Newbie here in Houston. Getting a SW reef tank in 2 weeks

Scott B. · Jan 17, 2021

Jonify said:
Both aiptasia and bubble algae are easy to fix issues--congrats on getting a mature reef! Make sure you transfer all the rock over (you can do new sand, that doesn't matter, the rock does, though.) For aiptasia, you can buy bergia nudibranchs who will take care of it over a couple of weeks, and/or some peppermint shrimp who will help out, and will also become a valuable member of your clean-up crew. For bubble algae, getting the nutrients back to the right levels (new or rinsed sand will help with that--I would highly recommend not using the old sand unless you rinse it) will probably zap that, otherwise, you can start dosing Vibrant, which I've had success with completely annihilating bubble algae, every time I have tried it.

The guy I purchased the reef tank from had 140lbs of new sand. 7 bags of Fuji pink. We will be replacing all of the sand

PicassoClown04 · Jan 17, 2021

I love meeting other Houstonians! Welcome to the club! Please join the Houston reef forum site marsh-reef.org so we can help you find the best LFS, equipment sales, etc! That tank has a lot of potential!

Jonify · Jan 17, 2021

Scott B. said:
The guy I purchased the reef tank from had 140lbs of new sand. 7 bags of Fuji pink. We will be replacing all of the sand

NICE! Wow, you're jumping in with a great deal, and you'll skip most of the heartache all of us had to go through with new tanks. Jealous.

reefiniteasy · Jan 17, 2021

Welcome to R2R! Can’t wait to see how the tank cleans up.

BaysEndReef · Jan 17, 2021

WIReefer · Jan 18, 2021

Welcome to R2R!!!

Scott B. · Feb 1, 2021

So I got the tank moved. 7 hour adventure lol. Kept most of the rock and added about 20lbs of new flat shelf rock. Picked up some cleanup crew. 6 Emerald crabs, 6 Peppermint shrimp, Aptasia eating file fish ( he hasn't eaten any yet :-( ) tank came with 2 black and white striped Clown fish, a black with red tail fin goby ( I think it's a goby) and a convict and Pistol Shrimp. I already had two orange Clownfish, a yellow tail damsel. I went out and got a yellow watchman goby for the Pistol Shrimp. Everything is going well so far. I also just purchased 14 Nudibranch to help with the aptasia since the peppermint shrimp and file fish don't seem to be eating any of it lol

Scott B. · Feb 4, 2021

Enkopaaisen said:
dont worry about the aptaisa, get some Berghia Nudibranchs, google how many you need, and buy them from saltyunderground.com, I got mine cleaned up from them. those little guys eat every single aptaisa in 1-2 weeks.

Scott B. · Feb 4, 2021

Just received 14 Nudibranch today

Let's hope this works.

Jeffcb · Feb 4, 2021

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

rubertoe93 · Feb 4, 2021

Welcome!!

KingTideCorals · Feb 5, 2021

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