Booms cube-80

[Boomboy]

Originally Posted by rocketlily

I make a mixture of mysis and a little bit of brine. I have to chop it up quite small as he is still very little. Sometimes I add in a drop or two of Selcon or a pinch of Cyclop-eeze. Every second day I give him a piece of Nori to shred.

My thoughts on the yellow tang were the same as yours. The problem I have now, is what fish do I get next, that is very peaceful that will add some yellow to the tank.

well there are so many colours you can add to your tank, for me i find that the less colourful ones are really different because most people have those colourful ones. i like to be different.

i also found that because the scopas is so small it wont eat the bigger pieces. and i had a little bit of hair algea, now its all gone, and i use tap water..... i know i know. im hoping it will produce more hair algea for the little dude. hehe as funny as that sounds.

where do you get your nori from?

[rocketlily]

Because I use so little, I have 2 different packages I purchased from 2 different SS LFS's. Looking at the packages, it doesn't say Nori it says "seaweed". The Scopas loves it. When it's put in the tank he rips it to shreds within a few hours.

[Boomboy]

i cant seem to get this guy to rip mine to shreds, he seems to like my frozen food but when i put in seaweed, he doesnt jump on it. mmm

[rocketlily]

I put on a few drops of garlic powder and selcon and let it soak in before hanging it up. Maybe it's the smells that attract him.

[Boomboy]

thanks for the help



so i came home today and guess what, my tank was almost overflowing, luckily the emergency drain worked, the funny thing is when i got home i usually check the tank first but today i went on the computer instead for about 30 minutes. i guess the one got clogged and in turn the ato turned on and my salinty went down to 1.022, so i drained out a bunch and going to let it evaportate and get the level back to where it should be. i also took off that mess that was around my eggcrate covering the overflow in the main tank, it allows more effective surface skimming.

but man that was a close call,

though im left with the question my tank was to the brink of being full and so was my sump?? where did all the water come from?? ato stayed on?? but it was sumerged under the water? i checked it and it turns off once underwater. so hmmm maybe someone elses herbie drain has clogged and this happened also?

[Snaz]

ATOs scare the willies out of me. I have read too many horror stories.

[Boomboy]

if you spend the money on more expensive ones, im sure it is fine, its great to have an ato, save alot of the time and frusteration keeping the salinity in check.