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03-01-2008, 07:43 PM
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#21 (permalink)
| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 24
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Originally Posted by Jokko453  so now that i know what karma is and how to give....there you guys go!
im starting to get a lot of algae...like slime and and brown stff...and some stuff that looks like dirt, I can brush it off its kinda weird....but now to the point.
on other threads i have seen some people say they add a cleaning crew at around the second week of the cycling process...would any of you recommend this? Also one thing Im worried if I did add a crew is the move...what would I do with them? would I have to go through all the rocks and try to pick them all out (the obvious answer is yes lol)...I mean some people say you need like 30 something snails and crab and stuff....thats a lot to try to find buried throughout all the rock and sand...and Im worried that I would have a lot of die off... AH!!! | I wouldn't add anything for at least 3 months. I haven't, and my tank looks pretty clean (after 8 weeks). Just let the tank go through the process, set up it's natural filter, do it's own thing then do it. My levels have been pretty good for awhile, but I'm still waiting. Some say as soon as Ammonia and Nitrites are a 0 start adding stuff, but only bad things happen quickly in SW. It won't hurt to leave the cleanup crew out for a while. IMO. _________ 55 gallon slowly growing reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, 1 False Percula Clown, 1 Sixline Wrasse, 1 Mandarin Goby, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast, born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video  | 
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03-02-2008, 01:00 PM
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#22 (permalink)
| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Augusta, GA Age: 21
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Karma to ya,
Im not running any lights....but Im getting a lot more algae even still, like this hairy stuff is all over one rock, and another rock is starting to get these small greenish brown things growing out, looks kinda like a small stem, bigger than any "hair"....should I just let it go? | |
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03-02-2008, 08:02 PM
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#23 (permalink)
| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 24
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Let's see what some of the "algae experts" have to say... like I said, I haven't had any algae yet so I don't know!!!
*NOCK ON WOOD!!!!*
Last edited by bmshehan; 03-02-2008 at 08:03 PM.
Reason: *nock on wood* (Must be kinda superstitious!!!)
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03-06-2008, 04:41 PM
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#24 (permalink)
| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Augusta, GA Age: 21
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uh ok sadness....So it was fun for 2 half weeks...but I just go orders to korea for a year tour...Its kinda pointless to keep going with the tank and I cant take it over with me....WTS stuff? | |
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03-06-2008, 06:00 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 39
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Originally Posted by Jokko453 so now that i know what karma is and how to give....there you guys go!
im starting to get a lot of algae...like slime and and brown stff...and some stuff that looks like dirt, I can brush it off its kinda weird....but now to the point. | Sounds like Diatoms, but i'll refer to someone with a little more experience. Mine did the same thing when I added my new live rock and it mini-cycled. Went away after a few days. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jokko453 on other threads i have seen some people say they add a cleaning crew at around the second week of the cycling process...would any of you recommend this? | I added mine after I fully cycled, but have read it's ok after the first or second week. Would think your nitrate/nitrate levels would drive if it's ok or not. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jokko453 Also one thing Im worried if I did add a crew is the move...what would I do with them? would I have to go through all the rocks and try to pick them all out (the obvious answer is yes lol)...I mean some people say you need like 30 something snails and crab and stuff....thats a lot to try to find buried throughout all the rock and sand...and Im worried that I would have a lot of die off... AH!!! | Most of them are going to be on your rocks, not in the sand unless you get Narcissus snails. Mine stay on the top most of the time though. The crabs and other snails will be on your rock, so they can just ride along with your rock or with your fish.
Found the cerith snails work best on algae, but they are a bit of pain as they can't turn themselves over. Hermit crabs and Fighting conchs really do a great job cleaning up the detritus (aka poop). Those little crabs are constantly eating all the time.
I have about 30 or so snails, 10 hermits, and 3 green algae crabs.
I had a really cool Sally lightfood crab, but my squirrel fish ate it 
Anyway, hope that helps. Maybe someone else will pipe in a confirm my newbyness :-) _________ Tank: 75g glass, AquaC Remora, Eheim Ecco Canister filter, Odyssea (2x250W MH, 4x65W actinics, 6 LEDs), 80lbs of live rock
Critters: 2 false percula clowns, blue damsel, lawnmower blenny, squirrel fish, 2 anthias, flame hawkfish, copper banded butterfly, coral banded shrimp, cleaner shrimp, fighting conch, condy anemone, and lots of misc snails
Corals: Green stripe mushrooms, blue mushrooms, candy cane, frogspawn, Green Zoanthids, star polyps, acropora, monipora
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03-07-2008, 04:48 PM
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#26 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: California San Diego
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Hello from one plankton to another 
Hope you will have success with your new hobby. | |
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03-07-2008, 05:31 PM
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#27 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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Jokko453 HEY! Welcome to 3reef!  Louisville here!!!!! | |
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03-07-2008, 05:35 PM
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#28 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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Originally Posted by Jokko453 uh ok sadness....So it was fun for 2 half weeks...but I just go orders to korea for a year tour...Its kinda pointless to keep going with the tank and I cant take it over with me....WTS stuff? | That sucks...want me to keep it for ya, for the next year? I can send you pics of it over the internet? You pay, I play? LOL j/k that sucks you gotta go though! | |
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03-07-2008, 07:44 PM
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#29 (permalink)
| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Augusta, GA Age: 21
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Hey guys thanks, I guess Ill e getting rid of this stuff... Big air force wont want to send me back here so Ill probably be staying over seas after Korea....maybe Ill try for Germany that would be sweet...
Im gonna be sticking around on here though for sure...Im not giving up on the hobby...its just been postponed! | |
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03-07-2008, 09:22 PM
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#30 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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send your tank and eq with you! you can get rock and livestock in Germany and have your set up there and teach others as you learn then when you leave there, you can sell it to someone who has always showed interest in yours...
btw my hubby retired AF :-) 1977-1996(took the early out!)
what all do you have and what size is it? | |
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