Well the algea is not unexpected. I did put in a big chunk of frozen mysis into the tank the day i got my LR to decay and produce amonia... im sure that that helped but I will still get some more RO/DI and do a big waterchange. I run activated carbon i dont know if that gets rid of silicates or not. I know it doesnt remove phosphates. I can get some pads though. And I am not going to get my clean up crew until my tank is cycled. I have the calurpa in the fuge under a 24/7 30watt T-5 light and its growing very quickly.
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CeaHorseMaShell
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have you tried a kent phosphate sponge? Those seem to work really well. I agree with Tom about the tap water. That can also be a huge source of phosphates, therefore the water changes that are meant to help the tank are feeding the problem. This could explain your hair algea problem. good luck
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pledosophy
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Lime Juice? I know with Lemon juice you have to inject the juice right into the mouth of the appie where Joe's or Kalk you just have to get close. JME
On the vibrio subject, colera is a vibrio, not the one most seahorses get, but it has been more fully studied as it affects humans..
This vibrio lives in snails, pods and most other sea creatures. If you do a search you will find studies on it.
If you buy the seahorse disease book, they wrote about the seahorse vibrio, and I have been told they are very similar in the way they live - so you can probably translate the studies of the colera vibrio to the seahorse vibrio. So once your tank has the seahorse vibrio, it will not go away if you leave the tank fallow for 6 weeks. You will have to remove every living thing from the tank.
This vibrio lives in snails, pods and most other sea creatures. If you do a search you will find studies on it.
If you buy the seahorse disease book, they wrote about the seahorse vibrio, and I have been told they are very similar in the way they live - so you can probably translate the studies of the colera vibrio to the seahorse vibrio. So once your tank has the seahorse vibrio, it will not go away if you leave the tank fallow for 6 weeks. You will have to remove every living thing from the tank.
pledosophy
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Mal is right. There have been tanks left fallow for a year and on introduction of new syngnathids the original strain of vibrio caused infection in the new speciments.
Ok anyways I did a test on the tank today for amonia, nitrites and nitrates
The results were kind of unexpected
So first i started with nitrites. They were undetectable
Then I did nitrates. They too were undectable
at this point, i figured that there must be a lot of amonia being that i had put a huge block of mysis in about a week earlier and three days ago, they read 5 ppm
Any ways, I did the amonia test and it too was undetectable.
How can this be? that With all of the waist produced from the decaying mysis just dissapered? It should have turned into nitrates, but there were no nitrates....
I added another big chunk of mysis today.
The results were kind of unexpected
So first i started with nitrites. They were undetectable
Then I did nitrates. They too were undectable
at this point, i figured that there must be a lot of amonia being that i had put a huge block of mysis in about a week earlier and three days ago, they read 5 ppm
Any ways, I did the amonia test and it too was undetectable.
How can this be? that With all of the waist produced from the decaying mysis just dissapered? It should have turned into nitrates, but there were no nitrates....
I added another big chunk of mysis today.
COOL!
So the other day i tested my tank about 5 days after i added the first big block of frozen mysis. My amonia, nitrite, and nitrate all were undetectable! So then i added a bunch more frozen mysis (about 50 PE mysis) The next day I tested again. Amonia was at 0.1 ppm as was nitrite. Nitrate was still undetectable. I tested again today (the mysis are still there rotting away in my feeding station) and I got amonia:0.1 , and Nitrite 0.3
I took at trip to the LFS today as well. I got a nitrogen cycle booster thingy that is supposed to cylce your tank in 48 hours. My tank is almost cycled already the old fashioned way, so I figure that this thing couldnt hurt. I also got some kalk because the aiptasia is back.
I am planning on getting my clean up crew this weekend!
So the other day i tested my tank about 5 days after i added the first big block of frozen mysis. My amonia, nitrite, and nitrate all were undetectable! So then i added a bunch more frozen mysis (about 50 PE mysis) The next day I tested again. Amonia was at 0.1 ppm as was nitrite. Nitrate was still undetectable. I tested again today (the mysis are still there rotting away in my feeding station) and I got amonia:0.1 , and Nitrite 0.3
I took at trip to the LFS today as well. I got a nitrogen cycle booster thingy that is supposed to cylce your tank in 48 hours. My tank is almost cycled already the old fashioned way, so I figure that this thing couldnt hurt. I also got some kalk because the aiptasia is back.
I am planning on getting my clean up crew this weekend!
pledosophy
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Your ammonia is at 1!
That is not very cool. You need to get some amqel or something to neatralize the ammonia or else you will be replacing that crew very soon.
That is not very cool. You need to get some amqel or something to neatralize the ammonia or else you will be replacing that crew very soon.
