Originally Posted by
bigpete
hey lbasktbal, thanks for the comments. really appreciate it. well, lemme see if i can answer some questions for you. i guess ill just fill you in...
in regards to the coraline:
*I have to give props to nano A and B by KENT. this stuff made my coraline grow like crazy. also, nano A and B is pretty much everything you need to supplement a mini reef! sooo good i highly reccomend buying some. it comes in two seperate bottles, they sell it on SWF.com i believe. plus, when i was selecting LR i was looking for pieces that already had some decent coraline growth. I always kept my salinity in check by checking it daily and doing a 10% water change every week...this leads me into my next point
*i think the reason i do not have hair algae is because i do my water changes every week. i swear this is the key to controlling algae...that and light. also, i have a decent clean up crew plus the generic algae scraper. in my tank, i have 4 ast. snails and 2 nas. snails. i also have a star...i know ill get flamed for that but hes goin in an 80 gal later.
*Along time ago i kept a 6 gal when i first got into the hobby. Red slime grew all over the place in that tank and i came to find out that i was over feeding my damsel...yes a damsel in a 6 gal. i was a n00b. but, i would reccomend not feeding your fish too much. there is really nothing you can do about the light because your corals, especially that clam is gonna need it. see what happens when you decrease the food you feed your fish. also, try moving the sand around every now and then. this seemed to get rid of it gradually, but it wasnt the sole reason. i havent had red slime in my nano(yet...) but i try and keep on top of algae control.
TO SUM IT UP(lol)
1. Do weekly 10% water changes
2.Get Nano A + B by KENT
3. Dont overfeed and just get a few more snails.
BUT ON THE REAL...your tank looks awesome. i love your clowns and i just think clams are the best so props for that. let me know if your near the bay area and i can frag you some of my zoos. I have a few small frags already in the back of my tank that im tryin to get to spread. i know this is a lot and i really TRY NOT TO PREACH. haha sorry bout that. but im lovin your tank dude. IMO nothing looks wrong at all! keep up the good work
my email is
pdowdall@stmarys-ca.edu
Thank you for taking the time to write me all that. Every bit of your words helped. I always wondered how people get their coraline algae to grow so thought I'd ask you since you had it everywhere.
I am starting to get brown/red slim algae bloom now out of no where. I also found out that my ICA chiller has been causing problems because the heatsink that they use is I believe to be aluminum. You know what happence to aluminum when it is combined with saltwater....I had fish death due to that and had to find out the hard way. I just need to make sure that it is aluminum. Either way..its definetly a metal, and it is not plastic that is for sure.
I use this supplement that has A and B together. But I will try the one you have. I dont have the regular snails with hard shells, but I had some that were hitchhikers that had soft shells but they were some other type of snails. I think i will have to buy some more snails.
My frogspawn and my elegance coral have become so big that I dont think I can even keep it in my 24gal anymore. They practically take up the whole tank.
Lastly, I bought some new zoo's...
hopefully they will live. I have had problems with keeping zoo's inthe past for some reason.
Anyway, thanks for the great advice. Keep updating your tank as I will be doing the same.
p.s. Sadly..I dont live near the bay area to get some of your zoo's..lol.
