Sweat's journey begins
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siptang
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I see them in my sump too but I'm not really concerned. I just shake then off every week.
sweat90lx
Member
I'm still learning and slowly building to my goal.
I ordered a few snails and empty shells from reef cleaners. I have read he puts a few extras in the order. I recieved almost double what I ordered and a few cool looking empty shells.
I had a large brown algae/diatom bloom which is almost gone now. I'm waiting on the green algae to arrive now. Tests this morning had ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate at 0. PH was 8.2. My chaeto is growing and I am seeing lots of pods.
Tank still looks empty but I'm slowly working on my goals.
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I ordered a few snails and empty shells from reef cleaners. I have read he puts a few extras in the order. I recieved almost double what I ordered and a few cool looking empty shells.
I had a large brown algae/diatom bloom which is almost gone now. I'm waiting on the green algae to arrive now. Tests this morning had ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate at 0. PH was 8.2. My chaeto is growing and I am seeing lots of pods.
Tank still looks empty but I'm slowly working on my goals.
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bubblegurl
Member
I just read through your build and must say, I love your aqua scaping, turned out really good! Great build! Love the hob refugium too, very cool set up!
If I could offer some advice, take your time with stocking the tank. Looks like a lot of base rock, will take some time for it to become live, too much bio load could give you problems.
Awesome your family is also enjoying it with you, you are lucky,my family runs and hides when I go to the lfs, but they do enjoy the tanks at home!
If I could offer some advice, take your time with stocking the tank. Looks like a lot of base rock, will take some time for it to become live, too much bio load could give you problems.
Awesome your family is also enjoying it with you, you are lucky,my family runs and hides when I go to the lfs, but they do enjoy the tanks at home!
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siptang
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sweat - looking good!! get one small piece of liverock to seed the coraline algae!
sweat90lx
Member
I think the snails have started it for me Sip.
My only friend with an established tank is about to do his first water change in several months. I am trying to get him back on track. lol
I think I honestly know more than him as a complete noob. I visited him today at his business and he has ordered a UV sterilizer. I told him to get a protein skimmer but he doesnt listen very well but he has more disposable money than me. He crashed a 300 gallon tank and now has a 125 gallon with algae problems and a chocolate chip starfish outbreak. I will talk to him again and hopefully help him get back on track this weekend and maybe get a few goodies from him. His tank is mostly mushrooms and softies but in poor condition in my standards.
I spent more time than money because I have a few other hobbies. This month has a blue moon and an extra paycheck that WILL help fund a new transmission for my car and hopefully some new additions to tank when it is time.
My only friend with an established tank is about to do his first water change in several months. I am trying to get him back on track. lol
I think I honestly know more than him as a complete noob. I visited him today at his business and he has ordered a UV sterilizer. I told him to get a protein skimmer but he doesnt listen very well but he has more disposable money than me. He crashed a 300 gallon tank and now has a 125 gallon with algae problems and a chocolate chip starfish outbreak. I will talk to him again and hopefully help him get back on track this weekend and maybe get a few goodies from him. His tank is mostly mushrooms and softies but in poor condition in my standards.
I spent more time than money because I have a few other hobbies. This month has a blue moon and an extra paycheck that WILL help fund a new transmission for my car and hopefully some new additions to tank when it is time.
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siptang
Guest
lmbo some people are stubborn like that. What can we do? Can't abandon friends lol, he will come around and thank you in the end.
sweat90lx
Member
He is just as stubborn as I am. Lol. He has proven that you can have a reef tank with very poor water conditions. But he also lost a huge amount of money when his 300 gallon crashed.
I would enjoy helping him get it back on track. It would hopefully teach me something. I got some pics of his tank the last time I was at his house. It has potential if he will take better care of it.
Maybe he will let me help him this weekend. If he says he wants to use tap water I will slap him. He just got his 4th degree black belt so I might get beat up pretty bad. Lol
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I would enjoy helping him get it back on track. It would hopefully teach me something. I got some pics of his tank the last time I was at his house. It has potential if he will take better care of it.
Maybe he will let me help him this weekend. If he says he wants to use tap water I will slap him. He just got his 4th degree black belt so I might get beat up pretty bad. Lol
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siptang
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lol, all softies any ways. Tell him to try that with color sticks and that blue tang doesn't look too hot.
rlablan
Active Member
Bahahaha must be a noob... Who fills a big tank (or any tank) with damsels. Lol maybe headless do water changes because his hands turn into fish snacks... :rotfl: it's not funny but this is so sad I have to laugh... Imagine what some of us could do with his extra $$... It's be awesome and damsel free...
sweat90lx
Member
My thoughts too but he likes the damsels for some reason. He has never claimed to be smart. Lol
The Brown is gone from my tank with only a little film algae on the back wall. Now the next colors are beginning. I'm not sure why I put these small rocks here but I guess it worked out.
I'm getting some lime green spots in the tank. I'm not sure if its good yet but the snails aren't eating it.
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The Brown is gone from my tank with only a little film algae on the back wall. Now the next colors are beginning. I'm not sure why I put these small rocks here but I guess it worked out.
I'm getting some lime green spots in the tank. I'm not sure if its good yet but the snails aren't eating it.
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siptang
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It's coraline algae. 
rlablan
Active Member
definitely coraline.
First, it'll be that bright green.
Then it'll progress to a light purple,
into a Deep, dark purple.
Sometimes after that you'll get a real intense pink. My tanks are just now starting to get that. And they have been set up for a long time.
What about the small rocks? Are you saying you don't know why you put them in that small area? Is that a back chamber or a sump or something?
That's okay. It's good. That will be more live rock for you to hold micro critters, areas for extra bioload processing, without crowding the Display tank. It's "Live Rock Rubble" and a lot of people do that. That way, you have more room in the DT for more/bigger fish, but that same amount of LR in the tank. It's a smart idea, IMO.
I dk if it matters what chamber of the sump it's in... someone might chime in and say that one area is better than another.
Lookin' good.
Ps I now see it's a sump.
First, it'll be that bright green.
Then it'll progress to a light purple,
into a Deep, dark purple.
Sometimes after that you'll get a real intense pink. My tanks are just now starting to get that. And they have been set up for a long time.
What about the small rocks? Are you saying you don't know why you put them in that small area? Is that a back chamber or a sump or something?
That's okay. It's good. That will be more live rock for you to hold micro critters, areas for extra bioload processing, without crowding the Display tank. It's "Live Rock Rubble" and a lot of people do that. That way, you have more room in the DT for more/bigger fish, but that same amount of LR in the tank.
It's a smart idea, IMO.I dk if it matters what chamber of the sump it's in... someone might chime in and say that one area is better than another.
Lookin' good.
Ps I now see it's a sump.
sweat90lx
Member
the rubble rocks are in the overflow are of my hob fuge. I was just saying Im not sure why I put them there instead of in the larger part of the refugium like the other smallish rocks. These are the smallest rocks though. They were the only rocks to get hair algae on them and the first to get some purple.
But ummm yeah, I knew what I was doing. lol.
But ummm yeah, I knew what I was doing. lol.
sweat90lx
Member
No prob. I am just enjoying my tanks changes. I have researched like always to see how things should be progressing. The right words in a google search landed me at this thread. lol
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/388860/snakes-methods-for-growing-coralline-algae
One of the first places coralline will grow is on powerheads and overflow boxes. Yet again Seth has the info to keep me on track
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/388860/snakes-methods-for-growing-coralline-algae
One of the first places coralline will grow is on powerheads and overflow boxes. Yet again Seth has the info to keep me on track
