Hi all
I was hoping you would be able to give the best advice. What would be the best choice for fish to control my GHA?
A little bit of background:
2 months ago I have transferred my nano 10g tank into new RSR250, so big upgrade:
I have 2x AI 26HD Hydra lights
2 powerheads 20000 l/h (wide head) and 4000 (narrow head)
BUBBLE MAGUS 450 skimmer
Media reactor with pump for 3500l/h
Return pump 4000l /h (running maybe on 70-80%)
I have transferred all live rock so in total I have around 35kg live rock (15kg transferred from the nano tank)
Also around 5kg live rock in sump.
I am dosing few elements (added to my auto top up system so dosing gradually to main system)
From corals I have mixed reef tank.
I have some SPS and few LPS like Duncan, 2 torch corals, goniopora stakesi, some leathers, softies and zoas.
Everything growing nicely under these lights especially with my recently increased feedings.
For the last 2 weeks I've been feeding daily with Reefroids and some mysis, spinach, red plankton, Cyclops.
As you probably realised by the title I have quiet a big growth of GHA in the tank, althou my goniopora stakesi is doing much better! Thanks to one of the kindest @Magellan that helped me a lot.
He gave me plenty advises on how to ensure my goniopora likes it's new home. And to be fair it's transformed from golf ball being closed day and night into gorgeous (not fully yet) open goniopora
Now everything seems to be enjoying the conditions very much but this week I have started reducing feedings to every second day due to many GHA.
I do perform water change 5% every 2 days and once a month extra 10% while siphoning sand in display tank.
Now from CUC point of view I have 2 sand sifting conch (That most of the time eating stuff from rocks rather than sand) and 1 tiger conch which preffere it on the walls or sand.
I have 2 nasarrius snails, around 7 Ceriths, 5 Nerites, 5 Astraea snails.
Apart from that I bought 1 emerald crab but I think I wasn't careful enough while acclimatising and it just died. Even thou he spent 1h in slow drip. Or maybe he was just stressed out.
I bought bi colour blenny but little bugger was nipping on my leather corals and physically damaging it and couple of my SPS so he went back to LFS.
I need something to help in fight with GHA.
I considered yellow tang, lemon peel or foxface (not sure about foxface as these need a bit more than 55g?)
I am a bit torn apart as after I got 2 blue reef chromis (slightly larger than my clown fish) my clowns became very aggressive and protective of the torch they were in.
It got nasty to the point the the male killed the female one. (I know it's weird as it's usually the other way around) so now I am sure if I go for any new fish I want to introduce it to the tank while it's smaller than the clown and grow slowly to it's size.
Apart from 1 clownfish, 5 green chromis, 2 blue reef chromis I also have 1 clown yellow gobby, 2 cleaner shrimps and 1 red starfish.
Apart from that fish ill also grab another 2-3 emerald crabs soon ish as they are good guys
Soooooo... reefers, what's your opinions?
Yellow tang,
Kole tang,
Lemon peel
or Fox face ( is there even a chance he will be feeling okay in 55g?)
Thank you in advance for reading and any positive feedback.
Padster.
I was hoping you would be able to give the best advice. What would be the best choice for fish to control my GHA?
A little bit of background:
2 months ago I have transferred my nano 10g tank into new RSR250, so big upgrade:
I have 2x AI 26HD Hydra lights
2 powerheads 20000 l/h (wide head) and 4000 (narrow head)
BUBBLE MAGUS 450 skimmer
Media reactor with pump for 3500l/h
Return pump 4000l /h (running maybe on 70-80%)
I have transferred all live rock so in total I have around 35kg live rock (15kg transferred from the nano tank)
Also around 5kg live rock in sump.
I am dosing few elements (added to my auto top up system so dosing gradually to main system)
From corals I have mixed reef tank.
I have some SPS and few LPS like Duncan, 2 torch corals, goniopora stakesi, some leathers, softies and zoas.
Everything growing nicely under these lights especially with my recently increased feedings.
For the last 2 weeks I've been feeding daily with Reefroids and some mysis, spinach, red plankton, Cyclops.
As you probably realised by the title I have quiet a big growth of GHA in the tank, althou my goniopora stakesi is doing much better! Thanks to one of the kindest @Magellan that helped me a lot.
He gave me plenty advises on how to ensure my goniopora likes it's new home. And to be fair it's transformed from golf ball being closed day and night into gorgeous (not fully yet) open goniopora
Now everything seems to be enjoying the conditions very much but this week I have started reducing feedings to every second day due to many GHA.
I do perform water change 5% every 2 days and once a month extra 10% while siphoning sand in display tank.
Now from CUC point of view I have 2 sand sifting conch (That most of the time eating stuff from rocks rather than sand) and 1 tiger conch which preffere it on the walls or sand.
I have 2 nasarrius snails, around 7 Ceriths, 5 Nerites, 5 Astraea snails.
Apart from that I bought 1 emerald crab but I think I wasn't careful enough while acclimatising and it just died. Even thou he spent 1h in slow drip. Or maybe he was just stressed out.
I bought bi colour blenny but little bugger was nipping on my leather corals and physically damaging it and couple of my SPS so he went back to LFS.
I need something to help in fight with GHA.
I considered yellow tang, lemon peel or foxface (not sure about foxface as these need a bit more than 55g?)
I am a bit torn apart as after I got 2 blue reef chromis (slightly larger than my clown fish) my clowns became very aggressive and protective of the torch they were in.
It got nasty to the point the the male killed the female one. (I know it's weird as it's usually the other way around) so now I am sure if I go for any new fish I want to introduce it to the tank while it's smaller than the clown and grow slowly to it's size.
Apart from 1 clownfish, 5 green chromis, 2 blue reef chromis I also have 1 clown yellow gobby, 2 cleaner shrimps and 1 red starfish.
Apart from that fish ill also grab another 2-3 emerald crabs soon ish as they are good guys
Soooooo... reefers, what's your opinions?
Yellow tang,
Kole tang,
Lemon peel
or Fox face ( is there even a chance he will be feeling okay in 55g?)
Thank you in advance for reading and any positive feedback.
Padster.
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