Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[Magellan]

The two RP-M pumps on the back are 100% reef mode 24/7, just figured I'd give the fish a break to sleep.

Probably helps the corals to feed as well, since the food isn’t getting blown out of their mouths.

 

[Why-Me]

Screen top built
WC next
Then making new SW

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Sooo, my betta finally arrived... all the way from a breeder in Indonesia. Hahaha, cant get Indo corals but I got an Indo betta. :D Shipped out of Indonesia to Texas on the 23rd, and shipped out of Texas on the 30th. Little guy been around the world in a week and a half. Paid out my nose for a betta, but I've never seen this color here or half the colors that breeder has.

Here's the vendor photos. It's still acclimating, the water was a little cool. It's a "Fancy copper" halfmoon plakat.

In the baggie...

 

[12gallonsofhex]

Ive got 4 spots of GHA in my tank right now. 4!!! Can you believe that...

I am trying to get some algae in my tank. I am thinking of seeding with some gha. I lost my first reef animal in this tank and I believe it is because it was too 'clean'. My emerald crab died 2 days after moulting(sp?).

 

[Magellan]

I am trying to get some algae in my tank. I am thinking of seeding with some gha. I lost my first reef animal in this tank and I believe it is because it was too 'clean'. My emerald crab died 2 days after moulting(sp?).

Just go to petco and buy something. Anything will do.

 

[12gallonsofhex]

Just go to petco and buy something. Anything will do.

Lol! I don't think my local petco has saltwater and my 3 lfs's dont have any gha.

 

[Why-Me]

Sooo, my betta finally arrived... all the way from a breeder in Indonesia. Hahaha, cant get Indo corals but I got an Indo betta. :D Shipped out of Indonesia to Texas on the 23rd, and shipped out of Texas on the 30th. Little guy been around the world in a week and a half. Paid out my nose for a betta, but I've never seen this color here or half the colors that breeder has.

Here's the vendor photos. It's still acclimating, the water was a little cool. It's a "Fancy copper" halfmoon plakat.

In the baggie...

Looks beautiful.
Almost like someone glued a peony to that fish's a**

 

[Katrina71]

I am trying to get some algae in my tank. I am thinking of seeding with some gha. I lost my first reef animal in this tank and I believe it is because it was too 'clean'. My emerald crab died 2 days after moulting(sp?).

Crabs frequently die during or right after a molt. Land hermits are the same.

 

[Magellan]

Crabs frequently die during or right after a molt. Land hermits are the same.

Agree! I think it’s a thing for anything that molts. My fire shrimp molted and disappeared a couple months ago. It’s a very stressful time for them. (It was almost certainly my fault, I had had a salinity swing a few days prior). Nothing too serious but it definitely stressed out the tank, and that little bit extra was too much for him.

 

[sfin52]

Agree! I think it’s a thing for anything that molts. My fire shrimp molted and disappeared a couple months ago. It’s a very stressful time for them. (It was almost certainly my fault, I had had a salinity swing a few days prior). Nothing too serious but it definitely stressed out the tank, and that little bit extra was too much for him.

Spiders do as well. Molting is extremely stressful. A spider molts not just external but internal as well. I'm not sure if crabs are the same

 

[living_tribunal]

I am trying to get some algae in my tank. I am thinking of seeding with some gha. I lost my first reef animal in this tank and I believe it is because it was too 'clean'. My emerald crab died 2 days after moulting(sp?).

I just got my first thing of gha!!! Pretty amped

 

[JoshH]

Isn't it just a little sad some of us are desperate for GHA and others want to burn there tanks to the ground to get rid I'd it? ;Hilarious ;Hilarious

 

[living_tribunal]

@Why-Me how is the vibrant + fluc incursion going?

 

[living_tribunal]

Isn't it just a little sad some of us are desperate for GHA and others want to burn there tanks to the ground to get rid I'd it? ;Hilarious ;Hilarious

Gimme all the phosphates and gha please!

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Isn't it just a little sad some of us are desperate for GHA and others want to burn there tanks to the ground to get rid I'd it? ;Hilarious ;Hilarious

It's me, I'm others...

 

[SashimiTurtle]

@Why-Me how is the vibrant + fluc incursion going?

+1, interested in vibrant... thinking of setting the FOWLR up on a daily dose of the stuff.

 

[sfin52]

Isn't it just a little sad some of us are desperate for GHA and others want to burn there tanks to the ground to get rid I'd it? ;Hilarious ;Hilarious

After dino I was so excited and relieved to see gha.

 

[12gallonsofhex]

Isn't it just a little sad some of us are desperate for GHA and others want to burn there tanks to the ground to get rid I'd it? ;Hilarious ;Hilarious

I am desperate for gha because I just beat dinos and I dont want to give them the opportunity to come back. In any normal situation I wouldn't feel the same.

 

[12gallonsofhex]

Crabs frequently die during or right after a molt. Land hermits are the same.

Well, that makes me feel a bit better about the situation. Still not happy it died, but glad to have an answer. My params have been rock steady except a rise in nutrients

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I am desperate for gha because I just beat dinos and I dont want to give them the opportunity to come back. In any normal situation I wouldn't feel the same.

Make sure you dont push too hard in the other dirrection... GHA can kill corals too ya know. Ask me how I know

I've found a good rule of thumb is to wait 2 weeks for a reaction. Keep up the daily dose and maintenance stuff that maintains balance, but if you tweak something give it two weeks before you decide if it actually did something good or bad.

It's like driving a cruise ship instead of a row boat. Think ahead and dont overreact. It takes time for things to show up, and last minute and too sudden fixes usually end up in a crash.