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electric130
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it's a gas. you have to buy an ozone generator: http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merc...ct_Code=RED-BASIC100&Category_Code=ozoneunitsthewuf said:
weatherson
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Another issue with Ozone use is that it can clarify the water so quickly that the corals can receive to much light (UV) too quickly and harm can be caused. It's not unlike adding a large amount of carbon to a tank that hasn't had it before for a length of time. So care should be taken.
Joseph
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electric130
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just super glue the zoos. that's what i've always done. you can't hardly kill them.
melev
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Do not get the gel on the tops of the polyps. And I will have to say that zoanthids are not quite as hardy as J.R. indicates. I've seen some do great and others wither away even under ideal circumstances. It can be very frustrating at times, but I hope you'll have success with your new fraglet. 
electric130
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yes, some are more sensitive than others. i've got some yellow polyps that i've actually tried to kill with Kalk and they won't die! i've got some orange zoos along with numerous other colors that i've gotten glue all over the top of the polyps and they still recover. i've never seen any zoos die from fragging or gluing in my experience with 30+ different types though.
clkwrk
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I usally use a small rubber band and band the mat to a rubble rock .Always works great for me . If they are floaters I get one of those small glad cotainers put plenty of small holes in it .Then fill the bottom with itty bitty rubble and put loose zoa's in .Once they attach I then super glue those to a bigger piece of rubble rock .
thewuf
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Thanks guys! They zoos are glued. Funny thing is, I got these with the refuge kit last week and wedged them in a rock crevice. They were fine at first then just disappeared. Found them tonight rolling across the sand bed in full bloom! Glued them back in the same crevice!
BTW, the stars are gone! Lady in St. Louis traded me a Leather Coral for them.
BTW, the stars are gone! Lady in St. Louis traded me a Leather Coral for them.
SOMEthinsFISHY
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any one miss me i was in ct for a week ?
thewuf
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There's nothing new to take a picture of!
But, here's an update! As some of you know I've been having a lot of trouble with "Spider Webs" in my tank. Thought maybe it has something to do with the new movie,
but here's what I've found out. Pretty interesting...
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=390794
But, here's an update! As some of you know I've been having a lot of trouble with "Spider Webs" in my tank. Thought maybe it has something to do with the new movie,
but here's what I've found out. Pretty interesting...http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=390794
electric130
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i had one of those growing on a clam shell. it was irritating the mantle of the clam so i broke it off with needle nose pliers. killed the thing, smelled horrible, but it never came back.
thewuf
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OK, new questions and findings!
Prelude:
My tank is now over two months old, and has been 8 weeks with water quality indicating I was through the cycle. Meaning, my pH, specific gravity, ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites are all within the "accepted" tolerances. My corals and inverts are all thriving.
1) My tank is still full of diatoms. It goes with the light cycle. First thing in the morning, the tank is clean and beautiful (way to go Turbo's!) By late afternoon, here come the diatoms, and by lights out it looks like someone threw copper pennies all over the bottom. Then clean again by morning. Is this normal? Are my lights on too long? (VHO's, actinic and daylight, come on at 9:00 am and off at 11:00. MH's on at noon, off at 10:00pm)
2) I seem to be experiencing what many have indicated as new fish ick. Meaning, fish already in the tank (the chromis) are fine, but any newly added fish gets ick. Someone, even suggested my tank is still cycling. Is this somehow related to the above? Am I going through another cycle that needs addressing - or just sit still? If it is a cycle I can tell you that the water parameters are all still fine. I bought another (different brand) test kits just to be sure and they both indicate water is good. Took a sample to the LFS, and they say it's good. What do you think?
I'm in no hurry, and I'm going to hold off on any new fish for awhile. JHardman emailed me last night that my new True Perc pair has arrived and are doing nicely at his place, so the clock is ticking. I want these issues gone when they arrive! So give me your opinion. BTW, I should have pics of the new clowns sometime today, and I'll share!!
3) Are "pods" really tiny "clear shrimp" looking things that crawl really fast across rock and sand? If so, I got tons of them! When I feed, it looks like ants at a picnic - running everywhere. If not, what are they?
I also have a somewhat healthy bristleworm population, and they're pretty - sort of. They are long purple worms with baby pink tips. And Stomatella are reproducing like mad as well. I keep noticing more and more, and last night, I could find tons of little babies. Also, found my first evidence of coralline algae growing on the back wall of the tank last night, and it's everywhere! Little dots of purple all over the back glass. Another good sign that things are somewhat OK in the water right? Oh, and one of the tiny nubs of a frag of yellow, purple tipped acro - has a new branch starting!
So good things and bad are all happening at TheWuf's reef.
Prelude:
My tank is now over two months old, and has been 8 weeks with water quality indicating I was through the cycle. Meaning, my pH, specific gravity, ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites are all within the "accepted" tolerances. My corals and inverts are all thriving.
1) My tank is still full of diatoms. It goes with the light cycle. First thing in the morning, the tank is clean and beautiful (way to go Turbo's!) By late afternoon, here come the diatoms, and by lights out it looks like someone threw copper pennies all over the bottom. Then clean again by morning. Is this normal? Are my lights on too long? (VHO's, actinic and daylight, come on at 9:00 am and off at 11:00. MH's on at noon, off at 10:00pm)
2) I seem to be experiencing what many have indicated as new fish ick. Meaning, fish already in the tank (the chromis) are fine, but any newly added fish gets ick. Someone, even suggested my tank is still cycling. Is this somehow related to the above? Am I going through another cycle that needs addressing - or just sit still? If it is a cycle I can tell you that the water parameters are all still fine. I bought another (different brand) test kits just to be sure and they both indicate water is good. Took a sample to the LFS, and they say it's good. What do you think?
