Will's New (old?) 20L

[BigReepher]

Nice nano. BTW how's the goby doing?

[corvettephreek]

thanks gina, bigreepher... Goby is doing ok, slightly skinny, but I am spot feeding him as much as possible.... everyone else is doing a little better now that the plate coral is out of the picture. as far as my nano, I was thinking of a couple more zoos, and my LFS guy told me to come back in a few days, hes going to have an acan frag for me . definitely a baby skunk cleaner, or a sexy shrimp..... decisions, decisions.... lol.

[corvettephreek]

skunk cleaner made it in.... but no acan.... the bristleworm is moving around like mad in there, and wouldnt ya know it? my camera batteries are dead.... I go back to my LFS on friday after I get paid .... need more LR and I want something different. anyone know how to stop bubble algae? kidna gettin on my nerves. mini catbox scooper? LOL. thanks for everyones help thus far. lets see what I come up with on Friday?.....

[Woodstock]

Originally Posted by corvettephreek

......I also got a 10 Gal. holding tank for my goldfish feeders.... ....

Feeding marine fish/corals 'fresh water diets' is not a good idea IMO. You can buy the frozen silversides and store them in your freezer (takes up less room than a 10 gal ), then simply thaw one before feeding time. I have always fed my anemones silversides.

Valonia?? eeeek! I have that too! A huge PITA and unfortunately there is no cure I've been trying for years to rid my tank of the stuff. I twist as many off as I can with every water change. Try not to pop them; I've read that they are full of spores. If you figure out a cure you can get rich fast!!

BTW..you tank is looking great!!

[corvettephreek]

the goldfish feeders are actually for this guy in my FW tank. he eats around 6-10 daily. if there are any dead ones (just died) i feed them to the anemone, but rarely if that. I will take your word on the silversides, my buddy uses them for his coral cat shark and it loves them. and woodstock: the "bubble algae" I am refferring to isnt really like caulerpa or the actual algae that is common. I am referring to a slimy algae nusiance that is covering EVERYTHING!!!!!! its bright green, slimy, and it has bubbles all over it. when i blow water over it with a baster it blows the bubbles off (product of photosynthesis?) but it is starting to blanket my SB. its annoying because I cant really do anything with it. all the LR is fine, except for a weird sponge that popped up out of nowhere, but the entire back of the tank, sandbed, and my thermometers, EVERYTHING is covered. its starting to scare me honestly. could this be a product of the mini cycle? its been about 2 weeks almost since my major move. could something be dead and I not know it? I also reduced my light timers to help, if at all. 7 hours, (12-7) for daylight, 11 hours for actinics (11-9). i reduced feeding, and i dont know what else to do. I IZ CoNfuuuuZZeDdD TIY for ANY help.

[Newt]

Try a few Emerald Crabs, they are known to sometimes eat bubble algae, we have a couple at my LFS that did a great job decimating our bubble population.

[corvettephreek]

will they eat the slime algae in my tank? because the bubbles are easily blown off with a turkey baster. thanks!!!

[Woodstock]

Ohhhh ok. It is probably just 'new tank' syndrome. Cynobacteria... bleh! The bubbles are oxygen that the algae creates during photosynthisis.

Read this: http://reefsources.itgo.com/features...s/cyanora.html

In summary, there are several things that you can do to rid your tank of nuisance algae, and most of them are probably good ideas anyway. Listed below is a recap of those items:


Protein skimming
Maintenance animals
Increased flow
Feed lightly
Vacuum substrate or bottom
Harvest algae
Stop adding supplements
Regular water changes
Use RO/DI water
Top-off with Kalkwasser
Regular bulb changes
If you implement these things, you can say cyano-ra to nuisance algae.

[corvettephreek]

WOW!!! thanks alot woodstock!!! I am actually thinking of doing an external overflow to a 10G for a sump, so my skimmer can be more effective. I might actually change some of my LS out, im not sure yet. what kinds of creatures do you think I should use? crabs? some type of fish? thanks again!!!

[Woodstock]

It should be a temporary algae problem... Vaccum it out in the late evening then leave the lights off for a few days. Also follow the suggestions in my previous post.

I would get a variety of snails and maybe a few scarlet hermits (witfull is gonna get me for saying that). I believe queen conchs eat cyno; just be ready to take it out when it grows too large.

[corvettephreek]

thanks again!!! you are a life saver!!!

[Woodstock]

Cherry flavor

[corvettephreek]

ill get ya a full roll if your ever here in CA and a turbo snail... LOL

[corvettephreek]

ok... they had a few things at my LFS I just could not pass up. In my nano.... I put a gumdrop Goby hes sooo cute!!!! .... in the 20L I put 5 Lbs. more LR and a candy cane coral, Sea Hare, and 2 scarlet Hermit crabs... I ordere the gumdrop, and OOOOHHH MMAAAANNNN is he small but cuuute!!! and the sea hare is creeping me out.... every time i turn around and look back hes gone.... he is colored EXACTLY like my LR.... scared the hell outta me when i thought a peice may have dropped and come to find out he was completely on the other side of the tank. but so far so good, water change inevidable sunday, and pix should come tomorrow.

[Newt]

Sea Hares are ugly, I agree. The one creepy looking thing we have at the LFS I work at...a Scutus, he's huge, and he started to eat some of our WSPs before we caught him.