mari.harutunian

I need to get some decent reef photography skills. But hey I have a baby polyp now. Just one. I find this paly interesting because when I move fast around my tank it closes up but when I wave my hand below the light it doesn't. Maybe only when sunlight is interrupted. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lots of birdsnest, 3 LPs, a few Monti caps, 4 types of gorgonians, 2 leathers, a million zoas, and then like one stag that I won at a raffle and surprisingly hasn't died. Removing the rocks is the hard part lol. I glued and epoxied mine together to make it seem like one single rock bridge. Also there's coral all over it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Im unfortunately obsessed with corals... all kinds. The tank has corals on all the rocks. So far the sixline has been good. May have eaten a feather duster.. I would need a fish trap to catch that one and I don't even think that'd work because he's skittish around anything new. I love the idea of a low maintenance rbta clown and anemone shrimp tank. A little too late to switch though. I'd have to gut the corals from my tank, catch some fish, then wait for it to be established. Most people say a year for any anemones? Probably longer for me? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Currently I have a sixline wrasse, pair of clowns, bicolor blenny, and the seahorses go home Monday. Once I can officially call my tank stable and cycled, I can add one fish. I could replace the clowns but forget about catching the sixline or bicolor... I didn't think I could add a tang at all wow. It would have to be for a small portion of its life I assume and then I'd have to catch and rehome it? I'll turn off my moonlight. My powerheads are maxed out rn and my sand bed cleared up because of it. Corals seem fine with it too. I have the tunze 9001 skimmer but it's been pulling out a lot less skimmate recently. The bubbles just seem to get backed up sometimes-which probably doesn't make sense. I don't dose anything. Is a 5 gallon weekly water change enough? Or 10 gallon? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Got it. So I plan on getting salifert ammonia, Nitrate, and silicate. Any other tests I should get? I already have Hanna phosphate and alk as well as Red Sea cal and mag. I was thinking maybe I could also get some marine pure that someone with a big tank could put into their sump for a few weeks or months that I could later put behind my back panel. Would that help with diversifying bacteria ? I'll probably try and steal a few cups of sand off my friends too lol. And other than that I just ride out the algae storm with good maintenance. Also just looked up that cucumber and it is aptly named. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I was an awful driver starting out. Still kind of am. I have a rock pile for pods and they're doing very well. I see little clouds of swimming ones. The crawly ones dart in and out too fast to see. Have any cleanup crew recommendations. I'm down to like five snails, 10 hermits, two fighting conches, and one very large and very hungry red brittle star after that Nitrate spike- or is that enough(36 gallons)? My lfs redid their saltwater section so I put it off. I'm in need of sand sifters. So I found this bag sunk behind the back panel of my tank. I guess I lost it while temp acclimating after fragfest. I checked for leaks and the top is partially open. Tested the ammonia in the bag- My tank is definitely not properly cycled, but maybe this is what's giving me ammonia.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That brought me to a thread with lots of zoa pics? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I started off on the wrong foot in this hobby doing pukani dry with no live rock. Then I had no tds meter and caused a huge Nitrate spike. From there I've had green slimy algae that will not go away no matter how many water changes I preform in a week, whether or not my phosphate is zero-Hanna checker, or whether or not I have a light out period and scrub the rocks-came back in a week. I definitely add things too fast and that was a mistake. Turned to products that have good reviews and have been used by a lot of reefers because I don't know what to do. What can I do? The products and water changes don't do anything. Idk how many times I've scrubbed all my rocks and pulled out handfuls of algae and idek what kind of algae it really is- diatoms?green cyano? The seahorses go home Monday. What does someone do to stabilize an unstable tank? Buy established rock or marine pure from someone? The tank is frustrating, but I wouldn't give up so easily. I may have burnt out yesterday but I think I have a valid excuse of getting hives on my face... but I am sorry I snapped at you. Your advice is good. Your attitude is blunt. And I should listen to you. What would you have me do? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Can a shrimp I've had for 5 months still have eggs? It's hardly new. So to do list: wash food & buy salifert tests I do have 3 mermaids fan. Had red macro but it died in my lights out period. Nitrates are at 5 though(according to API). Should I grab a few cups of sand from various established tanks? Or is it too late. His advice is good. I'm just having a bad morning. 16 seahorses in a cube sounds amazing. Got any pictures? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm throwing out suggestions to see what people think about the ammonia and waiting for the more experienced people to give me an answer(which, by the way, you could've done by suggesting "hey maybe your tank never fully cycled"). Meanwhile I'm readying a huge water change and selling my seahorses. You, on the other hand, are blaming me. I add my fish at least a month apart always. The shrimp HAS the trademark injury of an isopod. I've seen the damage they do, I research incessantly, and I found a picture of the exact telltale injury from a thread that came to the same conclusion. Honestly, you're probably not wrong. I'm 19, i started college a few months ago. I add corals like a hoarder and my cycle was only a month. But, pro tip, if you ever want anyone to listen to you, don't start by saying"hey it's all your fault you did everything wrong and also you don't know anything". I harbor no bad feelings toward you. I give you the benefit of the doubt in every thread and you're almost always very helpful, but you never fail to sound as negative as you can when doing it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Already did. It was light yellow and unclouded. So there is at least more than zero ammonia in my tank. One thing that could be contributing: apparently the green algae on my rocks is diatoms. Probably choking all the pores.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've cut back to one feeding since the thread started and they do well. But I've actually decided just to sell the seahorses. They are a pain on vacation and I think my tank just can't handle them and their feedings. I'm having considerable green slime and green hair algae problems too. The green slime was irritating before I got them. Now it's just indestructible and I got gha. Not many people are looking for seahorses so I'll probably have them for a while yet. Thanks for the advice! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The other inhabitants are doing fine. Don't seem to be breathing hard and no visible parasites. Isopods are predatory pods that can attach to fish and shrimp. They probably came on a coral or my peppermint shrimp way back when I had him- gave him away. What if the bioload was already at its max? Because I am a little overstocked because I was planning on just holding the seahorses until I got a second tank and that never happened. I have a pair of clowns, small bicolor blenny, sixline wrasse, and the seahorse pair. I only risked the seahorse because the others are so small right now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

