HELP !!! need answers

rgoldenc

Member
we have brown algae on glass and on white crushed coral, how do we get rid of it? we have tiny little bubble things that are growing on our LR. If you touch them they shrink up for a second, they are about the same color as our bubble tip anomenies, >brown> with white tips,what is this, also have one that looks like a white flower,when you touch this it shrinks too.What are these things? We have clear green bubbles growing on the underside of our LR. What are these?
Our anomenies have been attached to LR in the past week they have been moving. Is there any reason for this? Also one bubble tip will close all the way up and look like he is dead. What's up with that? We have two tomato clown's one bubble tip for each, but the bigger one fights for both. We have a 46 gl tank and 30 watts 50-50 actinic and natural daylight 6000k is this ok , or do you recomend additional lighting? Thank you sorry for so many questions at once, but i am very curious and don't have much patience when i am looking for answers. <img src="graemlins//confused.gif" border="0" alt="[confused]" /> <img src="graemlins//confused.gif" border="0" alt="[confused]" /> <img src="graemlins//urrr.gif" border="0" alt="[urrr]" /> <img src="graemlins//confused.gif" border="0" alt="[confused]" />
 

the claw

Active Member
You don't say whether or not if you have any "clean up crew" in your tank. Little critters like scarlet hermits, mithrax crabs, tropical abalone's, and astrea or turbo snails. They will all aid in your algea problem. When you do water changes are you using distilled water and from what source. Your anenomes will move until they are happy. It's usually where you don't want them. If they are not big enough, your clowns can actually agitate them to death.
 

rgoldenc

Member
can you please answer the rest of my questions? we have 10 hermit crabs---4 turbo snails--1 striped snail-unexpected guest in live rock--sand shifting star fish--1 cleaner shrimp and 1 black snail.
 

jakob4001

Member
anemones will shrink up to very very very small size;even if they are super huge at times; usually means they are trying to dispell waste;they eat from the same orafice too;you didn't say how long your tank has been running iether; it might still be cycling; most/all new set ups go through some kind of algae bloom at some time;probably best that you get some sort of clean up crew; possibly emerald crabs being they are said to take care of small bubble algae
 
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