rdavidw August 28, 2011 Share August 28, 2011 A few months ago I had a tank crash when I was out of town than killed off most of my fish and inverts. The corals that did suffer from the power outage grew back very quickly. Things seem stable now and I am going to re-sock with inverts and fish. I currently have some problems with aiptasia, hair algae, bubble algae, and a bit of red slime algae in the refugium. Any suggestions or compatibility problems with this list? Inverts Count Margarita Snail 28 Turbo Snails 35 Red Leg Hermit Crabs 50 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crabs 27 Emerald Crab 6 Sally Litefoot Crab 6 Peppermint Shrimp 12 Serpent Star 3 Lettuce Nudibranch 3 Fish Count Lawnmower Blenny 1 Green Chromis 15 Clown Fish 1 Yellow Tang (Med) 3 Blue Mandarin Dragonet 1 Fire Goby 2 Six Line Wrasse 1 Bicolor Dottyback 1 Do the counts seem about right for this setup? Here are some photos of my tank now: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcoral.com August 28, 2011 Share August 28, 2011 Looks good to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoutlaw August 28, 2011 Share August 28, 2011 (edited) If you are having trouble with hair algea, I would suggest a Rabbitfish. One will clean your rocks within a couple of weeks. For the Aiptasia you can maybe try a Copper Band Butterfly, but my experience has been once the Aiptasia is gone, it's hard to get them to eat anything else. Edited August 28, 2011 by steveoutlaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind August 28, 2011 Share August 28, 2011 You might have an issue with the three tangs. They tend to fight when in pairs or small groups. I would do at least five yellows or maybe three of differing types/shapes of tangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldReefer August 28, 2011 Share August 28, 2011 The emerald crabs should take care of that bubble algea. I have always had a Copperband in my tank and I have never had to worry about aptisia. All of mine have transitioned easily to frozen food. Are you running GFO? I couldn't tell for sure looking at your sump. That may help pull down the cyano, hair algea and bubble algea. I have also had great results dosing MB7 and vodka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k August 28, 2011 Share August 28, 2011 I have an easier solution that will benefit the tank greatly- Add nothing for 6 months and allow the tank to recycle itself with a low biomass other than corals and algae. You'll be amazed at what grows. Keep doing regular maintenance though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypertech August 28, 2011 Share August 28, 2011 6 sallys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavidw August 28, 2011 Author Share August 28, 2011 The emerald crabs should take care of that bubble algea. I have always had a Copperband in my tank and I have never had to worry about aptisia. All of mine have transitioned easily to frozen food. Are you running GFO? I couldn't tell for sure looking at your sump. That may help pull down the cyano, hair algea and bubble algea. I have also had great results dosing MB7 and vodka. Thanks! What is GFO? I have Pure RO water for my tap-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavidw August 28, 2011 Author Share August 28, 2011 If you are having trouble with hair algea, I would suggest a Rabbitfish. One will clean your rocks within a couple of weeks. For the Aiptasia you can maybe try a Copper Band Butterfly, but my experience has been once the Aiptasia is gone, it's hard to get them to eat anything else. I had one a while back. It cleaned the whole tank in a few days and then starved to death and was a mess to get out of the rocks. The whole house smelled. The one I had was big, a little one may have done better. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowieReefer84 August 29, 2011 Share August 29, 2011 (edited) Thanks! What is GFO? I have Pure RO water for my tap-up. Granular Ferric Oxide... Watch the "demo" video. ->http://www.bulkreefs...rric-oxide.html Edited August 29, 2011 by BowieReefer84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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