New to Coral Question

[gojohnnygogo]

Well I just took some new pics of my tank to show you guys what ive been describing, everything is actually looking good as of now, my xenia seems to have adapted well to the tank, I hope for it to spread and grow healthy.

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[dragon79]

Well I just took some new pics of my tank to show you guys what ive been describing, everything is actually looking good as of now, my xenia seems to have adapted well to the tank, I hope for it to spread and grow healthy.

Holy smokes man....you have a blue tang in there? That's a big [-X
My friend has one of those in a 60 gallon, he's huuuge. *they grow up to 12 inches bro" That does a fish like that no justice in there. He'll surely stress in time and he'll probably end up dying or jumping out. You'll need a bigger tank for that or you'll need to take it back and trade it in for fish that dont grow that big. Check out the fish you can get over at marinedepotlive.com and if you see a fish......you can read how big they'll get as an adult and what gallon aquarium required to own them. Also Tangs in general have very thing bodies and skin and are one of the fish notoriously known to get ick.

Here's a few small fish you can get to choose from.

yellow clown goby
yellow watchman goby
blue neon goby

for shrimp * a few *:

sexy shrimp
anemone shrimp

for hermits or crab:

staghorn hermit (very cool dude)
anemone crab

few snails
1 n. snail, 1 margarita snail

Hope this helps. Also nice little setup everything looks neat man, it's that tang that nearly knocked me out of my seat

 

[mikeguerrero]

I concur with Dragon. The blue tangs come in baby size, but they need more space. I purchased two in my 12 gallon when I first started and they died of ich in less than 1 week.

I learned that the stress on them allowed the ich to spread and take their lives.

Mike

 

[djconn]

Thanks for putting up pics. Yeah, you might want to reconsider that baby tang. He's not long for your little tank unfortunately. Might want to see what your LFS says about possibly trading him in for something else.

Let's not get a huge flaming thread here. Everything else looks great.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[incysor]

Your corals look good. The Perc is a good choice. You definitely need to take the tang back, and try to only add things you've actually researched beforehand. In a nano there just isn't much room for errors, and in a pico tank, which your's qualifies as, you don't have leeway at all for unplanned additions.

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[gojohnnygogo]

what is caulerpa? is it cool looking? ive heard people talk about it, but does anyone have a pic of it so I can see what it looks like? and is it something you can find in any LFS? Also mikeguerrero, I love the truvu 3.5, I would really like to get a tank like that hows your tank doin?

 

[incysor]

How do you cut a drip in half? LOL I was reading that and was like whaaat? that thing that comes with the starter kit, has a thin plastic tube to suck up the liquid, I'd imagine 1 drip/drop is as much as you can do it, unless you are putting it on a spoon and letting it go in a quarter of the way in.....

Sorry if I am kinda lost on that, but hope to understand.....I dont want to be doing anything crucial either to my tank or sandras.

1 drop per day /2 = 1/2drop per day, OR 1 drop every 2 days.

:lol:

B

 

[incysor]

what is caulerpa? is it cool looking? ive heard people talk about it, but does anyone have a pic of it so I can see what it looks like? and is it something you can find in any LFS? Also mikeguerrero, I love the truvu 3.5, I would really like to get a tank like that hows your tank doin?

Caulerpa is a macro algea. Most people use it in their refugium only. Some folks with large tanks that have tangs will put a bit of it in the main tank for them to graze on. Otherwise most people don't put it in their display.

Look it up through google. Lots of places sell it online, and they've got pics on their sites. Some LFSs sell it, other's don't. I'd just call around and ask.

B

 

[mikeguerrero]

Johnny,

I took down my 3.5 Tru Vu, in favor of another 12 gallon cube in the bed room. I'm trying to go with a different theme in the bedroom. Large sandbed and LPS frags.

Miike

 

[n3m3ss1s]

mike, from my understanding the more iodine the better. I have never tested my tank for iodine because I was always told no need for it. My protein skimmer will take out the excessive. If you use too much its a waste not so much a risk. Iodine helps mostly to bring out the color of the corals.

