Hello all
its been a while
life is nuts
anyway updates on the tank. finally got nitrates to register something that wasn't flaming red. its hanging out in the 50s range lately
Weekly water changes still happening. PH is hanging around 7.8
Have 2 emerald green crabs now- of which 1 is pregnant. I have no illusion about any of the fry surviving.
They have done a great job on 2 rocks but refuse to get on the rock that "belongs" to the clown fish.
The clown has now been renamed Marvin after John Malkovich's character in RED. In the last 3 weeks- we assume its a she due to size- has become nuts.
Before she wasn't happy about my hands in the tank- now she straight up attacks us. She has drawn blood from my husband's hands twice. She has tried to jump out of the tank to bite us when we open the lid to do something.
Today I was wiping down the glass after a water change and she attacked the glass hard enough that it made a thunk noise.
soo.... no new fish for the tank.
As you can see in the picture we have now developed a lovely thick wall of waving green hair algae and theres some red slime algae crawling on the edges of the wall.
I am trying to get some replacement parts for the tank and trying to figure out lighting.
Been trying to improve the PH and Calcium levels so I can get some LPS
Id like to get some pulsing xenia and green stars.
Honestly I want to get some new LR and rescape everything in there- get rid of the plastic decoration.
OF course I have some questions so here they are.
1- should I remove this weird black tape covering the glass of the back chambers?
2- should i just go ahead and scrape all that green hair algae off the back wall?
3- im thinking of adding about 1" of pink fiji live sand. how much open sand should I leave while making my landscaping plans?
4- should I add a skimmer to the back?
its been a while
life is nuts
anyway updates on the tank. finally got nitrates to register something that wasn't flaming red. its hanging out in the 50s range lately
Weekly water changes still happening. PH is hanging around 7.8
Have 2 emerald green crabs now- of which 1 is pregnant. I have no illusion about any of the fry surviving.
They have done a great job on 2 rocks but refuse to get on the rock that "belongs" to the clown fish.
The clown has now been renamed Marvin after John Malkovich's character in RED. In the last 3 weeks- we assume its a she due to size- has become nuts.
Before she wasn't happy about my hands in the tank- now she straight up attacks us. She has drawn blood from my husband's hands twice. She has tried to jump out of the tank to bite us when we open the lid to do something.
Today I was wiping down the glass after a water change and she attacked the glass hard enough that it made a thunk noise.
soo.... no new fish for the tank.
As you can see in the picture we have now developed a lovely thick wall of waving green hair algae and theres some red slime algae crawling on the edges of the wall.
I am trying to get some replacement parts for the tank and trying to figure out lighting.
Been trying to improve the PH and Calcium levels so I can get some LPS
Id like to get some pulsing xenia and green stars.
Honestly I want to get some new LR and rescape everything in there- get rid of the plastic decoration.
OF course I have some questions so here they are.
1- should I remove this weird black tape covering the glass of the back chambers?
2- should i just go ahead and scrape all that green hair algae off the back wall?
3- im thinking of adding about 1" of pink fiji live sand. how much open sand should I leave while making my landscaping plans?
4- should I add a skimmer to the back?
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