Worried bout my nem

[Born2beblack]

To reduce the population of bristle worms .
cut back on feedings until nutrients lower .
they are feeding on something whether it’s something that passed or excess foods .

large water changes will eventually help with the algae .
what’s your water source ?
lighting and light schedule

I followed a reef bulk video on the ai prime

 

[brandon429]

My response notices aren’t coming through I’ll try to watch here for details. Hey heres a perfect roadmap for cleaning thread

how many gallons is your reef

 

[brandon429]

Reef2Reef Pest algae challenge thread hydrogen peroxide

What you are really in for: Hand cleaning, hard work siphon and rasp-removing of accumulations and invasions outside the tank and doing massive water changes is 90% of this thread, peroxide is 10%. We almost never dose peroxide into the tank water, this is a you-work-physically-hard as catch-up...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Born2beblack]

My response notices aren’t coming through I’ll try to watch here for details. Hey heres a perfect roadmap for cleaning thread

how many gallons is your reef

30g it says 20 in the screen shot but i was wrong and have never changed it

 

[brandon429]

That is a perfect accessible size tank for the work shown above, you can easily find in that thread a matching tank to yours along with its outcome

 

[Born2beblack]

Okay so to all that helped i did a full tank scrub down
Have had some small bits pop up but overall in a week or less veey good results

 

[Cell]

We definitely need a pic.

 

[Born2beblack]

Some patches did grow back but i will be dealing with it all again a couple more times to make sure its all gone.
It manly came back on my glass and pumps. And few spots on the rocks i probs didnt fully scrub the first time.
Usually my entire tank would be fully green and it would be a big issues. I defently see good results. And no chemicals so that was safe and no worries. My corals bounced back my perms have stayed level. Biggest issues i had was a started to develope a film on top and it was thick. So changed somw pumps around and no isses sonce. Chrystal clear water and i did notice my zoas are sitting lower now.
My nems still being wierd lol

 

[Born2beblack]

Ill post some more in a few days for anyone interested on how well this worked cause i belive this should be the way instead of any chemicals
It took me 2 hours to scrub but i was taking breaks so an hour id say.
And next time i scrub it'll be less toke cause less alage. Win win thank you reed family for the suggestion saves my little reef

 

[brandon429]

hey nice that's great Ill link you to our big cleaning threads. two clarifying questions so I know which one to link to: was the sandbed tap water rinsed here or was it rock cleaning/have a rock cleaning specific thread if no sand blasting was done

nice job on follow through and execution. I don't recall seeing anthelia coral with glowing tips like that, nice find there too

 

[Born2beblack]

I cleaned my sand the best i coukd but i do more work on the rocks and everything's else in the tank. Sand got messy so i tried to use my hands and a scoop to take out major issues i could see

That coral was just one head when i got it and it wasnt colourful. Buddy said it was a soft coral and could help suck up nutrients. Its changed alot over the year.

I was very new so i just scooped it up
Turned into one of my fav corals

 

[brandon429]

that looks great!!

 

[Born2beblack]

Nem has changed for better. Lost some color which its getting back from the tanks cleans. I assume aggressive cleaning like that was ticking it off.

 

[laverda]

One sec i did test the other day
Alages bad cause temhe cuc and fish death
Been having trouble maintaining it

Your nitrates were very low as is your Alkalinity. Both will make an anemone unhappy. Increase your alk slowly.
What are your current parameters?

 

[Born2beblack]

Slowly been re stabalizing them

Your nitrates were very low as is your Alkalinity. Both will make an anemone unhappy. Increase your alk slowly.
What are your current parameters?

Slowly been re stabalizing them. I have another water change tomorrow wherr im going to be cleaning my equipment again to.

 

[Born2beblack]

I have no fish wo i do feed my cuc a bit but i do need to get some fish so.i can get some nutrients into the tank