40g Half Cylinder

Next time I feed the corals I'm going to turn the pumps all the way off and see if they do this again, and watch what happens.
 
artopia said:
read 'turbo snails and emerald crabs' on another forum that would eat that slimy algae - any thoughts?
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If u talking about that green slime algae thats actually a bacteria. They do have meds for that but ive never used it its called red slime remover least i believe it will work on green slime too maybe somebody else knows for sure. If its the brown diatom stuff it will go away with time ive seen blue legs eat some before but they wont keep up with it
 
It's brownish, and develops a long strand, often with a bubble at the end

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artopia said:
It's brownish, and develops a long strand, often with a bubble at the end

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Yea thats bacteria to. Just part of the cycle specially with dry sand and rock it will go away on its own just give it time
 
madjoe said:
Yea thats bacteria to. Just part of the cycle specially with dry sand and rock it will go away on its own just give it time
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The rock I brought over was cleaned and dry. It will take some time for it to become alive with all the good bacteria.


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you should post a close up full tank shot. helps for identification as there are several types of algae that can be of concern at this point of your tanks life
 
Also, concerned about my monti - found it on the sand this morning (thanks pigpen the urchin) and now it's got these blanched spots and isn't extending polyps. Could the plate coral have stung it?



Monti yesterday

 
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Again its not much to worry about its gonna happen the sand and rock need to cycle . Its gonna get worse before better then will all go away let the tank do its thing. My tank went through it and everyone elses only way around it is live sand and live rock then the cycle isnt as bad but u get those hitch hickers that u gotta beat with a hammer . Just stick with regular schedule water changes and keep sucking that junk off
 
madjoe said:
Again its not much to worry about its gonna happen the sand and rock need to cycle . Its gonna get worse before better then will all go away let the tank do its thing. My tank went through it and everyone elses only way around it is live sand and live rock then the cycle isnt as bad but u get those hitch hickers that u gotta beat with a hammer . Just stick with regular schedule water changes and keep sucking that junk off
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Worth going through another cycle to be monster free, for sure! :)
 
Monti looks better today, color coming back and most polyps are out but it still has those two white areas on it. What happened to it? Is there anything I can do to help it?

 
artopia said:
Monti looks better today, color coming back and most polyps are out but it still has those two white areas on it. What happened to it? Is there anything I can do to help it?

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Either stung or from being in sand bed . It will come back no worries
 
Hi all - I'm back! I had a really weird twist in my life happen in early October - found out that I was adopted as an infant. So my attention was really diverted from my tank for a while. It got pretty bad after a month or so of almost total neglect, but I got back on board with it and it's doing quite well. Here's what it looks like now:
 
In the past couple of weeks that anemone has suddenly gotten very aggressive. It started by expanding out at the base until it was quite thick, and then it started moving. It traveled to the back of the tank and almost the full way across in a few hours. I think it stung the big blue mushroom up there in the middle, because the top of it looks shriveled or burnt. Then the anemone went back almost to the same spot it is in in the picture above, except that it was draped over the pipe organ coral. Now the pipe organ coral is almost completely retracted (or perhaps dead?). Did the anemone sting it? Why did it suddenly get so aggressive and is there a way to pacify it? I'm about ready to trap it in a jar. :jerk:

Also, I bought a file fish to deal with the aiptasia problem I had - there as a strain that the peppermint shrimp wouldn't eat - and now it is picking on the plate coral. Is there a way to protect it? Or perhaps is it already dead? It's entirely retracted and hard and doesn't seem to be eating, but it's still got mostly good color - only blanching a bit around the edges.
 
OK soooo... I put a piece of plexiglass between the anemone and the pipe coral. It escaped on snailback, the little devil. The question is... um.... WTH?? The ANEMONE IS RIDING ON THE SNAIL!!
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Anems will always move to find their "spot". I got lucky with some RBTA, but I've heard stories of them cruising around the tank until they found just the right spot.
 
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