OMG, I'm totally frustrated with our 120g as well. Not only do we have some unknown type of slimy-type, baby-poop coloured algae that's slowly spreading, but all of a sudden we have 1/4" hair algae on the back glass and on the BB. I've got 50 snails coming that will hopefully clear up the hair algae, but who even knows what the slimy stuff is??!?
We have done two weekly 10% water changes last week instead of the weekly 15%, and may continue to do two per week in the coming weeks.
Also, we've been having various species of valonia show up in small patches. I HATE valonia
It can take over a whole tank in no time
So, every few weeks, we take down one side of the tank or the other, and chip off a small chunk of rock the valonia's growing on, so the valonia doesn't break and spread even further
And for the past two weeks, our fairy wrasse won't even swim on the left side of the tank. This fish OWNED the tank, but for some reason he's not swimming around like he used to. He eats well, but he's just not his old self. Husband thinks he may have been stung by the two BTAs on the left side, but that just doesn't explain his not revelling in the caves on that side of the tank well below the BTAs
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Originally Posted by EmilyB
My FOWLR is a $*&$^%_) mess, we've been without any real circulation for so long, and the battle with the cyano and seeing the amount of detritus in there is giving me nightmares.
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Is your FOWLR BB? If so, weekly siphoning will remove the detritus down to manageable levels. Make sure to baste the crud off the rock and from under the rock structures for best removal. If not, have you considered going BB to decrease detritus? I know it's a lot of work going BB, but in the end, you may have helped solved some problems.
And why not add a powerhead or two to increase circulation? That sounds like a pretty easy fix
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Originally Posted by EmilyB
My 67g is finally my good growing SPS tank, and now I have flatworms, and aiptasia going nuts.
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Ack! Flatworms are horrible. Have you tried Flatworm Exit?
We have some teeny aiptasia on one of our rocks. They're not big enough yet, but soon I will be injecting them with calcium chloride to get rid of them.
Taken all together, all the problems you describe sound overwhelming
But taken one at a time, you can probably tackle them all and come out the other end with new problems to solve
I think that's the way it is when we're reefing so long.
Good luck