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After some research I guess these white spots are part of the tank maturing and theyll go away with time. Ill just keep wiping them off the glass for now.

Some good news this morning. The hermit crab changed shells, I actually got to watch it happen. I knew he was looking for a new one, the ones I got off reefcleaners were way too big, so I asked the clown breeder if he had any. Sure enough he had 4 smaller sized ones. two days later, the hermit crab picked one.

The new clown seems to be loving his new home too. Super playful when you come over to the tank, eating really well, and seems to be real happy. I'll post pictures when I get back from work today.
 
Here are some pics of the tank. I think I need to find a way to reduce the flow of the powerhead a little bit. I have it in the left back corner, pointing towards the front right corner. When I turn it off to feed in the morning the clown fish swims around like crazy. When I turn it back on he stays in the corner for a while then ventures out every once and a while. Any ideas on how to position it?

I have noticed when the clown is by the sand and the fire shrimp sees this, he'll attack. He got the clown once in the tail and he's got a little cut now. I think if I somehow fix the flow this will go away.
 

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Double thanks! I think ive spent more time on this tank then i have on my big one lol. I'll try that with the power head Tuesday when I put in some more corals.

I've done a lot of mods to this tank already, I'll take pictures of all of them when I get home.
 
I know my tank is still maturing, but I'm starting to get a bunch of different algae. I'm seeing red algae, green, hair, and some that's blowing little bubbles (but I don't think it's bubble algae, could be though).

Should I just let it run it's course, or should I do something about it? It seems to be just the spot directly under the light.
 
Here are some pictures of all the mods I did to the tank...hopefully I don't need to do anymore lol. I took pictures of the ATO, custom 18w LED fixture, and the filter mods.

I couldn't get a picture of the heater in the filter, I would need to take out a bunch of lr, but it's wedged in there lol
 

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Modding this tank was A LOT of fun. I'm picking up some more corals tomorrow and I think I'm going to do a little rescaping. I'm thinking maybe having two mounds of LR instead of the one big one in the middle. I'll see how it looks tomorrow.
 
FishN00b83 said:
Modding this tank was A LOT of fun. I'm picking up some more corals tomorrow and I think I'm going to do a little rescaping. I'm thinking maybe having two mounds of LR instead of the one big one in the middle. I'll see how it looks tomorrow.
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So what's your opinion on SW now lol
 
Well, the tank is still new, and I do have a minor algae problem, but overall it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Having the ATO is a HUGE benefit IMO. I really like the look of SW, and this nano tank might have sparked interest in a bigger tank down the road. I've been saving up for a large FW tank (I was thinking. 225 or 250) for when I move in with my girlfriend. Maybe I'll break it up to 2 125gs (1 FW 1 SW) or just save up for another monster tank lol.
 
Algae is getting pretty crazy. I was leaving the tank alone for a little bit, but I think it's time to do something about it.

Im getting some red bubble algae, some small spots of red slime, green hair algae, and some red hair algae....wow lol

I bought a refractometer, and it turns out the hydrometer was off (no surprise). So I'm slowly bringing down the 1.028 to 1.025. Im going to do 10% water changes a day until it's back to where it's supposed to be.

As for the algae what can I do? will the water changes help that as well? Besides getting a tooth brush and scrubbing is there anything else I can do? I want to get the algae under control before I add anymore corals, I think thats the smart thing to do. Any advise would help...Thanks
 
You can use a toothbrush and get some of the algae off then suck it up with a water change. And yep, the water changes will slowly get rid of the algae as long as you arent adding any excess nutrients to the water.

Do you add anything to the tank?
 
I meant do you add any reef snow or other food items? Or any supplements? Stuff that can help fuel algae. :-D
 
Oh, no nothing like that. I even cut down on the feeding the past few days because it's been getting worse directly under the lights.
 
ok, just wanted to be sure. Some people just dump in the reef snow stuff and it ends up mucking up the water. LOL

Yep, water changes will be your answer to the algae issues. Maybe you can run some GFO as well...that can help with excess phosphates and take away some of the algae's fuel.
 
reef snow is coral food that people use, it comes in a plastic bottle and in my opinion is a waste of money and time as most corals will do just fine with water changes and enough light. :)

GFO is granular feric oxide, it will suck up phosphates from your water. The name brand is usually rowaphos, you can get a baggie from your LFS. As long as it comes in direct contact with the water then it will help with the algae. If you have a hang on filter or canister you can just add it in the baggies it should come with. If you have a sump you can out the baggie of it into the filter sock if you have one. thats what i do on the tanks I have that dont have a reactor to run it in.

Here is a link on GFO. I get mine from this site cause it's cheap. ;-)


Bulk packaged Granular ferric oxide GFO for aquariums - English
 
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