Melev's new Nano!

[melev]

Here are some recent pictures of the tank. There are days I just want to drain it and start anew, because it just looks so dirty to me, but I've resisted the urge.

There is some cyano, but because I dose vodka to my system, I've not used any cyano removers in over 7 months.

The Rose BTA has grown from a tiny little anemone posted many months ago. The clowns lay eggs like clockwork.

I got this very fuzzy gorgonian at our last club meeting.

Here's one of two peppermint shrimp in the tank.

A pretty rainbow acan

More acans

Pink Lemonade frag

Ryan's gorgeous milli

That's it for now.

 

[Micki]

Hey Marc, try your magnet scraper on that tank!

 

[melev]

I wish I could, but this tank is acrylic, and I have no reason to believe the scraper wouldn't scratch it up.

 

[Clownfish29]

a credit card is a great way to remove a lot of algae off of acrylic. I tried it on my acrylic refugium a few days ago, to try and remove all of the coralline and other various types of algae off of the glass. It works great, removing everything and giving the tank a "new-tank" look! By the way, the tank looks great!

 

[Micki]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14286273#post14286273 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
I wish I could, but this tank is acrylic, and I have no reason to believe the scraper wouldn't scratch it up.

Ahhhh, didn't think about that. My bad...

 

[Alaska_Phil]

Marc, looking great as usual. I wouldn't sweat that little bit of cyano too much. While snorkeling in Hawaii last week I saw several small patches of cyano. So it makes your tank a little closer to nature.

Phil

 

[foofooree]

Awesome tank! Do you find the small opening very difficult to work with at times?

 

[melev]

Thanks Phil. I hate cyano since it tends to be an eyesore and often can harm some corals as it spreads. After talking with Anthony and Pete, I may switch the pump from wave to Reefcrest to see if that helps sweep out the accumulated crud in that tank.

Foo - not so much, but the light does get in the way. I have to work from either opening (around the light).

 

[Rickyrooz1]

Marc, what critters help to remove cyano?

 

[melev]

I've read & heard that Red Footed Snails & Sea Hares will eat it...

Three days of darkness of course, if the corals can handle it... I've done it in the past with my 280g reef, and the SPS survived it but I was a nervous wreck.

 

[Rickyrooz1]

Doesn't the cyano come back once the lights are turned back off because turning the lights off doesn't stop the nutrient source that is feeding the bacteria?

 

[melev]

After the three days, the bloom is dead and gone, and the water is amazingly clear.

Cyano bacteria is a normal part of the bacteria in our systems, but what we don't want is when it blooms and gets out of hand. That's just an eye sore.

 

[mnml]

Those are some happy clowns. Love the anem

 

[Alaska_Phil]

Natural of not I tend to agree with you. It also makes me nervous when I see it in a tank as it can get badly out of hand so fast. However, I did have to take the below photo since it bares such a resemblance to my nano tank.

Phil

 

[Electrobes]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14293373#post14293373 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
After the three days, the bloom is dead and gone, and the water is amazingly clear.

Cyano bacteria is a normal part of the bacteria in our systems, but what we don't want is when it blooms and gets out of hand. That's just an eye sore.

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[NaturalReef]

sweet tank

 

[melev]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14298980#post14298980 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Electrobes
Pics or it didn't happen

It was documented in my 280g thread somewhere, probably somewhere around Page 450 - 500 of that thread.

 

[Electrobes]

:lol:

 

[melev]

I need to post some new pictures, because last night I scraped the tank clean of a lot of the algae buildup on the walls.

 

[drauka99]

I had problems with cyno in my tank for a while but when I added more flow - went from 30x to 40x and added nassarious snails to the sand bed it cleared right up (i also went from feeding my 2 clown every day to feeding them every other day).