HELP!:(

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abeandlulu

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never use tap water! How often do you change the madia in your filters?
 
coralman05

coralman05

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haha you no your stuff i have to say man.. last thing so that red algae is what i have to suck up? how long after will it be back to normal. hopefully soon:p
 
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abeandlulu

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Its going to take a little while. Do some water changes add the powerheads like moewzer said. Cut you lights back keep your filters clean and you will start seeing some inprovement. Until then keep sucking the cayno out of the tank.
 
coralman05

coralman05

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how many hours you say i can have the lights on.. i still want to see them i'm trying to get the long safe hours in
 
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abeandlulu

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I run my lights from 9am-9pm. Most people would say that is to long, but I can manage to get away with it.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by abeandlulu http:///forum/thread/383903/help/20#post_3361034
I run my lights from 9am-9pm. Most people would say that is to long, but I can manage to get away with it.
RIGHT, BUT since you are not getting away with it right now, you need to slack off on the lights
surely you don't stare at the tank from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
and AS abeandlulu said.....it will take a long time to get rid of this.....you have to do daily siphoning, and keep up with all the other maintenance too
 
mylady

mylady

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No one has mentioned this yet, but as you only have a 55 gallon tank your tank is too small for your yellow tang. They need room to "run". i don't know how big it is now, a juvenile might be okay in a small tank but once it gets bigger it will not do well in your tank. I know we were told anywhere from a minimum 75-100 gallons before any tangs should be put in.
Lighting and the type of lights you have are very important. Try to find out what you have and post that info as well. Test strips are unreliable and you really need the kits as others have mentioned. You did not list what your CUC is either. If you are feeding as often as twice a day you best have a really good CUC in there as well. I think to get your tank looking nice you need to get back to basics and start doing some research on what you have in your tank, what they need as individual animals and go from there. This place is a great resource but there are other great options as well, like some great books on the subject that can help you get your tank in optimal condition.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by alisamac http:///forum/thread/383903/help/20#post_3361089
The fish don't swim when I'm not watching them.. and fishes that don't swim die, do you want that on your conscience meowzer? lol I do love this thread.
LOL...then you guys need to find some smarter fish, mine swim all the time.....their mommy has to go to work to buy their equipment and food HAHAHAHAHAHA
 
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abeandlulu

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Since I am a stay at home mom I do find myself staring at it alot...LOL
Sorry that was the only smiley there was to chose from. Yes I do need to cut the lights back.
Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/383903/help/20#post_3361039
RIGHT, BUT since you are not getting away with it right now, you need to slack off on the lights
surely you don't stare at the tank from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
and AS abeandlulu said.....it will take a long time to get rid of this.....you have to do daily siphoning, and keep up with all the other maintenance too
 
coralman05

coralman05

Member
should i keep the lights off for couple of days would that help? i heard somewhere that you can do that maybe? i dont really know though
 
coralman05

coralman05

Member
oh one more thing you cant really see them on the whole tank shot but on the one rock were the bubbles are there are a bunch of little anemone i think they are.. are they bad should i kill them i no they can sting your fish but i dont really no
 
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