Btw I put 4 drops a day sometimes more if I frag my corals. Iodine helps heal corals if you cut/split them. Again this is from what I was told from my friend and has always worked for me.

 

[dragon79]

mike, from my understanding the more iodine the better. I have never tested my tank for iodine because I was always told no need for it. My protein skimmer will take out the excessive. If you use too much its a waste not so much a risk. Iodine helps mostly to bring out the color of the corals.

Btw I put 4 drops a day sometimes more if I frag my corals. Iodine helps heal corals if you cut/split them. Again this is from what I was told from my friend and has always worked for me.

Adrian:

I red up on this since I was rather curious. I read by just using google and read basically that too much iodine is "toxic" If you go wild on that stuff without testing the levels, it'll raise to toxic levels.

I also read on Iodide which is what I been using. It says on websites as well as on the product itself that it's non-toxic, unlike iodine. It contains potassium too. Tank water + oxygen gets what it needs and converts to what the corals, xenia, or whatever to gain the healthy colors you speak of. It's good you have that skimmer Adrian, cuz i know you turn it off when you add that stuff, then turn it on later after it's cycled in your tank and it takes out the amounts that may have been dosed too much. I know things in your tank are cool as I've never seen GSP as healthy and colorful/flourecent as yours. The coraline algae your tank has is amazing too.

I am sure Incysor can shed some more in detail facts between Iodine and Iodide and what most reefers use, but this is all I can dig up to be general you know? Hope it helps some.

 

[gojohnnygogo]

Wow my tank just had a scary moment, everyhting has been going well for about a month and all my corals have been thriving then this morning i woke up and the tank was super cloudy, I did about a 1/4 tank water change and it cleared up a tiny bit but out of the blue my tank went cloudy for about a 24 hour period, scared me but it seems to be clearing now, I heard this might have been some sort of bacteria bloom? is this normal? it cleared up so fast it kinda made me wonder, the LFS said do not feed it for a week and it should clear up perfectly, I guess ill wait and see, while it was cloudy my corals all closed up, but they look like they are opening up again

 

[incysor]

Wow my tank just had a scary moment, everyhting has been going well for about a month and all my corals have been thriving then this morning i woke up and the tank was super cloudy, I did about a 1/4 tank water change and it cleared up a tiny bit but out of the blue my tank went cloudy for about a 24 hour period, scared me but it seems to be clearing now, I heard this might have been some sort of bacteria bloom? is this normal? it cleared up so fast it kinda made me wonder, the LFS said do not feed it for a week and it should clear up perfectly, I guess ill wait and see, while it was cloudy my corals all closed up, but they look like they are opening up again

Something could have spawned. Coral, and clam spawns can be problematic in an aquarium. Especially if one coral or clam spawning triggers the others to do so as well. The gametes use a lot of O2, and can deplete it, once they start to die off, it's a huge spike in your ammonia-nitrogen cycle. I've never heard of a bacteria bloom before. I wouldn't say your tank going cloudy is 'normal', but it's not necessarily a bad sign either. I'd try testing your water every couple days, and if it looks like your getting any spikes, do another large water change.

B

 

[gojohnnygogo]

I think my star polyp has died, he has not been coming out for the past two days? everything else is doing good, my water is testing perfect, 0 nitrates and 0 nitrites, weird, im gonna leave him in there for a couple more days and hope he comes out, I also noticed on my mushroom, i have a green mushroom, theres a couple little white stringy things on it? does anyone know what this might be? its like curly white strings stuff

 

[incysor]

I think my star polyp has died, he has not been coming out for the past two days? everything else is doing good, my water is testing perfect, 0 nitrates and 0 nitrites, weird, im gonna leave him in there for a couple more days and hope he comes out, I also noticed on my mushroom, i have a green mushroom, theres a couple little white stringy things on it? does anyone know what this might be? its like curly white strings stuff

It's probably expelling....Mushrooms are related to anemones, and like anemones they've got to take in food and expel waste from the same place.

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