New 100g tank diary!! Will need help along the way

mus1cizmythang

mus1cizmythang

Member
Ok..? well what do i do!! water change, siphen it out, use red algae medication, what? If water change, how much gallons? I need to know asap
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
OK.....I would siphon it out with a turkey baster (do not stir it)....check your nitrates and phosphates too.....How is your flow? What do you feed? How long do you keep your lights on?
Cyano is a bacteria.....cause by many things, and WILL NOT disappear immediately.....it will take some time...and A LOT OF WORK......Do you use ro/di (sorry...just can not remember)
DO more frequent water changes.....start with these things
 
mus1cizmythang

mus1cizmythang

Member
I just scooped some out with a net and will use a turkey baster too. I'm about to do a 10 gallon water change, should I siphen some too? nitrates are almost perfect, could be 5 ppm at the most. probably 2-3. I feed flake food and sometimes silversides. My lights stay on a while since I dont have a timer.. Thats what may be the cause but if i leave them off before I go to school the corals wouldnt get light and might die. Probably 15 hrs? I use all RO water.
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
flake food and silversides
those foods stink.....get some good frozen foods like mysis, marine cuisine etc......
SIPHON it out.....DO NOT SCOOP IT.....do you have a phosphate test? need to know the results......and flow?????
10G is not nearly enough.....I would do 20G weekly or bi-weekly for now
 
mus1cizmythang

mus1cizmythang

Member
Well, I zoomed in alot so it looks alot bigger. its a patch about 5 inches wide of a 60 inch tank but still. I dont have a phosphate test. I have mysis but I thought those were even worse cause theyre such small little shrimp and most of them fall to the bottom. I have two powerheads on for flow, one is a really nice one, but its at the top of the tank, so is the other. Dont want it all on the corals.
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
Personally I would try to find the cause and cure it......Your tank is how old????
still have not told me about your flow.....LOL
 
mus1cizmythang

mus1cizmythang

Member
Yeah, I did haha. "I have two powerheads on for flow, one is a really nice one, but its at the top of the tank, so is the other. Dont want it all on the corals. "
It's a newer tank. But it's a disaster right now because of that algae.. Stressing me out. I've done a 5g water change so far.. should I do another 5 or mix the 5 and let it sit? Cause as I add it to the sump its not fully mixed and it gets all over the tank and makes it very "substratey" and stresses corals out. Or I could siphen in 5g of it towards the very corner and have 5g mixed and ready to put in n the morning? What you think
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
I had typed a response...BUT for some oddreason lost wireless to my laptop...GRRRRRR
ANYHOW...on desktop now...so 1st....2 powerheads are probably not near enough for a 100G tank.....2nd....DO LARGER water changes AFTER mixing your nhew SW for 24 hours
you need a large container...make up the sw...put in a powerhead and let mix for 24 hours before using.....20 gallons would be a good start
 
mus1cizmythang

mus1cizmythang

Member
Ok so I just took 10g out and my water is low, and sump turned off. Should I put in 10 more g and then have more mixing over night, or just leave it how it is and let it sit overnight and add in the morning?
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
You are mising what I am saying...you an not mix SW quickly...you need BIGGER water changes......mix it up tonight....add a powerhead and change it tomorrow
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top