Herbieace's 28g Nanocube

Thanks you for the kind words.
Yes, I think that has a lot to do with the current level of algae. I have 3 kinds of macro algae in my InTank media basket along with purigen and I am running phosban and seagel in a HOB reactor. I also added a jbj nano zapp UV sterilizer (won't hurt, right). My CUC and prune-like hands round out the attack, but it is working to the point that I am starting to grow more macro in a different tank so I can make sure my lawnmower blenny stays happy. I would say it is impossible to give credit to any one part of the puzzel except the experts here on CR!
 
I made the mistake of getting a little confidence and I offended the aquarium gods. My SPS mini colony died off and my orange aussie plate seems very unhappy. This may have to do with some phosban getting loose from my reactor (or a million other non-testable variables). I have changed it out for just seagel instead of GFO and carbon stacked. I also realized that one of my macro algae species is caulerpa and it's been spreading as tiny pieces break off from my media basket. Caulerpa will grow on ANYTHING. Oh, I almost forgot to mention the cyano or whatever it is that is lurking in the shadows. Needless to say, I am about ready to throw in the stinky salt encrusted towel and get an effing turtle. An interesting hobby we have chosen for ourselves to say the least. Gripe over, now research and action. Anyone ever do a 100% water change?
 
Looks like the GFO may have been irritating things. Since replacing it with seagel (in reactor) things look less stressed and it seems my aussie plate may pull through yet. If I ever use the rest of my phosban I'll be sure to put it under the carbon and double up on the sponges.
 
Hyperlitexr50 said:
Nice tank I like the scape. I always just ran chatto in mine and chem put elite
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Thanks. I think I should consider that simplicity approach as well. I am probably still overfeeding, but the hair algae is completely gone and I might be able to pare back some of my methods of control.
 
the cherub is probably 1.25 inches and is really a great addition to my tank. My yasha comes out all the time now and my ocellaris pair are social with it as well. The cherub seems really healthy and eats everything I feed and is constantly picking at the rocks (definite decline in pod population, but that is fine in my case no impact on sps or lps as far as I can tell). Its' swimming pattern is also a nice complement to my other fish because it spends about 65% of the time in and around the rocks and the rest in the column. Much more active than any of my other fish.
 
Herbieace said:
the cherub is probably 1.25 inches and is really a great addition to my tank. My yasha comes out all the time now and my ocellaris pair are social with it as well. The cherub seems really healthy and eats everything I feed and is constantly picking at the rocks (definite decline in pod population, but that is fine in my case no impact on sps or lps as far as I can tell). Its' swimming pattern is also a nice complement to my other fish because it spends about 65% of the time in and around the rocks and the rest in the column. Much more active than any of my other fish.
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Did you get him from MCF? I want one but I'm terrified of them tearing my coral to shreds. :hungry:
 
I did get him from MCF. I know others have said they are 50/50, but I am really glad I took the risk. This is the smallest one Reid at MCF had ever seen though.
 
The team seems super happy lately
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Maybe it's the new Skimmer! (how did I actually think I could do the same thing with water changes?!) It is definitely barely compatible, but the Reef Octopus BH-1000 skimmer seems to be a real work horse and actually turns out to be a pretty darn good choice for my set-up.
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Not too bad on the profile either.
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