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No more aptasia. I used the boiling water method and it worked very well. While I was in there blasting, some started to hide on me. After about one hour they popped back out and boiled some more water and blasted them too. Pretty cool way to rid the tank of them before they take over. I...

Looks nice!

Originally Posted by miami_reefer Post that pic in the ID section. Those look like aptasia's. I'm having that outbreak right now. You have to take care of it. They sting corals Would that cause my pumping zenia not to open?? These are growing on the same little piece of rubble.

Originally Posted by miami_reefer Is that aptasia in the 2nd pic?? I noticed those growing about a week ago. I did not know what they were until I just googled from your post. They are attached to a piece of rock that my pumping zenia is on. Are these things bad? My pumping zenia has not...

I still use the carbon filter Oceanic supplied with the tank. When I do water changes, I rinse the filter off. How often should I replace the filter?

I just checked the PH a few minutes ago. It is 8.6 - What should I do now?

The snails are starting work. It seems they eat the most at night. I have been doing water changes every week removing about 2 gallons of water along with some alage. I have cut back feeding to every 2 -3 days. Been testing and all water specs look good except PH is 8.4, is this o.k.?

Pictures --- I have rearranged some of the rocks, so they may look different than the first shots. I also seem to have something growing on the live sand.

looks nice.

Everything went in the tank on Wednesday. The larger snails seemed to stay in place with the little ones taking off all over. Progress seems to be slow. I did a water change on Thursday and removed some of the stringing grass. That stuff really smells! Pictures this afternoon.

My wife just called and said Fed Ex just dropped off the CUC!!!!

Sure will. I am looking forward to seeing them munch on the alage!

Nassarius Snail Qty: 8, Cerith Snail Qty: 8 Mexican Turbo Snail Qty: 3, Jumbo Cerith Snail Qty: 2, Green Lettuce Nudibranch Qty: 2, Astraea Turbo Snail Qty: 4, Still waiting on the shipping confirmation, but should be here in PA tomorrow (Wednesday.)

I just ordered some more CUC. Should be here on Wednesday.

Originally Posted by patrick8929 snails and such. you will want probably 10-15 snails to take care of the algae problem. just like what subie said That many snails in a 14 Gallon?

Originally Posted by subielover Try cutting your feeding down to once every TWO days. Also what are you feeding? For the cyano, I would suggest siphoning it out during water changes. Cyano is caused by excess nutrients or insufficient flow, since I see some hair algae as well my bet would be on...

Originally Posted by patrick8929 even if he does that it will come back trust me i have battled algae before in my old 55 and it can be very hard to get rid of. its gunna take a good sized cuc with good water parameters. What is a "CUC?" Never mind --- DUH!

I do water changes every week. trites and trates show nothing using API test kit. LFS told me to feed green chromis every day??? I can pull the thick stringie alage off by hand for the most part BUT it comes back.

I have the standard pump from Oceanic and a koralia. I feed once a day. For top off & mixing I use distilled water. No access to RO water yet. Could it be a low flow causing it? The majority is where the water enters back into the tank.

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