alm502
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I have a 7-gal nano with ~10 lbs of LR, 15 lbs of Aragonite for substrate, running 35 watts of light (about 6 or 7 months old). I was running a small hang-on filter with a fiber filter pad and a few small LR pebbles in it, but just switched over to a Prism Deluxe Skimmer with charcoal media last weekend.
The problem is that for about 8 months months it ran great with no algae issues. Then around Thanksgiving I started getting green hair algae. By Christmas it was really bad and looked like it was about to choke stuff out. So, I took everything out, scrubbed all the hair algae off the rocks and put it all back. It looked great for a few weeks. Now the hair algae is back and seems to be getting a good hold again. The corline algae is growing real good.
I am thinking of adding a Lawnmower Blenny to help keep the hair algae cleaned out. I am wondering if anyone has successfully kept a blenny in a tank this small?
I know I will have to supplement him with some nori or something once the algae is gone. Anyone have any suggestions?
I just added the Prism skimmer last weekend to see if that helps. And, I am about to get a couple of blue hermit crabs to add back in. These never seem to last real long, nor do any shrimps. So, I am adding a grounding probe tonight. I hear these help. I hada small lettuce nudibranc, but he did not last long.
Here is the background on my tank:
For content I have the following, fed once very three days:
- one purple pseudochromis
- two or three astrea grazing snails
- some pulsing xenia
- a small piece of cabbage coral
- one hard tube coco worm
- some green/brown button polyps
- some orange zoos
- one small torch coral
All the corals are growing like gangbusters, especially the xenia.
Numbers are:
- PH 8.3
- NO2 0
- NO3 10 ppm
- Amonia 0
- Phosphates 0
- Salinty 1.023
I run the lights about 6.0 hours per day.
I do a one gallon water change per week (last week I started upping that to 2 gallons) using water RO/DI water from the local reef store. (Same as I use in my 65-gal and 210-gal tanks).
Any comments or suggestions?
Thanks!!
The problem is that for about 8 months months it ran great with no algae issues. Then around Thanksgiving I started getting green hair algae. By Christmas it was really bad and looked like it was about to choke stuff out. So, I took everything out, scrubbed all the hair algae off the rocks and put it all back. It looked great for a few weeks. Now the hair algae is back and seems to be getting a good hold again. The corline algae is growing real good.
I am thinking of adding a Lawnmower Blenny to help keep the hair algae cleaned out. I am wondering if anyone has successfully kept a blenny in a tank this small?
I know I will have to supplement him with some nori or something once the algae is gone. Anyone have any suggestions?
I just added the Prism skimmer last weekend to see if that helps. And, I am about to get a couple of blue hermit crabs to add back in. These never seem to last real long, nor do any shrimps. So, I am adding a grounding probe tonight. I hear these help. I hada small lettuce nudibranc, but he did not last long.
Here is the background on my tank:
For content I have the following, fed once very three days:
- one purple pseudochromis
- two or three astrea grazing snails
- some pulsing xenia
- a small piece of cabbage coral
- one hard tube coco worm
- some green/brown button polyps
- some orange zoos
- one small torch coral
All the corals are growing like gangbusters, especially the xenia.
Numbers are:
- PH 8.3
- NO2 0
- NO3 10 ppm
- Amonia 0
- Phosphates 0
- Salinty 1.023
I run the lights about 6.0 hours per day.
I do a one gallon water change per week (last week I started upping that to 2 gallons) using water RO/DI water from the local reef store. (Same as I use in my 65-gal and 210-gal tanks).
Any comments or suggestions?
Thanks!!
