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    Which fish??

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    On 11/11/2023 at 7:05 PM, DaJMasta said:

    While there's a list of jumper fish, almost any could if spooked, so it often comes down to how things get along and whether there are spots for everyone to sleep.

     

    Something like eurobracing or an enclosed hood will have most of the benefits of a full cover, since most launching jumps happen right near the glass, but it doesn't take many discoveries of fish dried up out of the tank to convince you to try a cover.  I expect not to run another permanent tank without one, personally, those are predictable, preventable causes of death, and a basic mesh cover need not be intrusive or bulky.

    Thank you!

    Which fish??

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    Hey all,

    I am contemplating covering the 75 tank.....

    Which fish are known jumpers and which ones arent?

    Or is it even logical to not cover tanks?

    I have a 20 gallon thats been uncovered for over 2 years and never had any jumper fatalities......out of my OCC. clown pair, tail spot blenny, yellow watchman and up till a month or so ago included a rainfords goby as well.

    Thoughts?

    Pencil Urchin

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    On 11/10/2023 at 10:13 AM, wildcrazyjoker81 said:

    Doesnt affect it's mouth so I would assume it's not an issue. If anything more camouflage for it to be hidden which in the wild I bet is common.

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    Thank you!

    Bubble elgea

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    16 hours ago, YHSublime said:

     

    Most times. If you get anything outside of the free shipping parameters that does require overnight, then you have to pay it. For the most part, everything has been OK, with the occasional losses. Over covid times I know John had trouble with delivery's getting delayed, and when I did have a pretty big loss due to it, he refunded. He also advised me that I should pay for the overnight shipping. That's when I started trying other companies for CUC, as most others will ship overnight free if you spend up to a price point, but I haven't found anything that matches RC's quality of product yet. 

    Good deal!

    Bubble elgea

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    4 hours ago, YHSublime said:

     

    The pitho will eat bubble algae. Emerald crabs are more common. 

    I don't think it's the gender of the crab, I have used reef breeders for about the past decade

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    I think there's something to do with the size of the spores/size of the bubble algae and it's ability to spread, there was a discussion on it a long long long time ago. 

     

     

    I had a purple tang that loved bubble algae, was great! 

     

     

    I have never experienced this myself. correlation does not equal causation. All speculation on my end, so with a grain of salt, but I'd be more inclined to believe that the crabs are going after algae on the coral, or stealing food out of it (ever tried to feed LPS with shrimp around?!)

     

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    Sublime,

    When youve used ReefCleaners did you utilize their free shipping , which is not overnight....and if so did everything arrive healthy?

    Bubble elgea

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    · Edited by rrubberbandman

    There is also a lesser known specie, the Pitho Crab who is said to like bubble algae.

    I am seeing that its either the males or females emeralds that prefer the BA? anyone else seen or heard that?

    Also I've always been intrigued about the popping of the bubble algae that creates the spread? I am sure the emeralds pop them? Also?

     

    B.

    Question for y'all

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    19 hours ago, DaJMasta said:

    Probably possible with reasonable filtration, you're on the high side for fish load but not to a crazy degree, and neither consideration would be one to bully the others or occupy the same spaces, generally.

    I think the firefish would probably be the worse choice given the tank size, as they'd be swimming pretty much all the time, and it would also require a top (though I would use a top on the tank by default, at this point, things jump more easily than you'd expect when spooked even if not jumpers).  A watchman goby, especially a small one, wouldn't swim nearly as much and would basically just be out of the way of everything else.  Also the potential for a pistol shrimp partner, which is always neat.

    Hey thanks!

    So lets cancel the firefish (known jumpers and frantic behavior) what would be another consideration?

     

    Question for y'all

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    Opinions please,

    Right now in my 20 gallon , which has 20lbs of rock and a 3 inch aragonite base, I currently have 2 Occ. Clowns, 1 rainfords, 1 tailspot. The rainfords and tailspot are best of friends. The clowns just do the clown things. Everyone is happy but I want to add another fish or two. Was considering a yellow watchman and Firefish. Thoughts?

     

    thanks!

    Red macroalgae fading/bleaching?

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    23 hours ago, Origami said:

    Just to test if it's renewed light intensity, do you have any window screening material available that you can use to cut back the light entering the tank? Or can you raise the light some to effect the same change?

     

    When I see plants changing color like that, I tend to think it's either a lack of nutrients or light. The OEM spec on the spectrum doesn't change much from the Coral Plus to the Purple Plus lamps. And, unless there was a notable shift in spectrum with the new lamps, you wouldn't think it would be that.

     

    Possibilities that I see include:

     

    Low nutrients: If your corals are uptaking more because of the increased light availability, maybe your nutrients have decreased and the plant is reacting to that. Or something else is going on that shifted nutrients. Have you seen an increase in any other part of the aquarium (e.g., green algae) that might compete for nutrients?  

     

    PAR shock: Maybe the plant needs to adapt to the new, brighter light. This is more likely and easy to test by cutting back the light and slowly bringing the brightness up over a couple of weeks.

     

    Low PAR: Ruled out with new lamps.

     

    Spectrum shift: Unlikely as the spectra are almost identical with these two lamps (according to the OEM). 

     

     

    Great info....will explore some ideas. Calcium was low, probably due to us being gone for 3 days. Tank sitter just replenished evap. water.

    Water change in the works.

    Red macroalgae fading/bleaching?

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    13 hours ago, Origami said:

    How is everything else doing? Are there any other changes that might affect nutrient availability in the water? How old were your old lamps? Corals can sometimes bleach when new (fluorescent) lamps are installed because the old lamps dimmed and (they say) had some spectrum shifting. This might be part of it, but it's hard to say if there's a connection between brighter (not lower) lights and macroalgae turning white. (Obviously, I'm not a macroalgae expert. Just probing for discussion.)

    Everything else seems happy. Lamps were replaced in September.

     

    Bubble algae........I know, I know....

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    Hey all,

    Its all in one area....and they are spreading in that area. Going to look into a few more emeralds as I only have two. also going to be plucking them off in the meantime.

    My question is what exactly do bubble algae feed on?.

    Its the only nuisance algae left in my tank everything else has gone through its own stage and disappeared.

    So irritating!:angry::wacko:

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