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phar 06-24-2010 06:26 PM

My First Tank...about three months in
 
Well my tank has been set up for about three months now, maybe a little less. So far things have been going along. I have had a green hair algae outbreak. It seems to be gradually subsiding. This week, I had some patches of red hair algae growing on the live sand.
I lowered the photo period of my metal halides from about 12 hours a day to 8 to see if that makes a difference.
I'm thinking I need to get a phosphate remover going as well.
Just made the changes to the lighting so will give it a week and see if that will make a difference.
All fish and the few corals I have seem healthy, happy and eating.

kien 06-24-2010 07:16 PM

That's great to hear, but where are the pictures ?? :biggrin:

Coleus 06-24-2010 09:13 PM

dont be intimidated by Kien pictures, post your pictures :-)

phar 06-24-2010 10:19 PM

pictures
 
I'll take some when I get home. Won't hold a candle to most pictures on the forum but will do anyways.

kien 06-24-2010 10:24 PM

My First Tank...about three months in
 
This isn't a photography forum it is a reefing/saltwater forum. Take pictures with your camera phone if you have to! :lol:

phar 06-25-2010 03:17 AM

pictures of the tank
 
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The tank as a whole. The stand was black when I bought it. I stripped it and re-finished it with a walnut finish. Let me tell you something about refinishing fish tank stands. Don't. Just by yourself a new stand. It's cheaper and quicker to build a new one.
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Here's the tank. Let me know if those are zoanthids or mejano anenomies. The little polyps were black on the live rock when I first got the live rock. They have been growing like crazy since.
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Any advice is most welcomed.

bignose 06-25-2010 03:52 AM

very nice tank. those look like zoanthids to me.


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