72 Oceanic Reef Ready Bow Front Evolution...
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mikeguerrero
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After getting my Calcium reactor up and running, I've noticed that my powerhead were getting covered in hair algae.
It was a couple of spots here and there and then within the week it was completely covered and looked awful.
The odd thing about it was it was only growing on the powerheads and not on my live rock; I feel it's because my live rock are cycled and keep the bad algae at bay.
My first reaction was okay am I overfeeding, and have too much nutrients? I knew that was not the case since I was only feeding two fish out of the 20 I use to have.
I even had connected the phosphate reactor with new rowaphos as the tank launched on day one.
So off to the LFS I went and came back with:
1. One powder blue tang (medium size)
2. One yellow tang (really small size)
3. One sailfin black blenny (small size)
4. One lettuce nudibrach (small size)
5. 10 margarita snails (small size)
6. One kole tang (medium size)
The next morning I wake up and the powerheads are bald; I was in shock and very pleased with the results.
As the lights kick in I notice that all the tangs are nipping all over the reef clearing out more bad algae and ocassionally go to the powerhead and pull on the small strings of hair left.
Sad part is I believe the lettuce nudi will die as there is no way the tank will keep up the ugly hair algae.
I was really concerned that nothing would eat the hair algae and I was totally wrong, all those that were listed went to town on the stuff.
I did watch and wait at my LFS to see who was eating algae prior to purchasing; keep your eyes on the tangs that do this and bring them home, if they do it at the store they will do it at your home reef.
MG
It was a couple of spots here and there and then within the week it was completely covered and looked awful.
The odd thing about it was it was only growing on the powerheads and not on my live rock; I feel it's because my live rock are cycled and keep the bad algae at bay.
My first reaction was okay am I overfeeding, and have too much nutrients? I knew that was not the case since I was only feeding two fish out of the 20 I use to have.
I even had connected the phosphate reactor with new rowaphos as the tank launched on day one.
So off to the LFS I went and came back with:
1. One powder blue tang (medium size)
2. One yellow tang (really small size)
3. One sailfin black blenny (small size)
4. One lettuce nudibrach (small size)
5. 10 margarita snails (small size)
6. One kole tang (medium size)
The next morning I wake up and the powerheads are bald; I was in shock and very pleased with the results.
As the lights kick in I notice that all the tangs are nipping all over the reef clearing out more bad algae and ocassionally go to the powerhead and pull on the small strings of hair left.
Sad part is I believe the lettuce nudi will die as there is no way the tank will keep up the ugly hair algae.
I was really concerned that nothing would eat the hair algae and I was totally wrong, all those that were listed went to town on the stuff.
I did watch and wait at my LFS to see who was eating algae prior to purchasing; keep your eyes on the tangs that do this and bring them home, if they do it at the store they will do it at your home reef.
MG
mikeguerrero
Active Member
Jesse,
The only reasoning for me is that the powerheads are right under my lighting and the surface area was ready for growth as all my coraline had died.
Remember these powerheads stayed in a dry bucket for about one month before they were dropped in.
If the surface area is cleared for growth the survival of the fittest will grow and it was the algae as no other part of my tank will grow the hair aglae, just the powerheads and the overflow, both of which are clear of algae because of the crew.
MG
The only reasoning for me is that the powerheads are right under my lighting and the surface area was ready for growth as all my coraline had died.
Remember these powerheads stayed in a dry bucket for about one month before they were dropped in.
If the surface area is cleared for growth the survival of the fittest will grow and it was the algae as no other part of my tank will grow the hair aglae, just the powerheads and the overflow, both of which are clear of algae because of the crew.
MG
i ahve to same problem with hair algae. i take all necessary precautions and i still get it. i think its just one of those things that unless you have something in the tank that can control it , its just going to keep coming. i even have taken the LR out broke off the piece with the hair algae, replace the rock and still end up getting it back. my algae in my fuge is growing great but not enough to combat the bad algae......???its a mystery i guess.
mikeguerrero
Active Member
So last night I decided to transfer some corals from my 6 gallon to my 72 and I shut off the powerheads in order to glue them on to the live rock.
I had to shut off the chiller since it was running; normally I don't do manual override since when I service the tank the chiller is not on and I simply push one button and everything shuts off.
Well, this night was late and I glued the corals in place and I went to bed really late.
When I finally got around to checking my tank it was around 1:30pm. I noticed that only one of my Metal halides was on and the other one off. At first I thought okay it has reset itself because of a power failure but as I got closer to the reef keeper 2, the light was not blinking.
I take a closer look and see that my temps are 88.9 going and the auto shutoff light turns them off at 88 degrees factory set. I scan my entire tank to see how much loss I have and notice nothing melted just very recessed on corals and shrooms.
Fish are acting very normal still feeding off the rocks; I quickly remember that I forgot to turn back on the chiller and I flip the switch and on goes the chiller.
In about 1.5 hours the tank is back at 79 degrees and every coral is wide open and back to normal.
I only wondered how long my temps were up so high, I guess in the early morning since my lights turn on at 9am.
If it wasn't for the auto shutoff on the reefkeeper 2 I would've lost a lot of corals since I would of went into the 90's since I have closed tops both in my sump and tank.
My lesson was not to service my tank late at night, when you are tired; a simple over look could've costed me tons.
Lesson learned and shared for others to follow...
MG
I had to shut off the chiller since it was running; normally I don't do manual override since when I service the tank the chiller is not on and I simply push one button and everything shuts off.
Well, this night was late and I glued the corals in place and I went to bed really late.
When I finally got around to checking my tank it was around 1:30pm. I noticed that only one of my Metal halides was on and the other one off. At first I thought okay it has reset itself because of a power failure but as I got closer to the reef keeper 2, the light was not blinking.
