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  1. octoman

    my featherduster's growing a new crown!

    Originally Posted by alix2.0 he dropped the old one like a week ago during a tank disaster, now the crowns only about 1cm long, its kinda cool, so i thought id post it. ima try to get a pic. kay here it is, crappy cell phone picture but you can still see it... mine did that a 4-5 times until...
  2. octoman

    One after the other. Going nuts.......

    took a water sample to my favorite fish store. they id it as copepods. She praised me for having healthy water environment. Thanks guys.............what next.. I need to know what fishes eats these things? reef safe
  3. octoman

    One after the other. Going nuts.......

    Originally Posted by BIGREEFER Might they be copopods? They are crazy lookin and can grow to big numbers if nothing eats them. whats a cocopods? What livestock eats them?. My fishes include: Yellow tang hippo tang (blue tang) sailfin tang Skunk clown tomatoe clown Yellow tail damsels (god...
  4. octoman

    One after the other. Going nuts.......

    Originally Posted by emm0909 little feather dusters or worms on the glass? they look like lice. Move very fast. Gathers in groups
  5. octoman

    One after the other. Going nuts.......

    Alright guys. As you all know I slowly started adding live corals about a few months ago after years only rasing fishes. I managed to minimize the first problem i had with cyanobacteria. For the last week I Cut down on my feeding from every other day to every 3 days. My lighting was cut down...
  6. octoman

    Please help

    Originally Posted by Oceansidefish Scrubbing will do nothing.... Chemclean is the best sure way to axe it I hate using chemicals. I hope this doesnt turn out like my featherduster infestation. I had to literally break every single tubes off to minimize the growth
  7. octoman

    Please help

    Originally Posted by markanderson its a problem that frustrates every hobbyist no matter how old the tank is. Often times tanks will have a sudden unexplainable cyanobacteria burst. It furstrates me now. I feel like scrubing it off and hope it doesnt come back
  8. octoman

    Please help

    Originally Posted by markanderson It looks like cyanobacteria, or red slime algae. Its color ranges from maroon to red to purple. A lot of tanks have this problem, and your probably seeing a surge in it because of the new lighting for you corals. Checked you nitrates and phosphates as these...
  9. octoman

    Please help

    Hi everyone. I'm very new to forums but i have had my salt water fish for quite sometime now. I started out with fish only aqurium for years and lately I have been introducing live corals into the scheme of things. 6 months ago I added a frag of zenias which now have populated quarter of my...
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