How is everyones tanks coming along?

[Grand Wazoo]

It's been a month and a half since I first introduced TBS liverock to my tank--the rock is now the basis for my tank that is coming along OK. Here are some of the recent frag additions to my tank--Toadstool--Mushrooms--Xenia--Zoos...

Lousy pictures I know--but just to give you an idea of how my tank is progressing.

 

[HowardW]

Very nice pics Wazoo! How is your clean up crew doing on the algae? Any new additions?

 

[Grand Wazoo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7143209#post7143209 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HowardW
Very nice pics Wazoo! How is your clean up crew doing on the algae? Any new additions?

Not as great a job as I'd like--I added five more blue legged hermit crabs-still have some hair algae. Need to lower my nitrates and phosphates. I ordered a wet/dry. Will be here tomorrow--

Still have trace of nitrite too once in a while--can't figure out why. Nothing dead, nothing decaying. I think it might be from some sponge die-off on my rock. It isn't harming anything though. Thankfully!!

How is your tank coming along, Howard--you have part 2 yet?

 

[Grand Wazoo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7143209#post7143209 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HowardW
Very nice pics Wazoo! How is your clean up crew doing on the algae? Any new additions?

Not as great a job as I'd like--I added five more blue legged hermit crabs-still have some hair algae. Need to lower my nitrates and phosphates. I ordered a wet/dry. Will be here tomorrow--

Still have trace of nitrite too once in a while--can't figure out why. Nothing dead, nothing decaying. I think it might be from some sponge die-off on my rock. It isn't harming anything though. Thankfully!!

How is your tank coming along, Howard--you have part 2 yet?

 

[HowardW]

Finally got part 2 late last night after my boxes got bumped off the flight they were supposed to be on at 11AM. Everything looks good and I checked the few tunnels in the large rocks closely and didn't see any hint of a mantis, but there have been a couple of loud clicks coming from the tank since yesterday :-(

Hopefully it's just a pistol shrimp or two because this 2nd shipment really had no rocks with deep holes or tunnels anywhere so I don't see where there could have been a mantis hiding out.

The one odd thing is there have been a pile of about 8 hermits just sitting in a big pile on the top of a rock right under the skimmer return and they don't move. I acclimated them over a 3 hr. period last night so I hope they are ok and start working on the hair algae a bit. .

 

[jezzeaepi]

"I ordered a wet/dry."

You dont want a nitrate factory, err i mean wet/dry filter. It will only make your problem worse. Instead, convert it to a refugium. That will do wonders for your nitrates.

 

[flameangel88]

Just curious as to why the wet/dry will create a nitrate factory? Even running a wet/dry you still will need to perform water change.

Thanks.