Well things are going well at week 6 except for the hair algae that has started in some parts of the tank. I had to move that piece of branching corraline lower to remove some of the hair algae. I lost one of two original astrea snails and replaced it with another but lost that one also. I guess the small tank can support only one astrea snail even though there is plenty of hair algae remaining. The one alive certainly does eat it. I also have one zebra hermit and one blue hermit neither of which eats hair algae. I have a bumble bee in there also but he is not doing much of anything except knocking down the corals at night and adding to the bioload. I have two tiny tiny nassarius snails which I thought would eat the hair algae but they are only interested in real food. I painted a piece of water color paper, turqoise blue and added it as a background. I do like the effect and gives the tank some depth. The corals are really growing and it will soon be time to upgrade - to a 2.5g or 5.5g shortly. Originally that polka dot mushroom in the front was a dime size when fully open and now it is more like a quarter size. That torch coral that I thought would be dead my now is also growing larger - who would have thought with it broken down it's skeleton. The branching coralline algae doesn't appear to be growing and any corraline on the rock is gone. I guess the 7W 50/50 lighting is not strong enough to support it. I also think that some of the color intensity from the mushrooms is also lessening.
Any other ideas re the hair algae and keeping astrea snails alive?
If you read this Sadielynn, the little serpents would look real nice in this home!
Joe
