Living Room Nano Peninsula

[Pedro]

Looking awesome, glad it's doing well.

[YHSublime]

I bought some orphek lenses for my iPhone. Took a bit of messing around to get what I wanted, and not there yet, but brats breaking out the DSLR…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[WheresTheReef]

Looking good

[monstamich]

Nice pics!

[Pedro]

This looks awesome

[RW09903]

Everything looks great! Is this the only system you're running now?

[YHSublime]

9 minutes ago, RW09903 said:

Everything looks great! Is this the only system you're running now?

 

Thanks! I have a little frag tank (11gallons) as well, but there’s no plan for it.

 

[YHSublime]

For whatever reason, that frag tank keeps popping up with algae. I've broken it down, and scrubbed everything, and set it back up again. I've added a giant CUC, and I've even done a skimmer and aggressive water changes, and added an MP10 for flow. No matter what, it always starts to take a hold again. 

 

So I've started a fluconazole treatment. It doesn't look like bryopsis, but at this stage, 100% natural has not been working on this particular tank. 

 

It's only been 3 days, but I'm going to keep my skimmer offline. No visible differences yet, other than the coral seem to be "brighter" or more opened up. This tank also grows coraline really well. 

[Pedro]

On 4/9/2025 at 3:35 PM, YHSublime said:

For whatever reason, that frag tank keeps popping up with algae. I've broken it down, and scrubbed everything, and set it back up again. I've added a giant CUC, and I've even done a skimmer and aggressive water changes, and added an MP10 for flow. No matter what, it always starts to take a hold again. 

 

So I've started a fluconazole treatment. It doesn't look like bryopsis, but at this stage, 100% natural has not been working on this particular tank. 

 

It's only been 3 days, but I'm going to keep my skimmer offline. No visible differences yet, other than the coral seem to be "brighter" or more opened up. This tank also grows coraline really well. 

Good luck

[YHSublime]

6 hours ago, Pedro said:

Good luck

thanks, Pedro! So were 9 days out of 14 in. I will do a 30% water change this upcoming Monday.
 

the corals are visibly happier. I still have not put my skimmer cup back on, although they say you can after day 3. 
 

The many years ago I used it, I remember the tips turning white, and dramatically wilting algae away. This time it’s not as dramatic, but it is working, the algae is simply disappearing. 
 

the tank looks clearer, the water looks clearer, and nothing seems to be effected except for the algae. Hopefully this will be a permanent fix!

[YHSublime]

Phew, a lot happening over here.

 

i did a full one round treatment of flucanozle on the nano, and it did its job great. Now im having cyano, its 💯 a low flow issue, the softies don’t mind, mushrooms and zoas thriving.

 

The gigantica was walking around the tank in the DT, and I couldn’t manage the collateral damage that MIGHT have occurred, so I sold it and replaced with a Black Widow BTA.

 

I also had dinoflaggets. Well, have I guess. After aggressive water changes, I realized I was only making it worse, so dirtying up the tank isn’t a problem. Looking for a UV Sterilizer to add to the tank, even though I think I’m making (very slow) progress. Cutting back the photo period has helped dramatically. 
 

through all of this, my SPS is popping off. So I guess I can’t complain. I also have had an explosion of blue clove polyps, that I didn’t think I had moved into this tank. Not cool. Looks like I’ll get to have a go with Fenbendazole!