30g Nano Cube

[michika]

Recently I've been seeing tons of growth everywhere in the system.

Here is a shot of purple digitata that I picked up from Snappy in Calgary at the end of July.

Photo from August 3rd:


Photo from today, September 7th:


Red Milli on August 9th


Today:


Odd acropora on July 29th


Today:


Birdsnest (on the left) from August 3rd.


Today:


Semi-full tank shot from today as well:

[Skimmerking]

Cath you have alot of HA sorry to see. othe then that looking good KIDO

[michika]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

Cath you have alot of HA sorry to see. othe then that looking good KIDO

I'm geting super good at ignoring it. I'm just trying to wait it out now, nothing else has worked so I've given up on it. Even the magnesium thing didn't work.

Now I just need a bigger tank because there about three time as many corals in the tank as what you see!

[Delphinus]

Super nice corals. Yeah, I see what you mean about the filamentous algae! Have you thought of a seahare? They eat the stuff wicked crazy ..

[michika]

I'm doing the urchin thing, and it works well, albeit slowly.

I've looked at seahares and I've been terrified by all the stories of them being sucked into powerheads, or wiping out someone's tank.

[Delphinus]

I dunno, if that were my tank I'd have one already. They're pretty voracious eaters of most filamentous algaes. I've had some before, for me they seemed to last anywhere from six months to a couple years, they would go on and off the powerheads all the time, but a couple eventually did get stuck and that was the end of them. But, after a year or so of going on and off the intakes. So it led me to wonder what their natural lifespan is anyhow, and if old age was a factor to their demise that way. I dunno I could be way off. Since they seem to be prone to starvation (the other common cause of losing them), the thing to do is have them clean up your tank and then consider selling them for the next person having similar troubles. Or, try feeding them rolled nori sticks like you would for a tang, the ones I had that figured out that this was food were the ones that lasted the longest for me. Never had a tank wipeout from them, I'm not sure if this is a species specific thing or what, or if it's like cucumbers - when attacked by a predator maybe the risk is higher?

[michika]

Okay Tony you've convinced me! I'm going out, after Saturday morning cartoons of course, to get one. Maybe this will bring an end to my algae drama once and for all.