8 months old. Could be a mini cycle caused by the shrimps death. But the shrimp obviously died of a parasite. You can't see it, but I can see the small eggs laid all over it and the very trademark isopod injury. Can't be the shrimps own eggs because I only have one shrimp and I've had it for 6 months. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here's my ammonia and nitrite this morning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Disperse unfortunately. For seahorses they're pretty aggressive. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Do dying mangroves give off ammonia?? Have some that aren't doing well. Otherwise I guess it's the seahorses and their feeding regimen- 2 cubes of mysis a day. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In a 36 gallon tank? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It could've been dead longer. I was very busy the last few days and it could've been blown around by the powerheads and I thought it was alive. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There is only one shrimp in my tank that I've had for 6 months. Thanks for the info. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I didn't know there were multiple types. I'll keep an eye on the fish. Fingers crossed thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Oh and this is my ammonia... it's been max 9 hrs since the shrimp died. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've seen isopod parasites on shrimp before so idk how I could've missed it long enough for it to kill my shrimp. I even pointed out a batch of peppermint shrimp that had some to a lfs. He was one of the best things in my tank :/ I saw him last night acting weird but I just thought he was grabbing at some mysis or something. Found him this morning wedged under a rock. Examinierte him and found one side of his shell was brown and the tissue underneath gone. And eggs all along the body. Does anyone know if these isopods can get to fish? Seahorses? Should I not get another cleaner anytime soon? Should I treat? Eggs means there's multiple parasites that have a food source.. I wonder if they're eating the mysis I feed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

One of the other side fins is also slightly damaged. Very hard to see. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That fish's fins are either rotting or were eaten off by something previously or by the other clown. Anyone know what to do about that? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk