com/user/ipsfdotcom

 

[Manose]

I am not sure yet as I will order from either https://fishybusinessaquatics.com/invertebrates/reefpacks or https://pacificeastaquaculture.com/collections/invert-kits.
The reason why I do not want to order from IPSF.com is they do not sell the trochus snails separate only as a package :(

 

[Manose]

So I have beaten the dinos with the following:
>Dosing Nitrate to 3ppm and Phosphate .01
>stopping the daily constant water changes
>added UV 55w for 90 gallon
>lowered the time my chaeto light was on
The dinos give way to another real algae that is my new nemesis:mad:

I have ordered
12 trochus snails
10 cerith snails
I am hoping these guys can deal with it if not I will have to scrub the rocks;Muted:mad:;Rage
Anyone have ANY IDEAS?

 

[dantimdad]

Let the snails do their job and stay on the regimen you are on. This too shall pass.

 

[dantimdad]

Where did you end up ordering from?

 

[Manose]

Let the snails do their job and stay on the regimen you are on. This too shall pass.

You know me I am very OCD and methodical so my parameters are so ready for coral but with this algae I am too scared to introduce anything.
This is got to be the only tank that has been literally maturing/cycling for 4 months except for the BRS tank.

 

[Manose]

Where did you end up ordering from?

 

[Manose]

Cleanup crew is going nuts eating this stuff but some of the green they don't touch but I will give it a little more time.
I am thinking about adding 2 more of the Kaomer X1 dosers and dose phosphate and nitrate as I am having a heck of a time keeping them above zero.

 

[dantimdad]

I would up your feeding and add something cheap. Cheaper foods in my experience have more phosphate in them. Now, that being said, don't decrease the good stuff Matt makes. The fish still need solid nutrition.

 

[Manose]

First Coral has been added to the tank!!!!

 

[A sea K]

I spy a stylo, duncan, and acan. I have some as well and your placement height wise is similar to where I have them. This will be a major help for me as I'm pretty worried about acclimating to the much higher intensity when I do switch.
How to you have the programming set-up now and are you doing any sort of acclimation yourself?

 

[Algaewarrior]

First Coral has been added to the tank!!!!

Is that a green cyphastrea or astreopora?