Dirty tank!!

[TheAsian0328]

How do I dose with peroxide?

And what kind of peroxide

If you have a syringe, that would be the best way. Just blast it into the power head.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Lol so what do I need to do?

decide. you can do nothing and itll prob get better. you can do something and itll prob get better. or you try them and nothing happens
each something just has different aspects. bacteria should out compete and clean and add to the filter, peroxide will attack the bacteria and the food source by oxidising them, or chemiclean will attack just the cyano bacteria.

 

[aythatguy26]

What would you do?

 

[Flippers4pups]

I'll chime in. I've always just siphoned it out during a water change and reduced my photo period on my lights. I have never really had it go ballistic in any of my newly established tanks, just enough to become annoying. Ether what I did helped or it just eventually died off. Never knew.

With what I see you have in your pictures, it's not bad. Try manually removing it first and if in a few weeks that doesn't work and it gets worse, then more drastic measures maybe needed. You have time, do some reading on what others have done on removing it.

http://blog.marinedepot.com/2015/06/red-slime-how-to-prevent-and-remove-cyanobacteria.html

 

[TheAsian0328]

What would you do?

I personally would suck out as mush as I can during a water change. Then use a Turkey baster to suck out some of the rest. See how that goes for a few days then take a little harsher step. Always go from the easies and least invasive action to the most drastic.

 

[aythatguy26]

I did a water change lastnight. Used a turkey baster to try and clean the sand. However all of the algea on the sand is stuck to the sand. I couldn't get it off without sucking all the sand up in the baster. So instead it just moved it around and kind of covered it up

 

[aythatguy26]

Did a deep glass cleaning

What do you think?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Nice!
it could use more coral.

 

[aythatguy26]

Thanks haha and I know. However since it's just after Christmas I have to save some money up before I start buying more corals. I haven't added anything in a month.

I've noticed though sometimes my Xenia, Kenya tree, and zoas decide they want to hide for a few days and not open up. Again I only have the basic test kit ph, ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates. Also have a refractometer. All of that is fine and in check. Is this normal to happen? I've read a bit about it but everyone's situation is different. In the pic my Xenia is almost fully open, my zoas are closed, and my Kenya tree is closed up.

 

[aythatguy26]

Unless anyone wants to send me some free frags? Haha [emoji16][emoji12]

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

hows your No and Po? the numbers Please

 

[TheAsian0328]

I did a water change lastnight. Used a turkey baster to try and clean the sand. However all of the algea on the sand is stuck to the sand. I couldn't get it off without sucking all the sand up in the baster. So instead it just moved it around and kind of covered it up

A lot of the time I just blow a jet of water into the sand and loosen the algae from it. Then I'll try to suck it out or remove it by hand. But it looks good. Most of the time when the frags close up, it's because something is irritating them. Water movement, lights, moving them or toxins in the water. Are you running carbon? And how much?

 

[aythatguy26]

Honestly salty I have no clue. Again I have the most basic test kit. And the lfs I only pay for a regular test.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Nitrate and phosphate should be part of what they test for. When you can you'll want to test for it. Some tanks just run low on nutrients and it's not good for a lot of soft corals.
On the up side you could get into sps.

 

[aythatguy26]

My kit test for nitrates. But not phosphate.

What exactly are sps? My cube has the stock lighting which I read was only good enough for soft corals. Is that wrong?

 

[aythatguy26]

This is my parameters as of now

 

[aythatguy26]

I haven't had any trace of nitrates at all. Tank is 3 1/2 months old.

 

[aythatguy26]

Also I thought zoanthids like dirty tanks? Mine aren't looking good at all

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

lol. different type of "dirty". It refers to water quality. High nutrints. you test shows very low Nitrate. Phosphate is the other nutrient we deal with and test for.
A Small Polyp Stony. With out testing your light Im not sure if it would grow them.
I will say, for 3 months you should def be happy at how good the tank looks.

Xenia prefer dissolved nutrients, but zoas will sometimes respond to spot feeding, if they open up. You can try to feed just a bit more for for them. Im prb just too lazy to dose No and Po and prefer just using foods.

 

[aythatguy26]

Only food I have is mysis. Do they eat that? And do they look like there dying?

Overall I'm very happy with the tank. Wish I would have went a different route rock wise but I wanted to buy all live rock for this tank so it would cycle quicker.

All the fish, shrimp, crabs, and snails seem to be doing well and seem happy.

Clownfish are the best to watch. The female will be minding her own business and then dart across the tank to put the male in his place. The Bangaii just watches and swims around. Would like to get another Bangaii for her to be friends with. Also I would like to have some kind of goby. Can't make my mind up on which kind though. Obviously I love the mandarin but would never put one in this small of a tank. So was looking at the watchman goby. But I also want something to sift the sand pretty good.