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Have you tried a sea hare yet? That should take care of your problems.
Adding a sea hare was the second "new" herbivore I tried. The first was a lawnmower blenny.
He did fine in QT, but for whatever reason my Kole tang took an instant and intense dislike to it and chased it mercilessly whenever it ventured out of one small corner of the tank. I thought about trying to remove it and put it back in QT until I could find it a new home, but it disappeared by the next time I got home from work. My best guess it that the tang chased it out of the tank (difficult, but not impossible) and one of our cats disposed of the evidence. After that, I got the sea hare, and it doesn't touch the stuff either. 
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Well, two days of darkness doesn't seem to have made any difference, except perhaps for confused fish. I got my bottle of Algaefix Marine today and put the first dose in tonight. I'll post what happens - my fingers are crossed.
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Tuxedo urchins eat bryopsis. Squirting the magnesium on the bryopsis helps to kill it in sections. these are the only two things that got rid of bryopsis in my tank. Are you sure you have bryopsis?
I'm not certain that it's bryopsis, but around half the patches get the nice fern-like branching look when they grow out. I didn't mention it previously, but I also have a tuxedo urchin (and a pincushion urchin) and they don't eat this stuff either.
I have had them for some time and didn't add them in an attempt to control this stuff, which is why I didn't mention them in the first place.You recommend squirting the bryopsis with magnesium; how concentrated a solution were you using, and how do you avoid damaging the coral it's growing in/on? For example, a lot of this stuff is coming up between the polyps on several of my zoas, xenia, etc. or growing on my GSP, torch, acro, and so on. I'm using the Brightwell Magnesion-P, so I can mix the powder to whatever concentration I want so long as it will disolve. Thanks!
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I've been waging a battle for a couple of months now with some seemingly indestructable GHA/bryopsis
, and at best it's a draw. I have tried water changes, upgrading my fuge/chaeto, raising my mag to 1600+, changing out half my lights (which were due), running carbon and phosguard, pulling it out by hand, etc. I've also added at least four species of snails, a sea hare, emerald crabs, and scarlet hermits - nobody will eat this stuff. My Kole tang picks at it occasionally but that's about it. I have seen foxface rabbitfish recommended, but I don't have the room in the tank for one and at the point I question whether it would just turn up its nose like everything else has. Over the weekend I have gotten my new biopellet reactor running properly, but I know that takes some time. The only other thing I can think of is turning off the lights to try and slow the growth until the biopellets kick in. My real question is, how long is that safe (given that all the corals are photosynthetic as well)? Any other ideas? I'm completely open to suggestion -- this stuff is taking over my tank, and I really don't want to admit being outsmarted by a plant
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I have a Giesemann fixture with 2X250 MH, and 4 T5s. Wehave Radium 15k MH, and are now ready purchase the T5s. We have 95g mixed reeftank. We are unsure which ones to buy (actinic, super blue, etc.). We'd lovefor the corals to grow (but think the MH are doing that), and want to make thered, blues, purples pop. Any suggestions?
I am sure that there are more opinions than lights, butI am completely clueless at this point.
There's a long-standing T5 thread on ReefCentral (the most recent split is already over 30 pages) here. I looked over roughly the last 10 pages; most of the situations were for T5s on their own. There was one case that combined T5s with 14k MH and the recommended bulb combination was 3xATI Blue Plus and 1xATI Purple Plus.
The standalone combinations were as follows:
- 2xATI Blue Plus, 1xATI Purple Plus, 1xATI Coral Plus
- 3xBlue Plus, 1xGE6500k OR Giesman Midday OR ATI Aquablue Special
- 3xBlue Plus, 1xPurple Plus OR KZ Fiji Purple
- 2xBlue Plus, 1xPurple Plus, 1xKZ New Generation OR ATI Aquablue Special
With a 90 gallon I'm assuming the T5s you're looking for are 48"/54W. Where are you located? I'm in the middle of replacing my T5s (48"/54W) and have most of the bulb types in the combinations above (some unused, some being replaced). If you are reasonably close we might be able to do some experimentation to see what you like.
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It's searching for something. Assuming your water is in check, it actually looks to be reaching for light.
I kind of wondered about that, too, and the particular photo I chose seems to emphasize that. But it's more than happy to go to the bottom of the tank, under shelves, etc. for fairly long periods, and the light isn't changing. That may be the answer, but at this point I'm not too sure.
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While I know that anemones can and do move, this one's been circumnavigating my rockwork and more recently the tank wall for at least three weeks now. It is literally in a different location almost every time I look in the tank.
I'm open to suggestion on what is going on here; I haven't changed the lighting or the flow, and it's well fed. I'm not sure what kind it is; my best guess is long-tenticled. Thanks!
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+1 digitata
+1 on both the digitata and birds nest, although I'd have to give the digi the edge.
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It's a great idea, unfortunately it won't work everywhere: St Martaan's Tainted Lionfish
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I've had a heck of a time trying to get a decent picture of these (the red/purple/orange mass in the center). I think they look cool but don't know what they are - my best guess, and low confidence at that, is tunicates. They showed up a few months ago, as best I can tell out of nowhere.
Anyone know what these are? Thanks!
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I received this email last night (just saw it now) and thought there were folks that might be interested.
"We
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I'm bringing a bucket.
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After much research (and a justifiable ulimatum from my wife
) I've settled on the 10W PAR30 lamps from BoostLED. This is one last ping for any interest in a group buy (I have a thread for these in the group buy forum) as I'm going to put through the order in a couple of hours. Any interest or questions let me know. Thanks all! -
I used glass covers early on.....glass covers get dirty with salt and reduce light. Some people build use netting or egg-crate to stop fishes from jumping.
