Pest or good community member?

[kilkman]

 

[gbroadbridge]

What are we supposed to be looking at?

 

[twentyleagues]

The star fish? Asterina star mixed bag. I personally have had them eat zoas. I dont think they all do it but the ones that definitely do are mostly a darker color gray to greenish gray. I couldnt tell you if they all start white with specs and get darker as the consume zoas or if they are two separate things. In my previous reef life I had an over abundance of them because I fed heavy. Harlequin shrimp took them down to 0 in no time flat.

 

[DJC]

I don’t think it’s the starfish I think it’s the brownish stuff under the rock their asking about and I honestly have no clue what that is

 

[kilkman]

What are we supposed to be looking at?

the yellow sponge like stuff and worm tubes all over the bottom of the rock.

 

[kilkman]

I don’t think it’s the starfish I think it’s the brownish stuff under the rock their asking about and I honestly have no clue what that is

It's more yellow than brown. Sorry about the picture quality, thats as far as I could zoom in before getting too blurry.

 

[Fish_are_stoopid]

I don’t think it’s the starfish I think it’s the brownish stuff under the rock their asking about and I honestly have no clue what that is

Yeah ur tank looks rough. The algae on ur glass. Parameters

 

[kilkman]

treated for Cyanobacteria about a month ago. cleared it all out. but this stuff and yellow sponge has been popping up all over the tank.

 

[Fish_are_stoopid]

treated for Cyanobacteria about a month ago. cleared it all out. but this stuff and yellow sponge has been popping up all over the tank.

What did u treat with. Parameters. Cyano happen w temp swings outside and co2 levels in house due to gas heaters

 

[Fish_are_stoopid]

I had zoas out the wazoo. Asterinas, too. Do they eat dying zoas, yes I think so

 

[kilkman]

Yeah ur tank looks rough. The algae on ur glass. Parameters

I don't clean the back wall. keeps the snails fed. Nitrate 7-10 ppm, Phosphate undetectable, PH 8.4, Alk 11 dkh ,Cal 420, Mag 1380-1400 Sal 1.025 - 1.027 (top off 3-5 gallon RO every other day) weekly 40 gallon water change (20%). Tank is heavily stocked.

 

[kilkman]

I had zoas out the wazoo. Asterinas, too. Do they eat dying zoas, yes I think so

Jealous. I can't keep Zoas. Pali's do fine but My zoas always disappear over night. get eaten.

 

[Fish_are_stoopid]

Get some phosphates in there. Imo undectable is bad

 

[Fish_are_stoopid]

Jealous. I can't keep Zoas. Pali's do fine but My zoas always disappear over night. get eaten.

How is ur feeding schedule

 

[Fish_are_stoopid]

How is ur feeding schedule

Quit blaming eatin and blame bad husbandry

 

[kilkman]

What did u treat with. Parameters. Cyano happen w temp swings outside and co2 levels in house due to gas heaters

Chemi-clean. Temp holds fairly steady at 77 year round. I smoke so no doubt co2 spikes happen when I'm home. leave refugium on 24/7 and keeps my ph stable 8.2 towards the end of the week, 8.4 after a water change. the cyano has been present since i bought the tank. was already a mature 5 year tank. I transfered all the live rock to the new 210 when i set it up and the cyano came with it. Was paranoid about adding chemicals to the tank but finally got fed up cleaning it off the kelp in the refugium every day.

 

[Fish_are_stoopid]

Chemi clean has some bad horror stories. I prefer red slime remover. I would get .04 to .07 phosphates in there. Zoas like it. My tank was at its peak when I fed crazy. Noticed that was the diff the lfs owner had from my reef keeping. I worked for him for 3 years, took a bit to catch on to the feeding

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

the yellow sponge like stuff and worm tubes all over the bottom of the rock.

It's more yellow than brown. Sorry about the picture quality, thats as far as I could zoom in before getting too blurry.

If it's more yellow than brown, then it's a probably a yellow, encrusting sponge - most likely harmless.

The worm tubes look like worm tubes to me - they're also harmless/beneficial.

 

[kilkman]

Get some phosphates in there. Imo undectable is bad

The API kit I have starts at 2.5. it's below that. no doubt phosphates are present just not at levels that show up on my test kits. I do run Chemipure in my refugium between chambers. I know I should invest in a Hanna phosphate checker so I actually know what the levels are