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Quick update. The dreaded green hair algae is returning. Amazing that it has stayed clear this long. One more month and I can begin repairing the...
Great tank! Hope mine ages that well.
My three year old is constantly staring into my tank. He is still short enough that the algae scraper can be kept out of reach. That is, assuming...
On dead snails, not feet.
Boiling also works.
If it was easy, it wouldn't be any fun.
Haven't seen any new pics in a while Otty. Everything okay?
I certainly sympathize with the power issue. I live out of town and lose power several times a year. I wouldn't even consider a reef tank without a...
How is the evaporation with the sunpod? Do you top off manually?
What are you running for lights and filtration? What are you planning on stocking it with?
Everything is still doing well. My orange ricordea has split into three orange ricordeas. I am starting to get the feeling that the tank doesn't...
Very nice start. How are you liking the fuge setup?
The green algae went away once I started using distilled water and took out the stock filtration. The AP24 came with a bunch of filter stuff which...
Very nice. Any other upgrades besides lighting?
Just a quick update. I am super busy with work right now so my wife has been taking care of the tank. It seems to be doing well. The orange...
FINALS ARE DONE!!! I can finally see my tank with the daylights on.
The minimum I have run is 8 hrs actinic and 6 hours daylight. This is under PCs and only while fighting algae. Once the slimy stuff was under...
Thanks to all for the info. K+ to you all. I am afraid I don't have the room or the lighting for one yet. Guess i will add it to the list of stuff...
And don't forget the potential for die-off on any rocks the corals are attached to. Probably not a huge deal unless you have a nano.
#3 looks like a nonpulsing xenia. I had some crop up in a patch of blue polyps and it is now big and brown and ugly. But it doesn't sting anything...
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