visuvius
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I recently moved my 100 gallon tank from a 3rd story apartment to a condo 10 miles away. It had been running for almost 3 years and at one point looked like this:
I got crazy busy with work and dropped the ball on maintenance over the last 8 months and ended up with a really horrible green hair algae problem. Basically everything was covered and I wasn't able to get a hand on it. The plan was to scrub all of the rocks once I moved and that is what I did. Unfortunately, even that didn't get rid of everything and now 3 weeks after setting it up again in the new place I'm still having a bit of a hair algea problem. I'm doing weekly 10% water changes while scrubbing the actual pieces off with a toothbrush, added a huge cleaner crew and have been running my lights for only 6 hours a day (TFHOs 54x4).
The tank is lookin' pretty good. I have high hopes for my urchin which is supposed to munch on some of this green crap. The problem is some of my rocks have so many **** nooks and crannies that it makes it hard to get to the hair algae rooted there.
Anyhow here it is now (excuse the blurry pictures I'm still trying to figure this camera out):
I'm going to really stay on top of it this time. I've got a buddy going to the wholesalers in LA today and I've asked him to look for some really bright and colorful zoos. I've always had the generic greens, maroons and reds but I really want some blues, oranges and yellows.
Current tank inhabitants are:
Purple Tang
Kole Eye Tang
Bi-Color Psuedochromis (This guy is a champ and I've had him from the beginning)
Two Percula Clowns
Flame Angel
Falco Hawkfish
Some kind of sandsifting watchmen goby
I've asked my friend to also pick up a large blue tang (about 5"-6") and I'm really tempted to get a baby clown trigger. I know they like to nip at corals and inverts but I'm hoping if I keep him really well fed and get a juvenile one I'll be okay. I had a small niger trigger for a long time and he was great, gave me no trouble at all. I'm guessing I'll be maxed out as far as fish goes at that point.
I got crazy busy with work and dropped the ball on maintenance over the last 8 months and ended up with a really horrible green hair algae problem. Basically everything was covered and I wasn't able to get a hand on it. The plan was to scrub all of the rocks once I moved and that is what I did. Unfortunately, even that didn't get rid of everything and now 3 weeks after setting it up again in the new place I'm still having a bit of a hair algea problem. I'm doing weekly 10% water changes while scrubbing the actual pieces off with a toothbrush, added a huge cleaner crew and have been running my lights for only 6 hours a day (TFHOs 54x4).
The tank is lookin' pretty good. I have high hopes for my urchin which is supposed to munch on some of this green crap. The problem is some of my rocks have so many **** nooks and crannies that it makes it hard to get to the hair algae rooted there.
Anyhow here it is now (excuse the blurry pictures I'm still trying to figure this camera out):
I'm going to really stay on top of it this time. I've got a buddy going to the wholesalers in LA today and I've asked him to look for some really bright and colorful zoos. I've always had the generic greens, maroons and reds but I really want some blues, oranges and yellows.
Current tank inhabitants are:
Purple Tang
Kole Eye Tang
Bi-Color Psuedochromis (This guy is a champ and I've had him from the beginning)
Two Percula Clowns
Flame Angel
Falco Hawkfish
Some kind of sandsifting watchmen goby
I've asked my friend to also pick up a large blue tang (about 5"-6") and I'm really tempted to get a baby clown trigger. I know they like to nip at corals and inverts but I'm hoping if I keep him really well fed and get a juvenile one I'll be okay. I had a small niger trigger for a long time and he was great, gave me no trouble at all. I'm guessing I'll be maxed out as far as fish goes at that point.
