JOM20's 38g Reef Build

[thincat]

"These characteristics originally identified Wellsophyllia corals as separate from Trachyphyllia corals. This distinction is less commonly used now, and the Wellsophyllia Brain Coral is often referred to now as a Trachyphyllia radiata coral."
The above quote is taken from "Live fish.com"

 

[JustOneMore20]

Updated pics! I don't have a FTS yet, but I'll get one soon.

McCosker's Flasher Wrasse

bigger Clown

Plate coral....love it!

Closer

Bam Bam Zoas

Tyree Armageddon Zoa

Palys

Snail closeup


Still having algae issues and this time its the evil bryopsis....I just had a small patch of it before that never spread, but I guess when the other algaes went away, it took over. I've taken out a bunch of my rocks to "cook them" for awhile in a bucket and see if I can get the algae gone in darkness for a couple weeks. If that doesn't work, I'll just buy some new base rock and slowly add it in. I have started dosing magnesium...trying to get my level to around 1600 which can kill the bryopsis...so I'll see how that goes.

The corals and fish are doing well. I haven't seen my Yellow Watchman Goby in a few days so I assume he is gone. I won't be adding another fish for awhile. Now if I can only keep my smaller Clown out of the skimmer....I'm going to be the one to kill him if he keeps getting in there every day! (just kidding....kind of) 2 days in a row.

Now I'm off to rescue him.....

 

[mfdrookie516]

Wow, keeps getting more 'beautifuler' every time i see it. i only hope i can somehow turn mine around to look 1/100th as nice as yours

 

[JustOneMore20]

Thanks Jonathan! Yours is going to look fabulous...I know it!

 

[Mitchell0605]

Awesome Kristin. Nice Plate.

 

[JustOneMore20]

Updated pics! Here she is in all her glory (or rather with all her algae) .

Excuse the hair algae.

Blue Xenia....need to frag it/chop it down

Hammer....its like the most resilient coral I have.

Part of my Zoa collection....with some lovely algae

Zoas.....anyone know what those round things below and to the right of the zoas are? They are randomly on my rocks....probably another algae. :/

Always have to take a pic of the plate. I love it.

That's it!

 

[Zer0]

Sweet! Your tank is awesome. Did you take out some rocks? I think the rockwork looks a little shorter than before.. maybe i'm just insane. Who knows lol. I wish i had your zoas They're so nice!

So, seen anything new lately? Like any new critters and such popping out from the rocks? Also.. have you ever figured out yet what's causing all das algae?

 

[JustOneMore20]

Yeah I removed some rocks (a 5g bucket full) I have had it in there with the top on with a powerhead and a heater (set at about 84 degrees) for over a week. Trying to discourage algae growth and hopefully kill what is on there (lack of light). I'm going to let them cook for several more days then I'll scrub and see whats up with them. I'm hoping that I don't have to buy more rock, but I'm tired of hair algae and bryopsis covered rocks.

No new critters lately...except those circular things in that zoa pic. Not sure what they are. I haven't added any new critters lately.....and I've actually lost some snails and a fish. That's for another thread though!

This tank has toooo many issues and I've been so close to giving up lately. I'm going to try to truck along and find out what my problems are.

The corals and remaining fish are doing so well, so its a mystery to me.

 

[thominil]

Looks great JOM!

 

[Greenmaster]

Wow I'm going to set up a tank and just read your entire post... looks good. I hope I have the success you have. Algae is the biggest reasons people quit SW. The algae you have growing in the back of your filter does it have, room to grow and light?

 

[Mitchell0605]

That Xenia is amazing. Nice as always Kristin!

 

[JustOneMore20]

Thanks guys!

Wow I'm going to set up a tank and just read your entire post... looks good. I hope I have the success you have. Algae is the biggest reasons people quit SW. The algae you have growing in the back of your filter does it have, room to grow and light?

I'm sure you will be really successful. The algae (chaeto) does have room to grow and it does have light. I sometimes forget to turn the light on, but most days it has light...and it looks good so it isn't hurting...yet.

 

[Greenmaster]

This is a good little blurb on it that you should read Chaeto for the Reef Aquarium - What is Chaeto Chaeto for the Reef Aquarium - Where to keep Chaeto
Another site with this quote [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"You should get tremendous growth in the Chaeto and not in the hair algae!"[/FONT]http://www.corals101.com/Information/Chaeto.htm

 

[capj64]

Almost two months have past...update photo???

 

[Mitchell0605]

You forgot the 's' on the end of photo Carla.

 

[JustOneMore20]

I'll work on an update photo. I'm still plagued by hair algae so the tank isn't looking pretty. After the water change and scrubbing tomorrow, I will take some update pics, pretty or not. I'm hoping to add a couple new fish and more snails next week. So there will definitely be pics then.

 

[thominil]

Try doing a 50% pwc. In the process, pick hair algae off of your rocks and have the siphon right over so it gets sucked out of the tank. Then you can nuke whats left with some pickling lime just like you would with aiptasia.

 

[JustOneMore20]

I will try that. That is 2 things I haven't tried yet....50% pwc and the pickling lime. I think I have enough buckets...we'll see.

How do you use the pickling lime? Mix a certain amount with water? Just wondering if there is a certain ratio I should use. I have kalkwasser which is the same thing (calcium hydroxide).

 

[thominil]

Just mix water in until you have a consistency close to toothpaste. Some people will tell you to microwave it, I have never seen the need. Turn off your pumps when you apply it and leave them off for 10 minutes after. Just completely smother the hair algae with it. As soon as that ten minutes is up, turn pumps back on, wait two days and come back and suck the mixture out with a turkey baster or siphon. Works for me, and I have had a bad HA problem too, almost done clearing it up too.

 

[JustOneMore20]

Thanks for the tips, Thom! I really hope this works for me too.