Ska's 28 Macro Algae Display

[skabooya]

PICTURES!!!

My Son Logan




and my tank





what the heck is that in the last pic? apaistia??

[skabooya]

looks like i didnt post my cycling results with the piece of LR. Here we go

June 10 at 12:30
PH 7.8
ammonia 0.0
nitrite 0.0
nitrate 0.0
Alk 2.65

June 11 at 6:15
everything is the same but PH is 8.0


I will not be doing more tests for a few days.

[whatcaneyedo]

That liverock looks pretty established. I dont think you're going to get much of a cycle until you start adding fish for some waste production.

Yes that is aptasia in the last picture.

[skabooya]

Yea I was thinking that about the cycle. Thats ok it means next time i go the LFS i can get my cuc Or maybe the good looking clowns they have there ??? what do you think.
fish or cuc first?? or both?

as for the little apaista .... GRRRRRRR!!!!!!
So far it is the only one ive seen on the LR so im going to try and blast it with some scalding hot water with my pipette. Ive seen it work before on another tank in another thread. Im hoping it will work with mine otherwise im off to order a pepermint shrimp

[skabooya]

BAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

so i just finished precision blasting with hot water on the apaista. I did 3 good squirts with a full pipette which fit completely over its tube and entire body. I cleaned up my materials and came back to check. I guess pods and shrimp like the smell of cooked apaista because they swarmed the area and ate the remnants. HAHAHAHA. Totally awsome to see.

[whatcaneyedo]

2 of my 3 tanks don't have a store bought cleanup crew and rely purely on the mini snails, brittle stars, worms, pods, and other bugs that hitch hiked into the tank. So my vote is for a fish first. But then again I have never started a tank from scratch so my advice should be taken with a grain of salt.

[skabooya]

a familiar part of the cycle, finally! I have a flourishing brown invasion of diatoms. Looks like testing later today or tomorrow and then a small cuc.