From Diatom bloom to this? Help

[xian]

Not really a correction, they certainly help keep the tank clean.

I once took in an ailing clam from a really unhealthy system. The clam was already dying when I put it in my tank and the nassarius were on it in seconds. It looked like night of the living dead. The next day the shell was picked clean. Spooky.

 

[marduc]

I love the night of the living dead reference for the nassarius. It is always a blast to watch them rising up out from under the sand at the first whiff of food, it is like a horde of zombies rising out of the sand, and I refer to them as zombie snails for my not-so reef literate frineds who come over

Cabbage, some good advice already givin here.. definately stay away form the tang, go slow and easy, don't sweat the early algea blooms, just stay on top of them, keep up with the water changes (purity is paramount!), and snails are the way to go for clean up crews.. try to shy away form the hermits for the aforementioned reasons (unless you want to buy more snails every 6 months or so).

And a definitive NO! on the tang suggestion

 

[oh monti !!!!!]

Just to be sure...

Just to be sure...

Everyone has agreed that it is ok to put snails in right now? I mean i dont want to go ahead and get some and then turn around and everyone say that they meant in the future. Im going to have my water tested beforehand to make sure my levels are ok. And change some water. But do i need to wait for my levels to be perfect to put the snails in or is that what they are for? (to make my perams good)?? Clear it out for me. Lol im retarded!

-Sven

 

[oh monti !!!!!]

That was me (cabbage0709)

That was me (cabbage0709)

On that last post...im on a friend at work's name.

 

[xian]

Hmm...Instead of having your water tested get some test kits. You should be testing the water yourself. Start with Ammonia Nitrite Nitrate, and pH Eventually you're going to want Ca Kh and Phosphate test kits as well

Snails will be fine as long as the Nitrite and Ammonia are cycled out, but I'd say the algae growth is showing signs that it is near completion.

Marduk: I've got that same monti, what color light are you keeping it under?

 

[marduc]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10239971#post10239971 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by xian
Hmm...Instead of having your water tested get some test kits. You should be testing the water yourself. Start with Ammonia Nitrite Nitrate, and pH Eventually you're going to want Ca Kh and Phosphate test kits as well

Snails will be fine as long as the Nitrite and Ammonia are cycled out, but I'd say the algae growth is showing signs that it is near completion.

Marduk: I've got that same monti, what color light are you keeping it under?

agreed on the above post, you will especially want to test to make sure ammonia/trites don't build up with the snails in there.. but they will be safe if those are in check. just keep salt water on hand to do a water change if your readings creep up a tad..

xian.. that monti is under T-5 lighting, about 2/3s the way up the tank, and before I cut him way back.. he got huge on me! too huge. now i just have (2) 1.5" square pieces of him left, but provided I keep the zoas encroaching on him at bay he will be back in a hurry, it grows out quickly!

 

[mr.maroonsalty]

imo do the inverts, I don't like crabs they'll kill off too many potential benificials, however, they can do a good cleaning job, and some use them in full force and it looks like a subway mugging should a snail ever fall from the glass, and they'll never see any babies for long if they (the snails) reproduce. When things are looking good in a couple weeks try an easy softy if you're going that route. Keep stocking corals little by little and far down the road months down the road IMO when you can't wait any longer add a fish or two. If you have MAJANO get rid of them now when you can!!!

 

[aaa1234]

UPDATE:

UPDATE:

So i looked at a few pictures of MAJANO and these things dont look anything like them. Their tentacles are slim until the very end where there are white dots on them. They have mouths that i can see clearly. They are all white...when they close up they are like little pink bubbles. They seem to enjoy the dark a lot more than the light because when i turn it on they close up almost immediately. Any suggestions on what this might be?


Also...
I have something new in my tank. They look like little white ants. They are accumulating in the corners and back of my tank. They are fast and ant like...but about 1/4 the size of a normal ant. They remind me of fleas kinda but what the hell are these things???? Help!

-Sven

 

[fatdaddy]

Re: UPDATE:

Re: UPDATE:

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10246591#post10246591 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cabbage0709
I have something new in my tank. They look like little white ants.

Probably isopods. They are a good thing. Fish like to feed on them, so it's a good thing to have as they will help keep the tank clean.

 

[Wett Hands]

Re: UPDATE:

Re: UPDATE:

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10246591#post10246591 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cabbage0709
Also...
I have something new in my tank. They look like little white ants. They are accumulating in the corners and back of my tank. They are fast and ant like...but about 1/4 the size of a normal ant. They remind me of fleas kinda but what the hell are these things???? Help!

-Sven

YAY pods!!! There a good thing (If they are what i think they are... )

 

[xian]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10240535#post10240535 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by marduc
xian.. that monti is under T-5 lighting, about 2/3s the way up the tank, and before I cut him way back.. he got huge on me! too huge. now i just have (2) 1.5" square pieces of him left, but provided I keep the zoas encroaching on him at bay he will be back in a hurry, it grows out quickly!

Dang, why does everything look better under T5's...I need to get a 14K bulb back in my tank...


Cabbage, it seems like you're on the right track. Get those kits! I wouldn't sweat the Anemone, it may be an aptasia or a relative, maybe even a star or cup coral. Hard to tell without a picture.

 

[tgfrench]

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