Hefner's 180 Thread

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I feed all my fish twice a day. The queen is one of the most agressive eaters in the tank, so she gets a big share. A cube of angelfish diet in the morning, which pretty much all the fish eat, except the puffer, he doesn't seem to like it. Then in the evening I feed stuff like mysis, squid, emerald formula, whatever frozen cubes I have at the time. Then the puffer gets fed some meaty stuff every other day.
 
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I think that way would probably be better for the fish either way. Small amounts, more often is what we are suppose to do anyway, right? I do large amounts every other day, which is less realistic for the fish. I'll start transitioning to daily feedings also.
So, to get an idea - do you feed one cube in the AM for everyone? So everyone shares the one cube?
 
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One angelfood cube in the morning for everyone: queen angel, powder blue tang, naso tang, foxface, trigger, yellow wrasse, cleaner wrasse, lawnmower blenny. They go through this in less than 30 seconds.
In the evening it's either half a cube or a full one again. The puffer is slow and doesn't get much out of the cubes, so he gets hand fed every other day, stuff like raw shrimp, squid, krill or silversides.
I also put in algae on clips so they can eat during the day. This feeding schedule seems to work pretty good and I'm able to keep my nitrates under 20 all the time, especially with the new fuge I built.
 
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Thanks for the info R.C. (Wierd, if you try to type R.C without a spacer, SWF blocks -- it out.) Anyway, sounds like a great schedule. I'm glad you gave specifics b/c I'm always wondering if I feed too much/too little amounts at a time. This gives me a good idea. I ended up ordering 3 large sheets online of the angel food online for a decent price. Should be here Wed.
<<BUT OTHERWISE!!!>> Tonight was the big move!! Everyone's resting in the 180 now!! This move went very well. I divided the 55 and slowly cornered the queen - which went much better than when I caught her for the FW dip. Other than momentarily getting caught in the net, there were no problems (I need an acrylic catching box). I put them in a small acrylic tank 1/4 full of water from the QT and set it into the 180. I then drip aclimated for a few hours with all lights off. With the lights off, everyone went to bed except the puffer - who simply stared at the new tankmates the whole time. They then were released easily without any stress. There was no "playing dead" or anything. Well, tomorrow I'll feed. Hopefully they'll all be one happy family!
 
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Originally Posted by conman
http:///forum/post/2835068
Updated pics?
hey conman. Welcome to the boards!
Do you have an agressive tank?
Lights are off for the night, but I'll get a couple shots this week. I'll get a FTS too... I was trying to get rid of my cyano problem first... but it still won't give up.
 
iyachtuxivm

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Originally Posted by Hefner413
http:///forum/post/2835233
hey conman. Welcome to the boards!
Do you have an agressive tank?
Lights are off for the night, but I'll get a couple shots this week. I'll get a FTS too... I was trying to get rid of my cyano problem first... but it still won't give up.
Yea tell me about it! About to use a antibiotic on mine.
 
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I've thought about that too, but haven't tried it yet. I've used chemiclean without success (worked wonders on my 55 when it had cyano a year ago). I seem to have 2 types: a rust-colored light brown, less stringy kind.. and also the dark brown/almost black slimy kind.
This time I've tried: chemiclean, increasing flow, decreasing lights and then eventually turning them off completely for days, decreasing feeding, suction, and now this "algae scrubber" thing I built... I'm tempted to do antibiotics, but I'm just worried about them killing beneficial bacteria also and thus making things worse in the long run.
but in the meantime, the cyano is somewhat stable at least... and my fish seem to actually pick at the junk, keeping it somewhat controlled. I kinda wish that they wouldn't do this - it can't be good for them. but can't stop them.
 
iyachtuxivm

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Its a form of algae so its not all bad, we just dont like the look of it. There is an antibiotic that is supposed to not harm any benificial bacteria. Something about it "going after" only gram negitive bacteria such as cyano and other fish type bacteria. If I decide to use it I will get you the name. Its something like eyuromycin ( no idea how to spell it). It will make your skimmer go nuts so you have to shut it down. I have talked to a marine biology student on this subject and he assures it wont harm anything beneficial. I am lucky that my fav LFS is right off the MSU campus. They hire many students so the staff is knowledgable and passionate about keeping animals.
 
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Hey Hef ! Once again I was away from the site for a while, but.......... Wooooooooooooooooooo..........a familiar line from Ric Flair. Your tank looks awesome man, you did a great job.
You are the champ
 
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Originally Posted by iyachtuxivm
http:///forum/post/2835786
Its a form of algae so its not all bad, we just dont like the look of it. There is an antibiotic that is supposed to not harm any benificial bacteria. Something about it "going after" only gram negitive bacteria such as cyano and other fish type bacteria. If I decide to use it I will get you the name. Its something like eyuromycin ( no idea how to spell it). It will make your skimmer go nuts so you have to shut it down. I have talked to a marine biology student on this subject and he assures it wont harm anything beneficial. I am lucky that my fav LFS is right off the MSU campus. They hire many students so the staff is knowledgable and passionate about keeping animals.
Yeah, erythromycin. I've also been told that it works well for cyano, a gram negative bacteria, like you said. In humans, it actually works best against gram positives - covers stuff like pneumococci, streptococci, and some staphylococci. Cyano must be more susceptible than our gram negative bacteria. Anyway, sorry -enough details.. but it's funny how we use the same antibiotics and antiparasitics that I prescribe for patients.
Originally Posted by GTDAROCK
http:///forum/post/2836007
Hey Hef ! Once again I was away from the site for a while, but.......... Wooooooooooooooooooo..........a familiar line from Ric Flair. Your tank looks awesome man, you did a great job.
You are the champ

Thanks!! Sure is nice to have things getting closer to my goal.
And I'm looking forward to your pics also. Glad to hear that you got rid of the hum in your plumbing.
 
conman

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Hef,
I am still working on a reef tank. I dont see you around work anymore, but I will need your help when I finally get started
 
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