Tiny anemone

[MorgenStern]

I was given a 70gal with pair of clowns a coral beauty and a long poylp mushroom. Its got alot of hichikers I knew of bristle worms and starfish those tube snail things but I saw this guy and to my surprise he was walking across the rocks, I sucked him up with a turkey baster Then scoured the tank and found so many more wedged deep into the rocks.
Tear down and reset up took me 2 hours I hope I didn’t destroy to much bacteria, this is my first saltwater tank after being In freshwater for 18years. I hate how the tank looks and it came with white T5 bulbs. too much green not enough purple should I just throw everything away and start over?

 

[Jekyl]

Never start over imo. Looks like a ball nem but not 100%. What are your parameters at? What kind of clean up crew do you have?
Welcome to R2R

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Not much help with the anemone, but with that much algae I'd consider talking to @brandon429 about a potential ripclean (and, as you'll find if you read his ripclean threads, you definitely didn't hurt your tank's bacteria badly by just getting the nems out). The lighting being white vs. blue really shouldn't make much of a difference in algae growth (see the quote below):

Some people believe that by only using blue lighting, they will limit algae growth/give coral an edge to outcompete algae. I find these claims to be pretty dubious personally, as most algae species utilize blue light as well, but it's possible there may be some small anti-algal/pro-coral effects.

I have a couple of posts on the thread linked below* discussing using blue lighting for algae control that go into a bit more detail, but - to be brief - using lighting to control algae doesn't seem to be anywhere near as effective as many people make it out to be. It may help limit a few types of algae, but I personally wouldn't run all blue lighting to try and prevent algae - if I was going to run all blue lighting, it would be to get a good fluorescent pop from my corals.

* The thread: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/w...olor-here-to-stop-algae.919937/#post-10338958

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[MorgenStern]

Never start over imo. Looks like a ball nem but not 100%. What are your parameters at? What kind of clean up crew do you have?
Welcome to R2R

Salinity 1.024
Temp 24c
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5
Calcium 350

came with
giant brissleworms
1 nassarius snail

 

[MorgenStern]

Not much help with the anemone, but with that much algae I'd consider talking to @brandon429 about a potential ripclean (and, as you'll find if you read his ripclean threads, you definitely didn't hurt your tank's bacteria badly by just getting the nems out). The lighting being white vs. blue really shouldn't make much of a difference in algae growth (see the quote below):

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Thank you! The algae is so ugly it was very neglected and they didn’t use rodi water

Salinity 1.024
Temp 24c
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate
Calcium 350

came with
giant brissleworms
1 nassarius snail

 

[Jekyl]

Go to Reefcleaners.org and order the cleaner package for your tank size. Remove excess algae by hand

 

[MorgenStern]

Go to Reefcleaners.org and order the cleaner package for your tank size. Remove excess algae by hand

Thank you for the website!

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Just do your best to remove as much 'hair algae'
It's easy in weekly stages

First reduce 'white' lights as this promotes algae growth, reduce the hours they are turned on (daily)

Get your hands in
Work on it via stages, 1 2 3, and continue weekly/monthly, you will get on top of it

 

[MorgenStern]

Just do your best to remove as much 'hair algae'
It's easy in weekly stages

First reduce 'white' lights as this promotes algae growth, reduce the hours they are turned on (daily)

Get your hands in
Work on it via stages, 1 2 3, and continue weekly/monthly, you will get on top of it

Thanks for the tips! Will the reduction in light affect the mushroom? Lights run roughly 9hrs. I definitely want to upgrade the lights something like fluvals sea marine 3.0 maybe, and get more softies after I cleaning up all the unwanted critters.

The male clown isn’t helping he’s got a good bite to him for such a little guy.

 

[Jekyl]

Thanks for the tips! Will the reduction in light affect the mushroom? Lights run roughly 9hrs. I definitely want to upgrade the lights something like fluvals sea marine 3.0 maybe, and get more softies after I cleaning up all the unwanted critters.

The male clown isn’t helping he’s got a good bite to him for such a little guy.

Going from T5 to fluval isn't anywhere near an upgrade. It's a steep cliff IMO. Ensure you have the proper bulbs and supplement later on with LED if you want. I have kessils and still plan on switching to a hybrid setup.

 

[MorgenStern]

Going from T5 to fluval isn't anywhere near an upgrade. It's a steep cliff IMO. Ensure you have the proper bulbs and supplement later on with LED if you want. I have kessils and still plan on switching to a hybrid setup.

Oh are only leds that bad? I just like the sunrise, sunset and adjustability part about it.

 

[Jekyl]

Oh are only leds that bad? I just like the sunrise, sunset and adjustability part about it.

Given the right set of lighting it would be comparable. The one you mentioned is about as cheap and inefficient as it gets though. T5 will grow almost anything, whereas that fluval will be very limited.

 

[Rtaylor]

The anemone might be a curlique anemone, but looks more like exaptasia (pest anemone) to me.