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looks like you have a sweet setup the rock display is amazing! as i posted befor i was just starting my 75gal up as well. unfortuneatly i had to start from scratch. i have 2 damsel fishes, and about 10 pounds of rock. i have a mag9.5 for the return pump, and about 80 punds of sand half aragonite sand, and half live. to top it off i have 130w actinic and 130w of 12,000k lighting plus moon lights. i would have to agree i love looking at the tank each day. each day i noticed something different. last two weeks i have been dealing with brown algea (diatoms)

*click *flash *click "whered he go???"

yeh, I have some red algae going on, I bought some shails and crabs but most of my snails just died off but I am not too worried about it since it is probably just because of the cycle.

I have gotten decent at setting up my rock work due to making caves for all my cichlids. I do plan to change the rock up a little bit and hopefully add a few more pieces.


chris

Is this an ocellaris or percula

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found this hiding a few weeds ago

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This, what I beleive to be a torch would be great if it would ever extend. It has more than 15 heads on it but has yet to fully extend it self.

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I think that's an occelaris clown. How are those parameters coming? It looks like those corals are a bit stressed, that's the reason I ask. I've seen worse though, believe it or not....so there's hope yet. I'd get in a couple extra water changes and test out the calcium and alkalinity levels.

Did you get that sump up and running yet?

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Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients

no, sump atm, I have the tank I just need to make my baffles and get my plumbing worked out. I am doing 5 gallon weekly changes with R/O water. My param's are fine, though I have no means to check for cal. yet, but I also have no way to dose it yet either.


chris

anybody know what this is


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best pic of my serpent stat

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nice serpent star

The first picture is of some type of caluerpa, a macro algae. It grows very fast once established. Unless you really like it, I'd suggest you start pulling out as much as you can whenever your arm is in the tank. Otherwise it will take over.

A better macro algae to use for nutrient xport, if that is your goal, is chaetomorpha, AKA brillo pad algae.

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Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients

I thought it was a type of macro. I did not add it and the people who had the tank before me had never seen it before. It just popped up over night about a week ago and after a couple of days started sending runners in every direction. I will remove it soon.


chris

My clown needed a friend before she got to big. the new one is on the left.




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Nice looking clown. It looks like she likes the new company.

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Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients

I fed the bigger one at one end of the tank and put the new in on the other side. I figured the new guy could get a chance to hide while the older one ate, but that's not what happened. The new guy sprints across the tank and gets right up on top of the other one. The big one started charging and even grabbed the new one buy the tail, but the new guy just kept comming back for more. After 2 days things have setteled down and they seem to be getting along fine.

The new one is even eating a little. Yesterday they got some bio-blend and today I feed salt water mysis.


chris

Finally got my tank plumbed. Now all I need to do is replace the broken pumps that came with the tank and I will be able to move some water.

Here are some new pics. 3 are of some (unknwon) zooz's, two of wich were just aquiered.

whole tank with new rock work

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I like the rockwork, and I'm glad the plumbing worked out for ya. It looks like you are battling some cyanobacteria there. I'd suggest upping the water changes, making sure your source water is clean (ro/di would be best), using some carbon and phosguard in your filters, and manually removing as much as you can with a siphon hose. Also, limit your feedings as much as possible.

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Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients

this cyno is crazy matty. that is just what is left over from a huge siphon I just did a few days ago. I feed once a day, run carbon in my filter and do a 5 gallon wc every week. hoping it will clear up when I get the skimmer up and running.


chris

here are the other pics I was talking about.

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now all I have to do is get the sump running, ordering new pump, and add some bergia to destroy all of these aptasia's.


chris

Nice zoanthids chris.

Instead of burghia, I'd consider plain ol' peppermint shrimp. Maybe 2 or 3 for your tank. They've worked wonders for my aptasia. Just don't confuse them with camel shrimp.

I'll bet a good skimmer will help, and getting that sump running too. Plus if you could get some cheatomorpha growing in the sump that would help a lot I'm sure. If I were you I'd up the WC size to 10-15 gallons, until it all clears up. Then go back to 5 gallons per week.

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Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients

I went to 2 lfs and bought 3 batches of so called pep. shimp and it has done nothing. In the shrimps defense, I don't think they are L.wurdemanni