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lcstorc · 12-24-2007, 07:16 AM

Well I made a bunch of changes last night. Don't have pics yet since everything was pretty aggrivated with me before bed last night.
I have been fighting the good fight with cyano in this tank for a while. I know what was allowing it to grow so I tried to address it. One thing was not enough flow. So, I took out the MJ550 and replaced it with a MJ1200. I am not sure if I am going to keep it this way or not. I have great water movement but I fear that it is just too much. The RBTA certainly got mad at me but I am going to give it a couple of days and see how it looks then. Also we moved the yellow watchman to the 90. It was always supposed to go there but had to wait for us to start stocking the 90. This is going to help a lot with my other problem which was overfeeding. This little guy just would not come out to eat until the clowns were done and Mrs clown is never done. I would put way to much food in the tank to be sure the watchman got some. So I decreased the bio-load and overfeeding in one shot. Also I took apart and cleaned everything and gave the sand a good stirring.
One good thing came out of it if nothing else. Mrs clown finally let Mr clown in her anemone for more than 5 minutes. They are both still there this morning and hopefully this is a sign of her finally accepting him instead of simply tolerating him.
I'll try to get pics up today even if things are still annoyed with me. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of the cyano.

12-24-2007, 07:16 AM	#51 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 18,501 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lynn's 20g clown tank. Well I made a bunch of changes last night. Don't have pics yet since everything was pretty aggrivated with me before bed last night. I have been fighting the good fight with cyano in this tank for a while. I know what was allowing it to grow so I tried to address it. One thing was not enough flow. So, I took out the MJ550 and replaced it with a MJ1200. I am not sure if I am going to keep it this way or not. I have great water movement but I fear that it is just too much. The RBTA certainly got mad at me but I am going to give it a couple of days and see how it looks then. Also we moved the yellow watchman to the 90. It was always supposed to go there but had to wait for us to start stocking the 90. This is going to help a lot with my other problem which was overfeeding. This little guy just would not come out to eat until the clowns were done and Mrs clown is never done. I would put way to much food in the tank to be sure the watchman got some. So I decreased the bio-load and overfeeding in one shot. Also I took apart and cleaned everything and gave the sand a good stirring. One good thing came out of it if nothing else. Mrs clown finally let Mr clown in her anemone for more than 5 minutes. They are both still there this morning and hopefully this is a sign of her finally accepting him instead of simply tolerating him. I'll try to get pics up today even if things are still annoyed with me. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of the cyano. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.