2 questions, not related, new fish and powerheads

adam & jeanne

adam & jeanne

Member
First,
I recently added a midas blenny right here from SWF. He's been in the tank for about 48 hrs. now and hes been in hiding for about the past 24. Whats the longest I need to wait before I try to look for him and start searching the tank.
Also,
I have a 55 gal reef. I have experienced a small red algae outbreak. I performed a water change this week and it seems to have slowed it. I have two penguin 550 power heads, one in each corner blowing to the center of the tank. Do I need more powerheads? If so where do I place and aim the others?
Thanks !!!
 
joe's reefer

joe's reefer

Member
dont keep the midas with firegobys or any other goby they are known to rip off their fins.and what no more than a week.try getting hagen 402's and put them in each corner opposite of each other
 
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10k

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Powersweeps are great, only if you run the pre-filters on them. If you don't they will stop up, and cease to sweep. Therefore defeating the purpose of having them. They work great at varying current and flow. I recommend them only with the pre-filters, and normal maintainance. If your not prepared to clean them out every so often, forget it! HTH ;)
 
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