???? what is this

[troylong45]

i found this on my sand bed it about 1/4"-1/2" big it kinda looks like sea urchin
it normally is in the same spot doesn't seem to move plant maybe???

 

[Calappidae]

either bryopsis or hair algae

 

[troylong45]

Are either of them bad ?

 

[Calappidae]

Are either of them bad ?

hmm..

If your into that then nope its not bad...

But it is a sign of too much nutrients (phosphates/nitrates from over feeding, over stock, uncycled aquarium, messing with the sand bed too much, etc. etc.) I'd start buying a CUC for that while it's still just starting.

 

[troylong45]

Sry to ask what is cuc

 

[BoricuaMojao]

Sry to ask what is cuc

stands for Clean Up Crew (snails, hermit crabs, etc)

 

[Calappidae]

stands for Clean Up Crew (snails, hermit crabs, etc)

+1 basicly, the livestock that cleans up the leftover food, detrius, algae, and other unwanted things in the tank is the CUC.

 

[troylong45]

O lol learning new Acronyms I only have 4 snails and 1 hermit about 1/2 - 3/4 inch and 6 hermits 3/8 - 1/2 1 pompom and 1 cleaner shrimp I bet that's not enough but they seem to keep it up should I get more and if so how many of what Is suggested

I have the above and
star polps 2"x4"
3 head of ducan
1 head of purple mushroom
1 Blue and yellow tail damsel 1 - 1 1/4"
1 three strip damsel 3/4 - 1"
1 Blue hippo tang 1 3/4 - 2"
1 Ocellaris clown 2 "
1 percula clown so I was told looks like a dark orange no black lining the white strips 1 7/8"

Then copepods and ambipods then then what's in my refugeim

 

[BoricuaMojao]

what are your parameters?

 

[troylong45]

My lighting is 4 48" t5ho bulbs set at
(2) 10 k from 1130-1930(8 hrs)

(1) atintic(the 2nd shipped broken since I had bought the setup)1030-2030(10 hrs)

(8) moon light 800-2300(15 hrs)

My dkh is a tiny bit high should be 9-12 I'm told and it's at 14
nitrates are 5-10 maybe 20 ppm which lfs said that's OK
Nitrites are 0
Ammonia 0
Calcium 540
Ph 8-8.2
Phosphate 0
Temp 79-80 f
Specific gravity 1.024

In a few im going to test again after I eat I'll update them then

 

[troylong45]

Salinity 1.024
Temp 78f
Ph 7.8 lights been off for 3-4 hrs
Dkh 15ish 7 days ago was 14
Calcium 500ish 7 days ago was 540
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 20
Nitrite 0
Phosphate 0

 

[robotman]

Salinity 1.024
Temp 78f
Ph 7.8 lights been off for 3-4 hrs
Dkh 15ish 7 days ago was 14
Calcium 500ish 7 days ago was 540
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 20
Nitrite 0
Phosphate 0

mag is low, your alkalinity is way high O_O and your calcium is way high to, want near 400-440

 

[Calappidae]

mag is low, your alkalinity is way high O_O and your calcium is way high to, want near 400-440

+1,
Alk, I was told ranges around 7-11 dkh. The small traces of nitrates is feeding that hair algae.. its no big deal now, but it won't take long before it goes crazy. My 29 (the picture earlier) got hair algae the first month during setup.. it started small like yours, and 2 months later I took that picture..

Lol, my alk was 27 dkh at one point I blame 4 months of daily dosing of reef buffer. Now I got it all managed (took awhile) and no longer use any buffers. Just do some small water changes here and there to keep everything where it should be.

Are you by chance dosing your tank with anything? (asking because of the calcium levels)

 

[troylong45]

Not dosing anything long time ago I used reef buffer and then looked at dkh lol. Won't use it again. The calcium I'm guessing is the salt I use instant ocean reef crystal salt I tested it while back on new water for water change and calcium and dkh was higher then should been but I only tested as soon as I stired it and not after a dayish of mixing

 

[troylong45]

My test kit api says it should be like 460- like 520 I thought

 

[troylong45]

I have coralin algae growing I heard that means a good tank I guess

 

[Calappidae]

I would take a water sample to your lfs to get tested. Sometimes test kits go bad and give inaccurate results. Compare your test results to their's. They even have an expiration date on the bottles.