WarDog's Tank Thread : Episodic Trial And Error

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

Time to upgrade!

Every day I think about an upgrade!

Lots of additions to report. My fallow period ended the first week of August and I had a pair of clowns in the 20 for a few weeks of observation. Once I was happy that they were relatively healthy, I moved them over.



Then Rich and I headed out to Ryanericksons for one of our little coral adventures and shopping spree's.

Tri-coloured Nana



Blue/green Cyphastria



Sunset Monti



In the above pic you can see the RR Wolverine at the top. Encrustation is good, however I have been having a hard time getting all the corals to colour up.
Knowing that I needed to start dosing Amino's, I thought I'd start with the cheapest products, so I picked up some RedSea Energy and dosed for a couple weeks.
Didn't really notice any change. In the end, once the bottles ran out, I bought some Zeo AA.
Under the AA you can see my fancy dosing schedule. Still a huge learning curve for me. Considering adding some T5's.



Picked up a wicked Rainbow Monti from CanuckGod604.



Once again, cell photos do no justice. I'll finish off with a side FTS.



Thanks for looking.

[Slyguy00]

Looks awesome man.

[Myka]

Tank's looking good Warren! That suspected Bubble Algae is Bubble Algae - it comes in several different varieties. Not all Emeralds will eat it ime. If you want small fish, make sure you buy female Emeralds. Just the males get the big pincers, and they will catch small fish.

[Bugger]

Get a spray bottle and some hydrogen perxoide from the dollar store and spray down the snail wait five minutes and put it back in the tank. that Amino acid should not be used if you have GHA it will just unlease a beast of algae on the tank.

[maron6977]

Looks good Warren .
Looks like my tank - got a bunch of small sticks & waiting for stuff to grow & become colonies

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

Looks awesome man.

Thanks, getting there.

Originally Posted by Myka

Tank's looking good Warren! That suspected Bubble Algae is Bubble Algae - it comes in several different varieties. Not all Emeralds will eat it ime. If you want small fish, make sure you buy female Emeralds. Just the males get the big pincers, and they will catch small fish.

Mindy, good to know. I'm thinking of picking up a couple more Emeralds as the bubble algae is starting to get out of hand and the one dude isn't making a dent. I'll make sure to flip the crabs and check their sex, as I am only interested in adding small fish at this point and maybe a Copperband, as the centrepiece.

Originally Posted by Bugger

Get a spray bottle and some hydrogen perxoide from the dollar store and spray down the snail wait five minutes and put it back in the tank. that Amino acid should not be used if you have GHA it will just unlease a beast of algae on the tank.

Surprisingly the GHA hasn't returned in a few weeks. The Trocus snails are breeding rapidly and keeping it in check. Either way, good info, thanks!

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by maron6977

Looks good Warren .
Looks like my tank - got a bunch of small sticks & waiting for stuff to grow & become colonies

Thanks man, I was thinking the same about your tank as well. Hate waiting.

[WarDog]

Another few additions from Ryanerickson, running out of room fast. Only planning to add a few more 'must have' specimens.

Jedi Mind Trick.



Orange Yuma.



Random Acro I'm naming Uranium 231, lol. Much brighter than the picture shows.



Bubble algae is getting out of hand, and my Emerald seems to be MIA. Time to pick up a few more me thinks.
Parameters are good, still hoping for things to colour up. Dropped the intensity of the Kessils a bit, as I suspect I may be bleaching stuff.
Considering adding T5 strips, and using the Kessils as LED supplements. All the boys running hybrids seem to be very happy. I want to be happy too!
Also moved some rock around on the bottom right.

Happy Thanksgiving!!