My 29gal

[True Percula]

Hey finally got pics of my 29gal thanks to a member from RC....I am only 14 so cant afford EVERYTHING for this..Any suggestions?

 

[Rockblast]

1st suggestion: Start removing all that Algea. It really makes the aquarium look ugly.
2nd. The rock work looks nice but in my opinion it's kinda risky to leave it that way. Its easy for a rock to tip over.

BTW the clownfish are nice

 

[True Percula]

Thanks the rock was set up that way for over 4months and how do i get rid of the algea

 

[Rockblast]

Either by buying this
http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=LE12085

Or just buy a new sponge that costs less than $1.00 and scrub hard

 

[bawla47]

are you using RO/DI water?

id remove as much as you can by hand(hair algae)

and get your phosphates down. im running a phosban reactor with phosban and its helped alot.

 

[True Percula]

i am using tap

 

[Rockblast]

that's why you are getting the hair algea

I normally buy a few bottles of Distilled water at Walmart. $0.79 each

 

[Ludwigia73]

Go to your normal LFS, hopefully a good one, and get RO water. It's only .50 a gallon, and it'll help tremendously to get rid of the algae. Then, get 15 astrea snails. I'd say get more, but not enough rockwork. Once the algae's gone, call me for some zoos. A sinularia would look great sticking out of the side of that rock, growing upwards, and a nice gorgonian out the other side. No gorgonian till the algae's in check, though.

 

[Kogo]

nice canopy. did you build it yourself?

 

[True Percula]

Yea i did thanks

 

[KING OF THE REEF]

yep i agree with everythiong here except no onementioned adding a sterilizer and running carbon off and on. thats what i did and my tank looks crystal clear now. are you running a skimmer richard?

 

[silver17jo]

Your clowns are cool. happy reefing.

 

[silver17jo]

Your clowns are cool. happy reefing.

 

[True Percula]

thanks no i am not running a skimmer only a pengiun 330 filter with carbon

 

[bawla47]

ro water is 25 cents a gallon over at big als. id buy 4-5 gasoline jugs, and get those filled, to use as your topoff.

 

[KING OF THE REEF]

get a skimmer it will help mke the tank better.

 

[True Percula]

yea but can i just use saltwater from big als which is 50cents a gallon

 

[piberoptikz]

Nice green tank!

 

[Ludwigia73]

Tap water's bad.... N'key?

 

[True Percula]

I think i am gonna clean all the algea today