I take a closer look and see that my temps are 88.9 going and the auto shutoff light turns them off at 88 degrees factory set. I scan my entire tank to see how much loss I have and notice nothing melted just very recessed on corals and shrooms.
Fish are acting very normal still feeding off the rocks; I quickly remember that I forgot to turn back on the chiller and I flip the switch and on goes the chiller.
In about 1.5 hours the tank is back at 79 degrees and every coral is wide open and back to normal.
I only wondered how long my temps were up so high, I guess in the early morning since my lights turn on at 9am.
If it wasn't for the auto shutoff on the reefkeeper 2 I would've lost a lot of corals since I would of went into the 90's since I have closed tops both in my sump and tank.
My lesson was not to service my tank late at night, when you are tired; a simple over look could've costed me tons.
Lesson learned and shared for others to follow...
MG
mikeguerrero
Active Member
Reefman,
Zero loss, and you are right that is an incredible swing in about 1.5 hours, now that I think about it I might be wrong, I think it was 3 hours I didn't keep watch I just new it felt at least 1.5 hours but could've been much greater...
Point is that I didn't loss anything and was lucky....
MG
Zero loss, and you are right that is an incredible swing in about 1.5 hours, now that I think about it I might be wrong, I think it was 3 hours I didn't keep watch I just new it felt at least 1.5 hours but could've been much greater...
Point is that I didn't loss anything and was lucky....
MG
mikeguerrero
Active Member
Update,
I no longer have a my Canon S500 digital camera, I gave it away to my brother in law. But all for a good reason, Santa (Wife) is getting me the Canon SD 800is I am so excited just a month away.
This new camera has all the features I was looking for, 3cm Macro mode whereas my old canon was really bad a close ups. It also has an aquarium mode, that's right an aquarium mode, can hardly wait to try that out.
I can also purchase a underwater case for in the tank pictures can you imagine that?
My tank is starting to look really nice with the LPS look. I have a lot of colors in my tank and the movement of the polyps really adds to the look.
I feel a movie is in order for you guys to appreciate the new look.
I have added lots of new fishes to my tank:
1 blue tang (Dory) same one I always had.
1 black oceleris (Nemo) same one I always had.
1 black salfin algae blenny (Johnny) new.
1 super small 6 line wrasse (Trumpet) new.
1 blue neon goby (Skip) new.
1 yellow gum drop (Squirt) new.
1 yellow hogfish (Blaze) new.
1 cleaner wrasse (Sweeper) new.
1 Powder blue tang (PB) new.
1 Kole tang (Kole) new.
1 Royal Gramma (Gurgle) new.
1 Moorish Idol (Gill) new.
Pictures are to follow...
Nuff said...
MG
I no longer have a my Canon S500 digital camera, I gave it away to my brother in law. But all for a good reason, Santa (Wife) is getting me the Canon SD 800is I am so excited just a month away.
This new camera has all the features I was looking for, 3cm Macro mode whereas my old canon was really bad a close ups. It also has an aquarium mode, that's right an aquarium mode, can hardly wait to try that out.
I can also purchase a underwater case for in the tank pictures can you imagine that?
My tank is starting to look really nice with the LPS look. I have a lot of colors in my tank and the movement of the polyps really adds to the look.
I feel a movie is in order for you guys to appreciate the new look.
I have added lots of new fishes to my tank:
1 blue tang (Dory) same one I always had.
1 black oceleris (Nemo) same one I always had.
1 black salfin algae blenny (Johnny) new.
1 super small 6 line wrasse (Trumpet) new.
1 blue neon goby (Skip) new.
1 yellow gum drop (Squirt) new.
1 yellow hogfish (Blaze) new.
1 cleaner wrasse (Sweeper) new.
1 Powder blue tang (PB) new.
1 Kole tang (Kole) new.
1 Royal Gramma (Gurgle) new.
1 Moorish Idol (Gill) new.
Pictures are to follow...
Nuff said...
MG
aquemeni5110
New Member
Mike, Just wanted to say thanks again for letting me check out your tank. It was a real treat! I had a lot of questions to ask you but my mind went blank when I saw the tank. :lol3: Absolutely GORGEOUS. You guys have to see this to fully appreciate it. I wish I took better pictures. Here's what
I got.
Normal mode on my Sony T-30
Vivid Mode
A slight close up
FTS
Here's a video clip of Mike feeding his fishes.
I got.
Normal mode on my Sony T-30
Vivid Mode
A slight close up
FTS
Here's a video clip of Mike feeding his fishes.
aquemeni5110
New Member
Mike, how's that yellow goby doing?
mikeguerrero
Active Member
Brian,
The yellow goby died a while back much like you said, it wasn't feeding well... However all my other fish are doing great including my small neon blue goby which is very fat and super healthy, he came with the yellow goby...
MG
The yellow goby died a while back much like you said, it wasn't feeding well... However all my other fish are doing great including my small neon blue goby which is very fat and super healthy, he came with the yellow goby...
MG
mikeguerrero
Active Member
I got my Canon 800is and here are a couple pics of my tank; I'm getting use to the new features more to come later...
MG
MG
mikeguerrero
Active Member
Hi DJ,
I haven't seen you post on my threads in years so I'm glad I scared you out of your cave, hehehe J/K...
Yeah that was my x-mas gift the 800is I took back the S3 as it had too many features and this one is more up my alley...
Yeah next time I will close those darn blinds...
I haven't seen you post on my threads in years so I'm glad I scared you out of your cave, hehehe J/K...
Yeah that was my x-mas gift the 800is I took back the S3 as it had too many features and this one is more up my alley...
Yeah next time I will close those darn blinds...