IM 25g AIO build

[Llorgon]

And some giant pictures!

Anyone have any idea what is in picture 4? It's the underside of the frogspawn. It has a bunch of white almost stringy stuff on it.

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[Dash]

Hi Llorgon, hard to see from the pictures but some kind of sponge?

[Llorgon]

Probably some sort of filter feeder I would guess. It doesn't seem to be bothering anything at the moment.


I will see if I can get a better picture of it.

[WarDog]

Have you tried a Mexican Turbo for the GHA? I'm not sure if J&L has any at the moment, give them a call.

[Llorgon]

Originally Posted by WarDog

Have you tried a Mexican Turbo for the GHA? I'm not sure if J&L has any at the moment, give them a call.

I haven't been able to get more clean up crew since the pandemic started. I'm in Kelowna, so need to ship since not much available locally. And most places aren't shipping livestock right now.

And a better shot of the weird white stuff on the bottom of my frogspawn.

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[Dash]

I would say it's a sponge. The tube with opening is called an operculum. Some of the sponges in my tank are really growing. If they get in the way, I just pull them off. But I find they are no match for any corals - they just stay in the shady spots or under the coral.

[Llorgon]

The tank has seen better days. Since my large water change 2 weeks ago my duncan coral has been closed up. I tried feeding it and I got one head to take a LPS pellet, but didn't get it to open up. I have tried moving it and still no luck.


Also noticed that my two kenya trees have been really closed up the last few days so something is going on. The acans, favia, hammer and frogspawn are all doing well though.


I did my regular 5 gal water change yesterday and I'm hoping that will help the tank.


I tested the water and nothing out of the ordinary. Calibrated and rechecked salinity and it was still at 1.026. I've put in fresh carbon which hasn't helped either.



Any ideas on what could be going on?

[Llorgon]

Alright, been awhile since I posted an update. Work has kept me crazy busy!


Tank is doing alright? Not great, but not terrible.


For the most part the corals are doing well. I have 2 heads of my frogspawn that are looking very pale and not really opening up. The rest of them are big and happy though.


My one cyphastrea is dying. I'm not sure why. The other one in the same area as it has been growing. I have tried moving it around, but no luck with it so far.


Also been having troubles with my duncan. For the last month or so it hasn't been opening up. Just closed up one day and hasn't really been open since. I have tried to up my feeding of the corals more, but so far that hasn't helped.


Still fighting gha. If I keep up with my daily brushing of the rocks it seems to say in check somewhat, but I was away for the long weekend and I am still trying to catch up from that.


Still dosing vodka. Dosing 0.7ml/day. It's been working well to keep nutrients low although I think it needs to be lower since I still have lots of gha growing. I did pick up a bottle of waste away and did my test half dose last night. Hoping that can help things out.



I am low on CUC, which is probably at least part of the problem. Unfortunately there isn't anything available locally and nothing is shipping.


How does everyone manage nutrients? I feel I am really doing a poor job of it. I have filter socks that I change out weekly and do a 5 gallon water change every weekly and 10 gallon water change and sand vacuum every 2-3 weeks.

[Llorgon]

Been pretty busy lately and had a couple week long camping trips. Tank husbandry has suffered a bit.

Honestly the tank is pretty stagnant progress wise right now. Haven't found a good lfs around Kelowna that has a good supply of fish, corals, cuc. And with covid not many places are shipping. So no new corals and still in desperate need of more cuc.

Anyone have insight into Okanagan reef stores? I have also noticed a lot of frags from local reefers are much more expensive than on the coast.

Fish are all doing well, corals are not dying, but also not seeing much growth though. My Duncan has been closed up for months now. It's not dying and eats when I feed it, but little to no polyp extension.

Trying to fight back this gha. Seems to be a losing battle though. Been dosing vodka and waste away while doing weekly water changes.

Nutrients are low. nitrates 1.5ppm and phosphates 0.015.

I seem to always have this problem with gha. All 3 tanks I have had all ended up with huge gha problems. And nothing seems to ever eat it. Managed to get a couple turbo snails and they have no interest in it.

How can I beat this?!

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[hillegom]

Yes, its hard these days with covid to get a decent cuc.
A lawnmower blenny sure would eat it.
Try decreasing the light by an hr a day. What lights do you run?
Manual removal every day until you make a dent. Hard when you are working.
Google hydrogen peroxide as a cure. You have to use a syringe to spot the gha
But there was a limit. Check,but I think 10ml per gallon a daY?
Its a battle.
good luck