Beginnings of HLLE?

[christyf5]

the marineland carbon you're using now, is it pelleted or shards? Are you running it passively in a bag or in a reactor? just wondering as poontang was running a brand of carbon (which I think might have been marineland or something like it) through his reactor too fast and I think it was being ground to dust that was making it into his tank. His coral beauty and purple tang both exhibited signs of HLLE while I was tanksitting. He has since switched to a different brand of carbon (I hope).

[PoonTang]

Originally Posted by christyf5

the marineland carbon you're using now, is it pelleted or shards? Are you running it passively in a bag or in a reactor? just wondering as poontang was running a brand of carbon (which I think might have been marineland or something like it) through his reactor too fast and I think it was being ground to dust that was making it into his tank. His coral beauty and purple tang both exhibited signs of HLLE while I was tanksitting. He has since switched to a different brand of carbon (I hope).

The carbon in question was black diamond and I had it tumbling too fast I think. The coral beauty has healed somewhat and the tang is fine. I am now running Marineland but have the reactor turned down enough so there is almost no tumbling.

[naesco]

The kole tang need film algae to do well. You should have the back of your glass kept dirty so that the kole can suck the film algae off the glass.
You can also help her by buying some of those blue smooth stones you see at LFS. Place them in a pile and the film algae will grow on it. The stones also double as a pod pile home for pods.
Your post only mentioned meaty foods. Nori is good. Hair algae is not.
Do the selcon soaking as another reefer has suggested.

[Rogue951]

Actually I don't scrape the sides or back unless I find patches of hair algae.
so theres plenty for it to pick at.