Sand bed issues

by **blueshoes2208** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:41 am

i dose cal, when do i need to start worrying about my strontium and alkallinity and all that good stuff?

by **Snowboss4492** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:46 pm

well the sand assualt happened yesterday..............i sucked about 30 lbs of sand out of the tank and didnt even stir up a cloud, took a razor to the glass and cleaned all the equipment, about 1/3 of the rocks have hair algae on them but i left it because i dont want to kill all the pods and stuff again. will all the cleaning and syphoning i took 60-70% of the water out so on top of everything i did a HUGE water change..............this morning the clowns almost seem to be playing and the algae looks like shit, yellowing and wilting so maybe this is a good thing...............on top of that i ordered 5 scarlet hermits, 5 margarita snaild, 5 nassarious snails and a long spine urchin last night so i have a custom nano cleaner crew on its way..................."i ask not what your fishtank can do for you but what you can do for your fish tank" i know thats Jacks quote but RIP teddy you'll be missed by the world

Boss

by **Snowboss4492** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:47 pm

whats a o good 2 part? you cant google it or search it on supply sites so i really dont know what im looking for

by **fihsboy** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:47 pm

Everyone in my reef club that uses two part uses Oceans Blend........but you probably wont be able to find it that far north....I have heard good things about two little fishies Part A and Part B as well.

by **Snowboss4492** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:04 am

yeah i ordered lil fishies C-balance 2 part

got my shipment in today, 2 of the 6 scarlet hermits were DOA [ they gave me a credit for 4} the snails and Urchin are in beautiful condition and acclimated great! the algae war is on and ive got two battles down on it..........lol

by **fihsboy** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:41 am

Im not a big fan of hermits really. They always fight a lot in my tank......and just end up killing eachother. I guess if I had more shells in the tank they wouldnt have to fight for a bigger shell.

by **blueshoes2208** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:37 am

lol i bought my blue leg hermits and they were about 1/8 inch and now theyre as big as my thumb..... every once i na while ill see my scarlet hermits.... turbos are slowly dying off, i think its just old age for them.... i like hermits though, theyre fun to watch, despite how they cost like 3 bucks a piece.... i seriously have a problem with those little starfish though, i had ONE when i first got my tank set up, that i could see at least... and now today i counted 40+ just on the front glass wall of my tank.... not counting the other walls, on the sand or on the rocks.... harlequin shrimp??
Boss hows that algae attack commin along?

by **Snowboss4492** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:44 pm

all quiet on the northern front, the urchin is chillin on the underside of a rock structure, im sure he'll need a couple days before he wanders out, the nassarious snails disapeared into the sand in a matter of minutes, the margarita sanils are doing their thing and the scarlets are exploreing, crabs are opertunity feeders, so they have to see whats the easiest to eat before really jumpin into buisiness....but all in all, so far so good, all being new it'll probly be a few days before any real action happens

Boss

by **fihsboy** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:29 pm

Harlequin shrimp is the coolest shrimp you can buy......and it will devour your stars. :) I want one........but then I would have to feed it. and they only eat starfish. nothing else.

by **blueshoes2208** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:04 pm

lol well how many star fish can that thing eat? because my lil ball of macro is a breeding ground for them.... i mean surely it cant wipe out this population in less than half a year or so... and say it does eat all of them, where do i get more little star fish haha

Sand bed issues

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Sand bed issues

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