I have also wondered about my covers, but even with the small gaps I have I've lost several fish to carpet-surfing (or surfing on the wrong side of the cover - the phrase "baked to a delicate crunch" comes to mind). Recently I tried placing egg crate on one side of my tank and left the (recently cleaned) glass cover on the other side. Both my wife and daughter -- whose eyes are better than mine -- said the side with the glass cover was brighter (i.e. there was more light loss through the eggcrate than the cover).
I haven't tried netting yet; I might give that a shot at some point. I will say I have not had any apparent problem with insufficient gas exchange or heat build-up with the covers intact.
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I'll be bringing most everything I have on my current thread and possibly a couple of acans (pics below) to try to frag - with my wife's approval (pending). I would be interested in your gorgonian and a piece of the yellow and/or green sinularia. I'd also be happy to take some of Steve's ceriths as well. I'm already in for a Blue Polyp Pink Stylo "nubbin" from gws3 my daughter says I "have" to get - long story
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone there. Thanks!
Jim
OK, I'm confirmed on the red lord acan (to be fragged there) and the blasto (bringing probably 2 frags).
I have encideought down for a trade on gorgonian/sinularia for the acan and/or blasto and interest from RJT on the blasto. If my memory's wrong or you're interested in other trades please let me know. See you soon! -
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I have installed 12 of the P38's in a mix of colors and optics on the 90 SPS tank in the dedicated tank forum. The color on that tank is nearly the same in mine.
Sending PM
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I'm curious, because the PAR LEDs I'm probably going to be buying are resonably tailorable (two different color temperature options for both blue and white) and I've been trying to figure out what the best balance would be. Do you know what color temperature / wavelength the LEDs in that fixture are? - it seems to be a really nice blend. Thanks!
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$300 is an incredible steal for that setup
. I wish I had room for another tank that size, but there's just no way. On the off chance that no one snaps this up and you decide to part it out, I would absolutely be interested in the bubble coral, probably the gobies and possibly one RBTA.
Sorry to see you go; hopefully someone can take full advantage of your offer.
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Agree, very nice color. What combination of LEDs are you using for this?
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I also heard from somewhere -- I don't recall where, so can't vouch for authoritativeness -- that xenia also need a tad more iodine than many other corals. I've supplemented with some since then and my pulsing xenia look better, but I would be hesitant to draw a direct correlation because I've also been changing some of the other parameters in my tank (flow patterns etc.). I also have to be careful not to overdo it because I can't test for iodine, and more isn't necessarily better. But I thought I should mention it.
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A quick post of what's left. Remember all the money generated from the sale goes to WAMAS and helps fund school tanks. If any of the prices seem off, please let me know.
Food
$20 ($48 online) Tetra Jumbo Krill Freeze Dried 14oz (Full)
$20 ($50 online)SF Bay Plankton Freeze Dried 16.8oz (Full)
$5 OSI Marine flake 7oz (Sealed)
PM'd questions on krill/plankton
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Doesn't sound like it's worth it...
In terms of feeding needs/style, pipefish are very similar to seahorses. You could be successful in a dedicated tank, but even assuming they'll take prepared foods they'd be out-competed by your other fish and slowly starve.
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PM Sent
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My snowflake moray -- that I've been setting up a dedicated tank for -- also managed to join the carpet surfer's club this week.
GHA from H-E-double hockey sticks!
in General Discussion
OK, I'm a little behind the power curve here, so let me try to respond to the several posts in sequence.
OldReefer - I need to test my Mag again, but as much as I've been adding I have to believe it's somewhere north of 1700 by now, not that it's yet made a noticeable difference. I may try GFO if things don't start improving soon, I just don't have a very good mechanism to employ it and my fish budget is about maxed out. My pH has always been stable at ~ 8.3, so at least it shouldn't be an issue. The CO2 scrubber sounds interesting, and I may have some questions on that for you offline if I get a chance to (figuratively) catch my breath.
firecrackerbob - Thanks for the suggestion, but we all like the various little critters than live in/on/under the substrate, so I don't think going bare bottom or FOWLR is a viable option. If the situation were a bit different it would certainly be worth thinking about. As to the chaeto, it's growing well, but for whatever reason it seems to be in a stalemate with the GHA (as opposed to out-competing it). Hopefully that will be more effective in the future since I recently doubled the size of my fuge (although it still isn't exactly a huge fuge - forgive the unintended rhyme
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Packman@90 - I've thought about an algae scrubber, even looked up a DIY design that someone's taken commercial. I may have to find that link again, but the recommended size for my setup (per the designer) would require another 4x54W T-5s to be replaced (if memory serves) quarterly. I know there are less expensive DIY solutions out there, but while I could probably handle them (and if not, I'm sure my wife could), I simply can't spare the necessary time [heavy sigh] in the near term. Hopefully my fuge will take up the slack once I knock this stuff back. But if you have any recommended URLs, I'd be glad to file them away for future reference.
Xyrophobic - You're not hijacking, you're just sharing
. If you haven't found your chaeto yet, I can probably spare some, as I need to prune some back to make room for better flow / new growth.
I also added my second dose of AlgaeFix this morning, my biopellets are tumbling nicely, and my skimmer is producing a generous amount of foam (although not much skimmate). So with any luck, in another week or so I'll be seeing some changes. Nothing much yet, but that's hardly surprising. I think that about covers it for now, and it's past my bedtime [yawn]. Thanks again for all the good advice.