gizmoody
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Try Petland in Fairfax...I'm pretty sure I saw a bottle when I was there this past weekend.
Thanks dude. BTW, how is your tank doing?
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None of my local stores in Rockville have it. Anyone have an idea where to buy tomorrow?
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Not sure why I went with just five hours. Ended up being about 5.5 since my water was just short of 1.026 when I went to do the change. No intent to go with a second dose. If they pop back up I will post here.
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Hey dude, I had major red bugs and did 2 treatments as Interceptor doesn't kill eggs efficiently or maybe at all but they will hatch and you'll have red bugs again after your first treatment. I haven't seen any since, but I would definitely recommend a second treatment one week after the first. The experts out there suggest 3 treatments. Those are definitely red bugs you have there. Mine looked very similar, yellow with red dots:
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When I had a 14g biocube, my fish started to disappear, not a single trace left. Turned out to be a mantis shrimp that hitch hiked and was assassinating them one at a time. Mantis shrimp must be ninjas, because I never saw it until I stayed up with a flashlight.
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poci's change color from time to time.
Excellent. I hope they don't all change to the same color.
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There's a rainbow variety. Very cool looking.
My green spawned in my system, now I have little one's growing everywhere.
Spawned?! That's amazing. Are they a nuisance?
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I have 2 pocillopora corals, one green and one pink. However, my pink pocillopora has developed some green on one branch. Is there a pink/green pocillopora that exists or is this some type of hybrid that formed in my tank? Pic below:
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Bro, get that bad boy fixed up! You have got a lot to live up to since your last tank was so nice. It's looking good so far. Congrats on the downgrade.
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Hope you made it dude.
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Congrats! I need to see pics!!
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It's hard to tell from the pictures. Dinoflagellates look like mucous. It looks like drippy bubbly mucous. The dinos I've seen in tanks are a pale brown gray. I've seen it look like it's dripping down the walls of the tank; thick, drippy, bubbly, brown, gray, gooey, yuck. Cyano will have bubblesTtoo. the bubbles often appear after the lights have been on for a little while. Once you turn the lights off and leave them off for a few hours the cyano appears as though it's going away. Lights on again and it gets darker and bubbles start to appear again. Each time getting darker and spreading more. I'd suggest doing a google image search on the internet for both; Cyanobacteria and Dinoflagellates. See which photos best match what you have. Test it with lights off for a day and then lights on for a few hours and see what happens.
Jan, you are right about it seeming to go away with light. It is cyano mixed with some hair algae which has been an issue that I had mostly under control but is starting up again. The combo of the cyano on the hair algae misled me. MP40 is in tank and has helped immensely and the tank is going dark for 3 days to get rid of the hair algae. On the positive side, the corals are growing like crazy. Thanks for your input everyone!
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Thank you very much for all of the great advice as your opinions really matter to me. One thing that is consistent is the mention of increased flow. Flow has worried me recently hence the disturbance of the sand by moving the output nozzles in my tank but maybe not enough as detritus has been building up over time in some areas but more so recently. I will pick um an MP40 today, clean my pumps in case they are less efficient now and siphon off as much of the brown/red stuff to start. I'll update here on what is working and probably bother you guys again if things aren't working. I do feel positive about increasing the flow and thanks again for your time.
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Could an Alk drop from 10 to 7 during the last 4 days of not dosing cause a cyano outbreak?
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My ORA Red Planet Acro is great looking and seema to grow exceptionally fast...not as fast as the ponape but I can see daily changes measured in millimeters.
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BTW- you have a nice tank there! if you dont have a sump/fuge you might want add one if its any possibility. IMHO macro algaes really help balance a tank out.
Thanks!
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from the pic it looks pretty reddish to me- if so +1 on cyano. if its more brown than I would say dynos. I will defer to others on cyano, as thats probably the only nuisance that I havent dealt with... if its more brown(dynos) I can make some other recommendations...
It looks brown and fuzzy but I am red green color blind. What are you recommendations for the dynos? Thanks!
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From what I see in the pix it looks like diatoms, probably from the mini cycle you spoke of. Doing large water changes just worsens the situation IMO because all the fresh water knocks your bacteria out of balance. If its possible siphon water from your tank down to the sump with a fine filter bag over the end, and siphon as much a you can off the rocks, coral and sand. The red algae meds won't affect it.
I don't have a sump. Should I avoid water changes as much as possible for now? Thanks.
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Looks like Cyano to me.
Have you tried increasing flow to those areas.
I thought about doing that but hesitant about spending on a tunze right now. I have a closed loop system (Red Sea Max 250) and my just get something cheaper. Thanks.
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I would very much appreciate your help if you can.
My tank is about 15 months old and I recently started dosing two part. Part of the sand bed was disturbed recently by my clown and also change in flow. I saw some brown stuff on the sand the next few days that made me think my tank was going through a mini cycle. I did a 25% water change and went away for 4 days. Came back tonight and more of my sand and now rocks are covered in brown stuff with air bubbles attached on the ends. It actually looks like dinoflagellates based on pics I saw online. I am sure it's not red slime algae (red slime remover didn't work). Below are a few quick cellphone pics.
1. Do you think these are dinoflagellates?
2. How do I deal with this? I read that no water changes helps to get rid of them.
Thanks.
Nishal
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Pods of course and also oyster eggs worked. Mine didn't eat red bugs :(
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The tank is now 3 months and 6 days old. The video was taken with a point & shoot, but you get the idea. Just added an awesome neon green torch (bottom left) and a green LTA who found a home in an old conch shell I collected from South Carolina. Clowns havn't noticed it yet, maybe they will host it one day. What do you think?
I couldn't figure out how to embed the video. Is that possible on WAMAS?
I really like your minimalistic rock work. What method did you use to stick them together?
One video a month would be an awesome way to see this home reef mature!
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That's awesome. Good strategy. I guess your clown got schooled...heh, sorry. Do you have a picture?
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Very good clarity. I especially like the second picture. Corals look happy.
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Hey Johnny, thank you very much for the offer. I ended up using another treatment. Maybe if it doesn't work, I'll come knocking on your door. Really appreciate it dude.