My Nano 12, day one with livestock. =) Hoping for alot more color one day but I'm overjoyed with the result so far. I had to move a couple of things around when I took out the rock with Aiptasia growth so the water was still a little gritty. Yes, I've stabilized the rock to the right since. =P Thank you all so much for your help!
looks good so far were did you end up getting your fish sorry about northside they can be that way somtimes
Thank you so much for your help today! I'm totally happy to have them! If you work in the morning, you'll see me first thing. I totally forgot to get food for them while I was there so I have to come right away when you open!! haha!
Yes, Cindy. It's a Kenya Tree frag. I got a small one at NSA yesterday. Cost alot but I love the tree looking corals. =)
Thought I'd put an updated picture up here. Still watching the red stuff on the right. Was told it was diatoms when it was orange... I don't know if it still is or not now that it's gone red but it's disappeared in other parts of the tank so I guess I'll just keep an eye on it? Thanks for your help everyone.
Yeah, apparently that's what it is. I was letting it run it's course because I thought it was diatoms but I guess it isn't. working on making motions to get rid of it now.
Cyno will run it course. If you buy some chemicals to get rid of it that same chemical will kill all bacteria good and bad. Slack off on feeding the tank and do some water changes and it will go away with time. Your tank is too new to run chemiclean in it with out the chance of it cycling again. Most new tanks go through this, just let it run its course.
Thanks for the advice. I read somewhere that removing the obviously infected sand may also be beneficial. What are your thoughts on that? Wouldn't be a big deal to do so, could it hurt? I've been performing regular water changes. (using premixed from LFS, on average one a week since I established the tank, not exactly sure how much but I try to stay at around 25%) would that pattern be sufficient or am I even over doing it? I know that my PH has been on the low side (around 7.8). Been trying to pull it up some naturally and it has slightly. Would getting PH buffer be advised at this point or should I wait?
I wouldn't add a buffer at this time.Check your PH on the saltwater that you use for water changes. I don't think that a PH reading of 7.8 is that bad. If the PH is constant I wouldn't worry about it right now. As for the amount of water that you are changing out sounds good to me. You can take out the affected sand if you want to but it might just pop up somewhere else in the tank. I would just let it starve itself as it is feeding on a nutrient of excessive amounts at this time. You could stir the sand with something, but just stir the very top of the sand and then do a water change right after stirring and that would probably help with getting rid of the nutrient that it could be feeding on. I have dealt with this stuff many times and the best way to get rid of it is to watch how much food is going in the tank and keep up with the water changes. It will eventually just disappear. Remember that your tank is a new tank and is still trying to get itself aged (nothing good happens fast in a reef tank). Good luck
+1 to the good advise ^ PH 7.8 is fine and PH 8.2 is fine imo - 5 gals a week 15% water changes would be fine too
