monalisa
Active Member
Shouldn't eat your ice cream so fast...that will give you a headache every time :joy:
So, we had a very busy tank maintenance day today. Beth's tank is having a slight outbreak of a couple of different kinds of algea. A little bit of green hair and some red something or other. We did all kinds of tests and were very pleased that her calcium is coming up nicely after switching to Oceanic salt. Her phosphates were at .5...which isn't terrible, but we put some phosphate pads in her filter to hopefully help out with that. We also placed another small powerhead directed more to the bottom and across the front, where the algea seems to be concentrated. Again, it's not a huge breakout, but we don't want it to get to that point. Her xenias and zoas are also looking quite sad, and it's my hope that the added flow will help those out as well. We also set up water for a wc and have that heating and aerating.
After we tinkered around with her tank, we came here where I did a nice big water change on my reef. Fastest change I think I've ever done, mostly because I've been doing periodic cleaning of my equipment during the week rather than doing it all at once...worked out great.
I have to get used to having the canopy back on my sh tank, because it's harder to see that I need to top it off...that needed to be topped off. Oh, and I also purchased some livestock for that tank...I acclimated and released.
That's it for now.
Lisa :happyfish
So, we had a very busy tank maintenance day today. Beth's tank is having a slight outbreak of a couple of different kinds of algea. A little bit of green hair and some red something or other. We did all kinds of tests and were very pleased that her calcium is coming up nicely after switching to Oceanic salt. Her phosphates were at .5...which isn't terrible, but we put some phosphate pads in her filter to hopefully help out with that. We also placed another small powerhead directed more to the bottom and across the front, where the algea seems to be concentrated. Again, it's not a huge breakout, but we don't want it to get to that point. Her xenias and zoas are also looking quite sad, and it's my hope that the added flow will help those out as well. We also set up water for a wc and have that heating and aerating.
After we tinkered around with her tank, we came here where I did a nice big water change on my reef. Fastest change I think I've ever done, mostly because I've been doing periodic cleaning of my equipment during the week rather than doing it all at once...worked out great.
I have to get used to having the canopy back on my sh tank, because it's harder to see that I need to top it off...that needed to be topped off. Oh, and I also purchased some livestock for that tank...I acclimated and released.
That's it for now.
Lisa :happyfish
