mseepman's 16" starfire nano

[Myka]

Your rock is coloring up nicely. Tank looks great.

[Leah]

The little yellow goby looks embarrased with his/her red checks. Really neat color on your
rock. Love the pictures.

[mseepman]

Thanks...I'm really enjoying having this little tank in my office when I work all day. I have a new sump to put into this tank to replace my little 5 gallon DIY job. I got one made of Acrylic at IPP in Kelowna...about 8G, a lot taller and with a built in PH probe holder. It will allow me to put the new Bubble Magus skimmer in which should make a water quality difference for me right away. I hate the Prizm that is on there now.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by mseepman

Thanks...I'm really enjoying having this little tank in my office when I work all day. I have a new sump to put into this tank to replace my little 5 gallon DIY job. I got one made of Acrylic at IPP in Kelowna...about 8G, a lot taller and with a built in PH probe holder. It will allow me to put the new Bubble Magus skimmer in which should make a water quality difference for me right away. I hate the Prizm that is on there now.

Awesome! What did the sump end up costing you if you don't mind my asking?

[mseepman]

Well I thought I should update this thread with a few new pics. I'm really enjoying having the tank in my office as it's a great distraction when my work day has me pulling out my hair and cursing at the phone.

Note that I'm trying to improve, but my picture skills suck terribly.

Here's a FTS...


A few pics of some of my palys...




One of my inhabitants...so far I haven't caught him nipping the sps




And lastly, my continuing battle with this algae that no-one can identify.

[Myka]

Lookin good!!! The rock is really looking great now! I would try adding various different inverts (shrimp, hermits, snails) to see if you can find one that will munch on that algae. Prob won't find one, but it's a shot in the dark anyway.

[Myka]

Hey Mark, try Peyssonnelia for that algae. There is at least one species that looks like your algae.

[BlueAbyss]

It sort of reminds me of Botrycladia algae (spelling?).

[mseepman]

Thanks to both of you, but I"m pretty sure it's not either of those

Myka, your pics look more like that plating algae that was bothering that one acro.

I'll try to take some more pics to see if anyone else has ideas. It's taking over...probably 20-25% coverage of my rocks now. It comes out when I pic at it in big clumps as if you chopped off a piece of sponge material. It's spongey actually.

One possibility might be Fauchea sp? http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-0...s/image025.jpg

[Myka]

No hot-linking to that pic....grr

That plating algae was Lobophora wasn't it? I can't remember what it looked like...