Well caught Sir..Crab is up and in the sump!
Sincerely Lasse
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Well caught Sir..Crab is up and in the sump!
Sincerely Lasse
Sure, we'll find a tank for it in the temporary Aquarium!
You can get some new Euphyllia in return
I’ve got a saddle that would fit that...Is rater large
The bucket is around 1.5 gallon
Sincerely Lasse
Now will I change my GFO and see whats happen. Goal 0.02 - 0.05 ppm
Please don't chase below .05, what are your nitrates?
it is OK but I do not know if I have the answer. Yes I would take down the feeding for a while. add some more CUC, mostly different forms of hermits. One or two more urchins would fit into my thinking too. If the corals is going well, turn down the light - primary the intensity if you can. Do some mechanical cleanings and patience - hope this can help you.Hi Lasse, I was going to PM you but figured my question may be tangential to your setup... (even though it is a question about my aquarium), I hope this doesn't intrude on the thread...
Basically, I am not sure what to do with my tank right now, but I am observing algae (and cyano) slowly gaining ground in both my display and refugium even with regular water changes.
I prefer to keep feeding heavily... but I am willing to cut back if that's what you think would help most...
- it's a 23 gallon display with a 10 gallon sump;
RDSB/RUGF in the DT with "moderate, but unmeasured" flow- I over feed because I have a puffer (d. nigroviridis/ GSP)
- I recently added a pincushion urchin, 3 money cowries and 1 turbo snail to combat algae in the display
- I have about 7 somewhat small corals that are doing "well"
- I've generally measured low to reasonable nitrate levels. I have not tested phosphate recently.
- Tank is 9 months old and has never grown purple/pink coralline (only some green)
- The problem: I have algae of every type growing (hair, cyano, diatoms, turf, dinos probably) where I don't want it to grow... the algae grows in my chaeto (in my sump), on the walls of the sump, on the rocks in the display, on the substrate, on the glass, on the powerhead (algae grows everywhere but the fishes). At this point, I have so much algae that fish/snail/urchin/food waste ends up getting stuck in the hair algae on my rocks. So I have to blow it off manually daily (or more).
The Clean Up Crew I have is doing "okay" but the algae seems to grow faster than the Crew can remove it...
I was thinking, if my nitrification filter media was working at "maximum" capacity then it could help reduce algae by forcing the algae to use nitrates instead of ammonia, thus slowing the growth, but I could be wrong in that removing the overgrowth of pineapple sponges on my ceramic media (nitrification) may not drastically improve nitrification in my tank.
I could improve my flow by forcing powerheads to "clean the rocks" continously, but I don't think that's a great idea for various reasons.
Ultimately, I don't think I have a "nitrate" problem as much as an algae problem... perhaps I should just add more Clean Up Crew? Maybe 10 snails...
Bummer.Yesterday I took away a large colony of hystrix, most of it dead and overgrown with green hairy mushrooms. I put one of my orange mushroom in its place instead
Some of my clams
Sincerely Lasse
I´m not sure that it is a bummer because everything is in change. I want my aquarium as natural as I can get it - it means that it will change with growth. however - if I miss my yellow ricordea and my clams - that´s a real bummerBummer.
They say, some see glass half full, others see half empty.I´m not sure that it is a bummer because everything is in change. I want my aquarium as natural as I can get it - it means that it will change with growth. however - if I miss my yellow ricordea and my clams - that´s a real bummer
Sincerely Lasse
I understood that but it seems like some corals do not works for me at the moment. Till I understand why nothing else to do than let the ones working dominate.Bummer for lost of the coral
Survival of the fittest. ...I understood that but it seems like some corals do not works for me at the moment. Till I understand why nothing else to do than let the ones working dominate.
Sincerely Lasse