5gal Nano

[Katie217]

Lol @ Oreo
tomorow...tomorow...tomorow
WHILE IM TAKING PICS FOR THE CICHLID POTM!!

 

[Fuzz16]

>.> pictures?

 

[big54bob]

Its tommorow Katie. Wheres the pics?

 

[Katie217]

ah i just woke up! llaatteerr

 

[Katie217]

allright, allright, calm down guys...I got pics!

Full Tank Shots

Clownfish

Shrimp

Look at those claws!

Feather Duster

Snail

 

[Katie217]

I get pics...and no one comments

 

[Fuzz16]

LOL
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mk..so seriously...what are you feeding your fish! its sooo big!
you should look into a hermit that might eat that algae, or a snail with a bigger mouth. lol

your tank is coming along really nicely though, love your CBS, i should so replace mine! does your pick on your perc at all?

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

earlier in the thread, she mentioned that it had picked on her shrimp i think. and wow katie... thats a lot of hair algae.... ew. your fish DOES look big!

 

[Katie217]

yeah the shrimp and the perc fight all the time, no damage as of yet though
hair algae is a pain in the butt, my hermits are lazy and dont eat it! ah well, any suggestions for something that WILL eat it?

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

i suggest a Homo sapien. i hear they rock at manual removal of hair algae.

 

[Katie217]

ugh, thats a pain in the ***

 

[Helena21]

WOWWW! your clown is HUGE! looks like its coming along...apart from the hair algae . You need some coral!

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Clean that algae first then get coral.

 

[Panther28]

Wow!!Finally some nice pics. I like the grass look you are going for. Man thats a lot of hair algae. You also have some cyano too.. Anyways looking good! Love the shrimp!!

 

[Katie217]

Oh, you should of seen the cyano before, all my rocks were COMPLETELY red. Like literally at least 85% of the rocks were red. Increased flow, and water changes really DO help with cyano!
I think the hair algae makes the tank kinda look like the hills on the Lord of the Rings...where the hobbits live lol

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Put a yellow tang in there, that'll take care of the algae for you.

 

[Mushroomman]

yeah, thats alot of algae. the tank wouldnt look bad without it though

the best way, as the others put it (and as you may know), is to manually pull out as much as you can, then get more hermits and snails to keep what remains in check. also wherever you are getting your water may have alot of excess nutrients, I cant remember what you use.

 

[Katie217]

i use RO...or so the store says...
Im going to vancouver for 4-5 days, so the light will be off...think that'll do something to the HA?

 

[Panther28]

i use RO...or so the store says...
Im going to vancouver for 4-5 days, so the light will be off...think that'll do something to the HA?

With the lights off for 4-5 days your hair algae and cyano will disappear but remember once you come back do a 50% water change.. There is a very long thread on reefcentral.com about this. Although they leave the lights off only for 3 days max. Once you come back do the 50% water change and you should be fine..

 

[Katie217]

ill have water ready when i get home to do a water change right when i get home