I'm in no hurry, and I'm going to hold off on any new fish for awhile. JHardman emailed me last night that my new True Perc pair has arrived and are doing nicely at his place, so the clock is ticking. I want these issues gone when they arrive! So give me your opinion. BTW, I should have pics of the new clowns sometime today, and I'll share!!
3) Are "pods" really tiny "clear shrimp" looking things that crawl really fast across rock and sand? If so, I got tons of them! When I feed, it looks like ants at a picnic - running everywhere. If not, what are they?
I also have a somewhat healthy bristleworm population, and they're pretty - sort of. They are long purple worms with baby pink tips. And Stomatella are reproducing like mad as well. I keep noticing more and more, and last night, I could find tons of little babies. Also, found my first evidence of coralline algae growing on the back wall of the tank last night, and it's everywhere! Little dots of purple all over the back glass. Another good sign that things are somewhat OK in the water right? Oh, and one of the tiny nubs of a frag of yellow, purple tipped acro - has a new branch starting!
So good things and bad are all happening at TheWuf's reef.
melev
Well-known member
You can see an amphipod on my ID page, but copepods look very much like little white ants.
The brown stuff you are describing sounds like a different form of algae, rather than a diatom bloom. It almost reminds me of cyano bacteria or dinoflaggellates. I had that in my tank and it was driving me crazy to the point that I posted a horrific picture here on RC. Anyway, when I couldn't take it anymore, I just siphoned it all off the substrate with flexible tubing (1/4" or 3/8" I believe) and miraculously it didn't come back. I don't know if siphoning was the cure, or if it was at the end of its cycle and my action was merely coincidence, but I was glad to see it gone.
I think running your lights 12 hours a day is plenty.
The bristleworms and stomatella are benign detritus / algae consumers.
The brown stuff you are describing sounds like a different form of algae, rather than a diatom bloom. It almost reminds me of cyano bacteria or dinoflaggellates. I had that in my tank and it was driving me crazy to the point that I posted a horrific picture here on RC. Anyway, when I couldn't take it anymore, I just siphoned it all off the substrate with flexible tubing (1/4" or 3/8" I believe) and miraculously it didn't come back. I don't know if siphoning was the cure, or if it was at the end of its cycle and my action was merely coincidence, but I was glad to see it gone.
I think running your lights 12 hours a day is plenty.
The bristleworms and stomatella are benign detritus / algae consumers.
thewuf said:OK, new questions and findings!
Prelude:
My tank is now over two months old, and has been 8 weeks with water quality indicating I was through the cycle. Meaning, my pH, specific gravity, ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites are all within the "accepted" tolerances. My corals and inverts are all thriving.
1) My tank is still full of diatoms. It goes with the light cycle. First thing in the morning, the tank is clean and beautiful (way to go Turbo's!) By late afternoon, here come the diatoms, and by lights out it looks like someone threw copper pennies all over the bottom. Then clean again by morning. Is this normal? Are my lights on too long? (VHO's, actinic and daylight, come on at 9:00 am and off at 11:00. MH's on at noon, off at 10:00pm)
If you are still having issues with diatom blooms it could be a number of things. Do you have temp swings when your lights come on?? Have you been testing your Phosphate?? What are your exact parameters?? "accepted" tolerances could mean many different things.
2) I seem to be experiencing what many have indicated as new fish ick. Meaning, fish already in the tank (the chromis) are fine, but any newly added fish gets ick. Someone, even suggested my tank is still cycling. Is this somehow related to the above? Am I going through another cycle that needs addressing - or just sit still? If it is a cycle I can tell you that the water parameters are all still fine. I bought another (different brand) test kits just to be sure and they both indicate water is good. Took a sample to the LFS, and they say it's good. What do you think?
Well.. If your tank has experience Marine ick before and you didn't remove all of the fish. Then quarantine them for copper or hyposalinty treatment for atleast 4-6 weeks. What happens is the parasite "ick" will always remain in your tank unless there are no host (fish). So the fish that you have in your tank has developed an immunity to the parasite and probably carriers. So every new fish you introduce to your tank will become infected unless the are immuned in the first place. I has to remove every fish in my tank for treatment because i had the same issue.
I'm in no hurry, and I'm going to hold off on any new fish for awhile. JHardman emailed me last night that my new True Perc pair has arrived and are doing nicely at his place, so the clock is ticking. I want these issues gone when they arrive! So give me your opinion. BTW, I should have pics of the new clowns sometime today, and I'll share!!
3) Are "pods" really tiny "clear shrimp" looking things that crawl really fast across rock and sand? If so, I got tons of them! When I feed, it looks like ants at a picnic - running everywhere. If not, what are they?
Pods are crusteans and very helpful in reef tanks..
I also have a somewhat healthy bristleworm population, and they're pretty - sort of. They are long purple worms with baby pink tips. And Stomatella are reproducing like mad as well. I keep noticing more and more, and last night, I could find tons of little babies. Also, found my first evidence of coralline algae growing on the back wall of the tank last night, and it's everywhere! Little dots of purple all over the back glass. Another good sign that things are somewhat OK in the water right? Oh, and one of the tiny nubs of a frag of yellow, purple tipped acro - has a new branch starting!
So good things and bad are all happening at TheWuf's reef.
