Help!

[Longnose Hawkfish]

I'm not sure if the pictures got put up, but this is my acan. In the first picture I think he looks nice, but when I turn the lights off he shrinks and looks terrible. :( all my water parameters are fine except my calcium is about 370. Please any advice would be great! Thanks for reading!


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[calvo15290]

It's fine it's just "sleeping"

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Ok thank you! I was so worried that it was dieing. It's my first acan ever and I really like him. Any advice for feeding him?

 

[calvo15290]

Reef chili or brine shrimp I have a favia that eats both also all my sps eat them exept my chalices they only eat reef chili

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Ok thank you for your help!

 

[Bartmmackey]

Um, are you worried about the algae?

 

[calvo15290]

I orob and wait for the sweeper tinticals to come out

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Bart, I recently got a new light fixture and about two week after I got it GHA blooms. My phosphate 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 0-5. I believe it's because of light but any advice on how to get rid of would be great.

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Should I be worried?


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[Longnose Hawkfish]

Orob?


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[calvo15290]

That's because of the algie it's acting as a biggggg turf scrubber

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

What's orob mean? And so should I remove some of the algae around the acan?

 

[calvo15290]

Yes it won't grow

 

[calvo15290]

N I ment to put somthing els

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Ok thanks. So everything is fine except that I should remove the GHA algae around the acan?

 

[Bartmmackey]

I mean no offense. If it was mine, blackout no food, no light 3days. Then 20% water change! I would siphon while scrubbing any remaining dead algae off rock. I would add phosban bag to my sump. My experience....

 

[Coraloliseffect]

I mean no offense. If it was mine, blackout no food, no light 3days. Then 20% water change! I would siphon while scrubbing any remaining dead algae off rock. I would add phosban bag to my sump. My experience....

Nailed it. ( although would feed if I saw any fish aggression- personal preference )

 

[calvo15290]

And hydrogen peroxide and rodi water

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

No offense taken. And would my coral be fine with lights of for three days? And already have a bag if phosban. Would it be because I just switched my light that I have huge outbreaks of it? Thanks for the advice! :)

 

[Coraloliseffect]

Yes similar to a week with thunder storms. Not much light getting to corals in wild then.