In the clouds

Matt Smothers · Mar 6, 2019

Jon Fishman said:
Rock. Live rock helps keep your tank stable. You look good on substrate..... it's a nice looking sand whatever you have.

Kool and no I dont wanna half butt anything about this tank.

lapin · Mar 6, 2019

Matt Smothers said:
Algae all over on the glass! All parameters are good, but it just keeps coming back. Please Help!

From you picture I do not see any algae. The tank looks new. In a healthy tank you will have things growing. If you have nutrients something will use them. Tanks go thru phases over the first year. Algae is one of them. It comes and goes. You have options to help balance things out so you have a tank that is nice to look at while it goes thru these changes.
Export them: a skimmer, filter socks, macro algae fuge, algae turf scrubber, corals, canister filter. These will all help reduce them. Also the food you use and amount will also make a difference.
Reduce them: Live food is the best at keeping nutrients under control as long as you dont over feed. Frozen is next best. Pellets and flakes are not so good.

Jon Fishman · Mar 6, 2019

ha..... was gonna say "what algae"! but my eyesight isn't so hot.... I mentioned elsewhere, but I am a bit OCD, and thought "Oh there is algae everywhere!" on my tank, but when I see the beautiful display tanks at any of the various local shops, even the "show-off" tanks with nothing for sale.... if you look close, they all have some random algae etc. growing in them.

Matt Smothers · Mar 6, 2019

lapin said:
From you picture I do not see any algae. The tank looks new. In a healthy tank you will have things growing. If you have nutrients something will use them. Tanks go thru phases over the first year. Algae is one of them. It comes and goes. You have options to help balance things out so you have a tank that is nice to look at while it goes thru these changes.
Export them: a skimmer, filter socks, macro algae fuge, algae turf scrubber, corals, canister filter. These will all help reduce them. Also the food you use and amount will also make a difference.
Reduce them: Live food is the best at keeping nutrients under control as long as you dont over feed. Frozen is next best. Pellets and flakes are not so good.

The pic is from this morning and yes it looks clear. It was like that yesterday also but clouded up after like 2 hours of light

Matt Smothers · Mar 6, 2019

Jon Fishman said:
ha..... was gonna say "what algae"! but my eyesight isn't so hot.... I mentioned elsewhere, but I am a bit OCD, and thought "Oh there is algae everywhere!" on my tank, but when I see the beautiful display tanks at any of the various local shops, even the "show-off" tanks with nothing for sale.... if you look close, they all have some random algae etc. growing in them.

The pic is from this morning and yes it looks clear. It was like that yesterday also but clouded up after like 2 hours of light

lapin · Mar 6, 2019

Jon Fishman said:
When I see the beautiful display tanks at any of the various local shops, even the "show-off" tanks with nothing for sale.... if you look close, they all have some random algae etc. growing in them.

You will need to clean the glass more often the first year. Stores clean tanks every day. Dont think those magazine tanks are like that all the time. Somebody has to clean them.

Matt Smothers · Mar 6, 2019

Matt Smothers said:
The pic is from this morning and yes it looks clear. It was like that yesterday also but clouded up after like 2 hours of light

lapin said:
You will need to clean the glass more often the first year. Stores clean tanks every day. Dont think those magazine tanks are like that all the time. Somebody has to clean them.

And as long as my parameters stay good I'm ok with having to clean, I just want to do this right

Matt Smothers · Mar 6, 2019

Good? Bad? Opinions Please

Brett G · Mar 8, 2019

You mentioned sand sifting stars. In that tank I’m not sure you should have any. Maybe some else can chime in.

Brett G · Mar 8, 2019

You mentioned sand sifting stars as in more than one. In that tank I’m not sure you should have any. Maybe some with more experience can chime in.

vetteguy53081 · Mar 8, 2019

Matt Smothers said:

Lights quite bright. dim them down and increase blue. Increase water flow also if you are able to.

Matt Smothers · Mar 9, 2019

vetteguy53081 said:
Lights quite bright. dim them down and increase blue. Increase water flow also if you are able to.

I've been only turning it up to 75%. The pic is with it at 100%. Should I turn the blue up? If so how much, and how much "blue" should there be at night

vetteguy53081 · Mar 9, 2019

Matt Smothers said:
I've been only turning it up to 75%. The pic is with it at 100%. Should I turn the blue up? If so how much, and how much "blue" should there be at night

I recommend blue at 86% and whites at 20-25%.