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OK Thanks- I'll let it continue to grow, neat addition to the nano...I'll also look into pictures of macro algaes to see if I can figure out exactly what it is.

This thing has been growing pretty quickly in my nano...and I noticed a smaller version on the same rock, which is also in the picture. I have to admit it looks kind of neat...

Thanks! It actually looks a lot like the picture, with the yellow tip on the snout.The shell certainly has ridges, but it is not white as explained in the link- just covered in corraline algae or perhaps it is not, and it is mostly dark-medium red. I'll examine more.

Over the past year I've had several snail and crab deaths (emerald), all unexplained. I recently downgraded from a 90g to 12g nano, transporting the snails that were still alive. I just added four new astreas, and almost immediately one of my very long-lasting snails - from about 3 yrs ago...

I'll try out something and report back on this forum.

I have lr rubble in the chambers, and will be putting chaeto in the 2nd chamber. Ultimately I believe pods will grow in the chamber and in the display tank. So yes- again a coarse mesh. The idea being to take all of the lr rubble out it is pulling one string to get the bag, then siphoning...

Great I'm proceeding with that plan.

Yes I think I read your posts before, Lando, thanks for the added info. I've been thinking of adding more LR rubble to the 2nd chamber...question. Can you put the LR rubble in a filter sock (a course mesh), and then put that in a chamber, so you can easily just pull the sock out when you want...

I'm transferring stock from a 90g to a nano tank. I have a very nice leather coral (Lobophytum) that is firmly attached to a rock which is encrusted in algae. I'd love to take the coral off of this rock and put it on a new one. I have read several articles re: propagating a coral, but is...

That's kind of what I was figuring... i may try to siphon the lr rubble chamber occasionally to pick up free floating debris, but I think the floss will catch most of that. Thanks!

I just setup my first nano, I'm downgrading from a 90g and moved ls, lr from this tank to the nano. It looks great! Based on scouring this forum and others I have configured the nano as follows: 1. Cassette mod and notches at the top of the intake for better surface skimming (this is a...

I'm going to tear down my 90g tank, and "REDO" maybe in a year or two. I've had enough battling with my hair algae, and with the kids and summer don't have the time to do daily harvesting. My question is this - with my LR being covered in algae - not completely but big chunks of it - could I...

Pls refence my prior post http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=76867&highlight= with the topic "Algae out of control". I've been doing a number of things to try to get the algae under control to almost no avail. I also took one of the "algae" covered rocks and placed it into a...

Thanks everyone for your replies. As far as photoperiod - there are 4 lights in the T5 (54w each bulb), two pairs of aquablue and blueplus. They first pair goes on at around 8 am and off at 7 pm, second pair on at 10 am and off at 4 pm...it was like that... Previously I had blueplus & daylight...

Yep I've read that link a few times... Sorry I forgot to mention - in one of my tanks in the basement I have a corallife superskimmer that produces some pretty good skimmate...I used to empty it and clean it once a week, now I have it draining to a big bucket but still clean weekly. Recently...

Yeah tell me about it..I'm almost embarassed to post those pictures. :oops: And the pictures you see mind you are a day after a huge harvest! I'll definately get more turbos... I was hoping the DI would eliminate the PO4 but it seems to have done nothing... i was considering a phosban reactor...

I have had some snails and hermitz, but for some reason they didn't last very long... but anyway I did look at some on-line stores and my clean-up crew is woefully inadequate - by perhaps 100-150 snails/hermits. I have some more spending to do...hope this is able to control my algae situation...

Yes I think the snails are helping - and I will be getting more...but honestly I don't think they can munch through the volume that I have... The bulbs I have in the T5 are about mos old, the prior ones were about 6 mos. old..but that was a prior recommendation that I implemented. Source of...

I've read many posts on this forum and others re: green hair algae... harvest tons of this stuff every other week, and do about 35g water changes WEEKLY. My last big attempt at change was the introduction of a DI - I already had an RO system, but based on advice in this forum I added the DI...

Just cleaned the collection cup to eliminate all of the slime..not anything else. I use my fingers to scrape off the build-up, and rinse with water and replace. I used to get a lot of stuff in the cup, but now only water, very light green...but gunk does still build up in the tube leading...

I've had a CSS (125g for my 90g tank+about 60g in the sump/fuge) for at least 7 months. For many months it worked great, producing very, very thick skimmate. Every week I had to dump out the collection cup at least twice. Now, however, I have had a hard time generating thick skimmate. It...

I have had a CSS 125 for quite some time...for many months it produced a bunch over very thick and smelly gook that I had to empty about twice a week. Recently, however (for the past month or two), I have had very mixed results - either very, very wet skimmate, or almost none. I have had a...

Great! Thanks for the advice Ryan. I'll check out the float switch per your advice.

I purchased a Kent Float Valve (KFV) off of eBay.. I already have an RO system, and just added a DI filter on the line t'd off to go to my sump (replace evaporated H2O) and new water resevoir (for new salt water). My RO system has it's own holding tank, it's own auto shut-off, etc., and is...