My 10 gallon xenia forest
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Joe Pusdesris
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All the free nutrients in the water from xenia crash +
lack of zooplankton resulting from xenia crash +
emptying phyto cultures since no one would maintain them while I was at college +
direct sunlight from a window =
holy green.
lack of zooplankton resulting from xenia crash +
emptying phyto cultures since no one would maintain them while I was at college +
direct sunlight from a window =
holy green.
.::Jun77::.
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how about good 'oll water change?
Joe Pusdesris
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Mixing water in a dorm is difficult. But yes, I was planning on doing that next time I make it home for a weekend.
Joe Pusdesris
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I highly doubt the clam will be low on light. It is like 8 inches away from 52 watts of high PAR light, has direct light from a window, and plenty to eat if the phyto keeps growing.
I would prefer to stay away from flame scallops and well, I am not going to waste money on feather dusters. I have a few that grew naturally in my display tank at home, so I might try to take some of them to the dorm with me.
And as for an update on the status of things, the clam isn't clearing the water as quickly as I had expected, but it doesn't seem to be getting worse every day like it was before, so that is a step forward. Water change with water from my display tank at home on Sunday, that should not only remove a lot of phyto, but introduce fresh zooplankton to help take care of things.
I would prefer to stay away from flame scallops and well, I am not going to waste money on feather dusters. I have a few that grew naturally in my display tank at home, so I might try to take some of them to the dorm with me.
And as for an update on the status of things, the clam isn't clearing the water as quickly as I had expected, but it doesn't seem to be getting worse every day like it was before, so that is a step forward. Water change with water from my display tank at home on Sunday, that should not only remove a lot of phyto, but introduce fresh zooplankton to help take care of things.
Joe Pusdesris
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Heh, thanks.
Joe Pusdesris
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Heh, thanks.
HUNTINREDNECK
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good luck
50 50
50 50
Joe Pusdesris
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It seems there was a rollback.
Water changes yesterday and more tomorrow.
Water changes yesterday and more tomorrow.
prolawn_care
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Add a few dwarf seahorse! Their really cheap! Or you can bottle up the water and sell it on seahorse.org or aquabid.com... I have bought a few bottles for my dwarf seahorses!! They would have a blast in your tank!! I just bought (well traded) about 60 stalks of silver tipped pulsating xenia from a guy around here for 2 heads of candy cane coral!!! I made out well!!! Good luck! Let me know if you want any of these guys, maybe we can trade some of your water for some pulsating xenia!
nuclear360
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pretty cool thanks for sharing
Been_There8
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Can i recomend like 10 snails and 10 hermi crabs so we dont see all that algae on the sand this time around
Joe Pusdesris
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50% water change today. Still extremely green, but there is a little better visibility. I also brought a feather duster and some sponge with me.
prolawn_care
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Just a metter of time and your tank will be thriving with the feather duster and the snail and the clam and the sponge... Good luck!! Cant wait to see the tank when everything is back to normal!
Joe Pusdesris
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Forgot to mention. I also raised my salinity. I figured it would help since phyto cultures seem to do better at low salinity.
