Greg's 75g

[Wheelman76]

Originally Posted by Rice Reef

I've gone without GFO before and would prefer running less or none when ever possible. I think that would help to reduce the amt of green sticks too, at least in my old set up.

Are you saying that you think that running too much gfo causes SPS to turn green?

[Rice Reef]

Originally Posted by Wheelman76

Are you saying that you think that running too much gfo causes SPS to turn green?

Well, I am not an expert however I think GFO contains iron and I think dosing iron helps to enhance greens and when I ran without GFO I had a better balance of colours than when I had ran with GFO. Don't get me wrong... I am not saying it is bad but it was my experience and I think each tank is gonna be different.

[Wheelman76]

Originally Posted by Rice Reef

Well, I am not an expert however I think GFO contains iron and I think dosing iron helps to enhance greens and when I ran without GFO I had a better balance of colours than when I had ran with GFO. Don't get me wrong... I am not saying it is bad but it was my experience and I think each tank is gonna be different.

I've read that too much iron will intensify green and even make yellows greener. I always forget the gfo contains iron , so what you say makes perfect sense.

Great pics and tank. Too high tech for me lol! Cool growth pics as well.

[gregzz4]

As you may remember my SPS were suffering from low nutrients
I cut my GFO use in half, started feeding the corals, and near doubled the fish food

Well, the corals are bouncing back, but what I initially thought was algae is looking more and more like green and red cyano
This may explain my not so pulsing xenia ...

I tested my PO4 today and (bad me) it's up to 0.24
So now I'm back to regular GFO use, and back to siphoning the sand 'till I get this under control
I'm also skimming a little wetter than before

I'm going to try this route before jumping on the Chemiclean bandwagon

So, on the plus side, my bleached corals have gone from pale and white to colorful and some even a bit brown
The green birdsnest is almost normal again, and the green slimer is actually green. But the tricolor is mostly brown
And I guess the RBTA likes the water as it's gone from 2 to 4 since Aug

Hopefully I can find a balance sometime soon

[steve fedyk]

Cyano is good hermit crab food.

[gregzz4]

Cyano appears to be calming down
Forgot to do a PO4 test tonight before the weekly WC. C'est la vie

Just fired up the QT, so stay tuned for some new fishies
And possibly some more tank issues, but I need more fish poop for the corals, so I'll deal with things as they occur

Currently have 5 RBTAs and am wondering if they are splitting so fast due to irritation from the porcelain nem crab ?
They are splitting at a much smaller size than they used to
I'm monitoring what is going on and thinking I may get rid of the crab

Our clown, Goober, isn't being hosted, but spends much of his day patrolling the nem area, swimming between all of the tentacles, and keeping the emerald crabs away and such
The claws come out, but the clown eventually wins through sheer persistence with his constant poking/nudging
I'm OK with him not beating up the nems by being inside them and we enjoy the show when a critter gets too close to the area
Goober (aptly named) will even shake away trying to scare off snails

[Coralgurl]

Clowns are awesome! My nem split this week too, beating on moving so all three clowns have a nem to host! Tank is looking great!!

[duncangweller]

That's a nice haul of fish you have there. I've been looking for a couple of nice wrasses to add to my tank

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[Madreefer]

Hey Greg what page is it where you've set up your quarantine tank? Is it plugged in to your main system or is it seperate? I've dug an old tank out of my junk pile and will now be using a quarantine for future fish purchases. Nice fish you've grabbed. I was reading about you feeding more etc and your coral growth. I took my filter socks off line last Jan. My corals took right off since. If your not using them for micro bubbbles it might also help in their growth as well.