zkirby
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OK, so I have a stock 29g Biocube set up with about 20-25 lbs of established LR and 40 lbs of LS (about a 2-3 inch layer). I was a bit hasty in stocking it about a week after it was set up with 10 turbos, 10 small hermits, 2 cleaner clams, 6 small peppermint shrimp, and 2 very small green chromis. (I've already been flamed for this and I know I screwed up
) The next day I gave away 2 shrimp, 4 snails, and 4 hermits to thin the ranks a bit. The day after getting everything a green chromi died. One week later a cleaner clam died, and two weeks after that the tank had an outbreak of red slime. I treated it with chemi clen and 48 hours later did a 25% water change and added a koralia 1 for improved flow, and the red slime is all gone. Two days later a cleaner clam and the last chromi died. I feed them frozen brine shrimp, usually twice a day and the chromi and shrimp would eat almost all of it. Since day one my Ph, NO2, NO3, and Ammonia have all been at 0 except at the 2-3 week mark Nitrates read 5-20 for about 3 days then went back to 0 (I test almost every day). SG has always been between 1.023 and 1.024 and my water temp is a consistent 79 at night and 80-81 at peak high during the day. I have all my lights set to come on at 8:00am and go off to only the moon lights at 8:00pm.
Now, I have a bright green algae that grows on my glass and live sand that blooms during the day and the hermits eat it like crazy. I also have alot of hair algae on one of the LR's but this rock has some hitchhiker zoos so I'm hesitant to remove the rock itself. I've decided that before I stock the tank anymore I'll let it settle down until I can get everything under control. My ideas are to lower the temp about 2 degrees and make my day cycle of lights 11 hours vice 12 to try to cut down on the algae. As for food I think I'll add pellets or flakes to the daily feedings as I think the brine shrimp just may not be enough nutrition. I'm also thinking about getting the CPR SR3 skimmer as well.
As for the korallia 1 I placed it about half way down on the same side as my stock powerhead and pointed it ever so slightly down and pointed the stock one a bit up to create some surface motion. But I was toying with placing the korallia 1 on the opposite side and pointing them both down a bit. This is my first ever reef setup so I'm really just looking for a few pointers for my specific setup, i.e. should I get a skimmer? lower my temp? reduce feedings? how do i get ride of this hair algae? Powerhead setup?, etc. Thanks in advance for any and all help.
zkirby
Now, I have a bright green algae that grows on my glass and live sand that blooms during the day and the hermits eat it like crazy. I also have alot of hair algae on one of the LR's but this rock has some hitchhiker zoos so I'm hesitant to remove the rock itself. I've decided that before I stock the tank anymore I'll let it settle down until I can get everything under control. My ideas are to lower the temp about 2 degrees and make my day cycle of lights 11 hours vice 12 to try to cut down on the algae. As for food I think I'll add pellets or flakes to the daily feedings as I think the brine shrimp just may not be enough nutrition. I'm also thinking about getting the CPR SR3 skimmer as well.
As for the korallia 1 I placed it about half way down on the same side as my stock powerhead and pointed it ever so slightly down and pointed the stock one a bit up to create some surface motion. But I was toying with placing the korallia 1 on the opposite side and pointing them both down a bit. This is my first ever reef setup so I'm really just looking for a few pointers for my specific setup, i.e. should I get a skimmer? lower my temp? reduce feedings? how do i get ride of this hair algae? Powerhead setup?, etc. Thanks in advance for any and all help.
zkirby
