New to canreef :-)

[brutus187]

Hey guys! Just thought I'd post some pics of my new setup. It's been up for about a month now (was bought already established and I took most of their water in the move).
Current inhabitants are;
3 clownfish
1 6 line wrasse
1 green clown goby
1 cleaner shrimp
1 coral banded shrimp
1 pencil tip urchin
around 4 hermits (30 of them little blue legged hermits)
around 10 snails

A bunch of what I have found out are Red flatworms...ANY IDEAS???

what do you guys think about my water peramiters (tested with an API test kit)?

PH 8.3
Ammonia 0.0
Nitrite 0.0
Nitrate 20
SG - 1.024



Thanks for all the knowledge you guys have compiled into one place!!!

[brutus187]

one more :-)

[pinner_28]

welcome aboard

[Mattgesy]

looks awsome
welcome to the board

[Myka]

Originally Posted by brutus187

A bunch of what I have found out are Red flatworms...ANY IDEAS???

what do you guys think about my water peramiters (tested with an API test kit)?

PH 8.3
Ammonia 0.0
Nitrite 0.0
Nitrate 20
SG - 1.024



Thanks for all the knowledge you guys have compiled into one place!!!

Welcome!

Bummer about the red planaria (flatworms). They can be a real pain in the butt to get rid of. To give an idea of the population...how many do you think are on the front glass?

Your params look ok, but you need to get that Nitrate down. You want to be 0, but at least below 10. What skimmer are you running? How often do you do waterchanges, and of what size (# of gallons)? How long has the tank been setup?

[brutus187]

Originally Posted by Myka

Welcome!

Bummer about the red planaria (flatworms). They can be a real pain in the butt to get rid of. To give an idea of the population...how many do you think are on the front glass?

Your params look ok, but you need to get that Nitrate down. You want to be 0, but at least below 10. What skimmer are you running? How often do you do waterchanges, and of what size (# of gallons)? How long has the tank been setup?

I can see the flatworms more on the rocks than the glass...about 5-10 on the glass maybe but a bunch more on some of the rock.

The tank is a 75 gallon with about a 30 gallon sump. I do waterchanges weekly as well as top up every 2 days. I am not sure of the skimmer that I have I don't think it is working right...i have yet to see anything but a tiny bit of murky water in the collection cup. Rarely do the bubbles flow into the collection cup. I'm thinking i'm going to have to get a new one soon

Is there any way to lower the nitrates besides water changes?

The tank has been set up at my place for about 1 month now ( i think the previous owner had it for about 1-2 years)

Thanks again guys!

[Slipstream]

Hmm, im thinking of buying a tank thats already set up.. how hard was the move?

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Originally Posted by brutus187

Is there any way to lower the nitrates besides water changes?

Feed less. Or rather, feed only what the fish actually eat. Food that drifts into the rock, etc. will only cause problems further down the road.

And yeah....regular water changes

[brutus187]

Originally Posted by Slipstream

Hmm, im thinking of buying a tank thats already set up.. how hard was the move?

Move was not that bad at all...just a little stressful! I took as much of her old water as I could and tried to have as much as possible in styrofoam coolers instead of rubbermaid containers. Everybody survived the move which was great! Just have enough containers and a truck and you're good to go.


As for feeding less... i only feed once per day and feed one of the frozen brine shrimp cubes. maybe i'll just give er a big water change this weekend.

[Der_Iron_Chef]

You could also rinse the shrimp in fresh water before feeding.