twoodrough
Aquarium Advice Freak
- Joined
- Mar 28, 2011
- Messages
- 404
This week I found out I have a phosphate problem because LFS did not test for phosphate and it was leaching out of the live rocks. Solution: phosguard
Today I find what I think is a rogue coral and turns out it is likely aptaisia. Solution: I am thinking about taking the rock out and using concentrated lemon juice or getting a peppermint shrimp but I am researching and open to ideas that have worked for others
Today I find another thing in the tank that turns out to be vermatid snail. Solution: scrape them off any time I see them but I am researching and open to ideas that have worked
Then I realized that something I saw last week that is now "gone" was probably bubble algae. Solution: I just figured out I had these last week but the bubbles are gone now. Could my new emerald crab have gotten them, or do I have little bubble algae spores flying around my tank right now. Still researching these.
There is still one unidentified thing in the tank. It is a small white feathery thing that comes in and out of the rock. Given the way things have gone I assume it is some sort of pest that I will have to deal with once I know what it is.
Am I having fun yet?
At least I have been going slow and have only intentionally added the emerald crab. I will deal with my pests for a few weeks before I add the fish I want (black clown).
Any other help you can offer this newby is appreciated.
Today I find what I think is a rogue coral and turns out it is likely aptaisia. Solution: I am thinking about taking the rock out and using concentrated lemon juice or getting a peppermint shrimp but I am researching and open to ideas that have worked for others
Today I find another thing in the tank that turns out to be vermatid snail. Solution: scrape them off any time I see them but I am researching and open to ideas that have worked
Then I realized that something I saw last week that is now "gone" was probably bubble algae. Solution: I just figured out I had these last week but the bubbles are gone now. Could my new emerald crab have gotten them, or do I have little bubble algae spores flying around my tank right now. Still researching these.
There is still one unidentified thing in the tank. It is a small white feathery thing that comes in and out of the rock. Given the way things have gone I assume it is some sort of pest that I will have to deal with once I know what it is.
Am I having fun yet?
At least I have been going slow and have only intentionally added the emerald crab. I will deal with my pests for a few weeks before I add the fish I want (black clown).
Any other help you can offer this newby is appreciated.