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Kasrift · Feb 28, 2024

ryshark said:
32 is tough, that doliatus rabbitfish loved it.

My list of stocking for the 200 gallon I'm setting up is going to be half utilitarian. I always like things that serve a purpose. I'm going to try a trio of molly miller blennies in that tank. I hear they can group up and even though they are ugly, they apparently eat aiptasia. Also was planning on a convict tang, they are cheap and supposedly fastidious about cleaning algae. No one really seems to get them for some reason.

stoney7713 · Feb 28, 2024

Kasrift said:
My list of stocking for the 200 gallon I'm setting up is going to be half utilitarian. I always like things that serve a purpose. I'm going to try a trio of molly miller blennies in that tank. I hear they can group up and even though they are ugly, they apparently eat aiptasia. Also was planning on a convict tang, they are cheap and supposedly fastidious about cleaning algae. No one really seems to get them for some reason.

The ugly ones are the real workhorse it seems.

Convict tang is just too plain for most people, they want the flashy colors or finage.

steveschuerger · Feb 28, 2024

stoney7713 said:
@steveschuerger this should work

looks pretty close to the original brackets

Yeah, the original ones were made from pressed cardboard near as I can figure . Shoddy cheap things for such an otherwise well made thing.

steveschuerger · Feb 28, 2024

Kasrift said:
My list of stocking for the 200 gallon I'm setting up is going to be half utilitarian. I always like things that serve a purpose. I'm going to try a trio of molly miller blennies in that tank. I hear they can group up and even though they are ugly, they apparently eat aiptasia. Also was planning on a convict tang, they are cheap and supposedly fastidious about cleaning algae. No one really seems to get them for some reason.

Aww…Molly Millers are so ugly they’re cute in my book. Plus blenny antics….

ReeferZ1227 · Feb 28, 2024

Kasrift said:
32 gallon. That has been the pain, it's too small for rabbitfish or tangs. Even though I've read pithos are good, they get too big for this size tank.

Half doses or less of vibrant once or twice per week, or whatever the non-scummy brand is. Ive gone slow with it twice now and had success. If its 32 with no sump I'd even break 1 dose up into 3 parts throughout a day. My whole tank was covered in the little bubbles. 3 months slow treatment cleared the display. Didnt even lose my macro algae in my sump. Did pause the ulva though.

Seems if po4 is under .1 it doesnt breakout, no matter what nitrate may be.

steveschuerger · Feb 28, 2024

Hmm…despite my current bubblemania situation, my other algae types haven’t made any real appearances. Probably due to my bristletooth tang and combtooth blenny. My Foxy picks at the rocks and even seen it eat a few pieces of the bubbles , but I think I’m feeding too generously. Not feeding today due to being at work all day so maybe will get motivated. I have picked out about 2 hand fulls in the last week. And I’ve hit the tank with the whole 100 gallon dose of Reef Flux Rx 3 days ago. Now if I can just get coralline to grow fro some competition for resources with the other algae. This is the first tank in 3 yrs that hasn’t grown any coralline in the first month. I’ve been upping the Alk and Ca so maybe I’ll see a change.

billyocean · Feb 28, 2024

steveschuerger said:
Hmm…despite my current bubblemania situation, my other algae types haven’t made any real appearances. Probably due to my bristletooth tang and combtooth blenny. My Foxy picks at the rocks and even seen it eat a few pieces of the bubbles , but I think I’m feeding too generously. Not feeding today due to being at work all day so maybe will get motivated. I have picked out about 2 hand fulls in the last week. And I’ve hit the tank with the whole 100 gallon dose of Reef Flux Rx 3 days ago. Now if I can just get coralline to grow fro some competition for resources with the other algae. This is the first tank in 3 yrs that hasn’t grown any coralline in the first month. I’ve been upping the Alk and Ca so maybe I’ll see a change.

What's your mag?

SBB Corals · Feb 28, 2024

Good Morning all

Ado · Feb 28, 2024

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RichWise73 · Feb 28, 2024

Good morning gang!!

Zero_Cool · Feb 28, 2024

Good morning all.

steveschuerger · Feb 28, 2024

billyocean said:
What's your mag?

It’s been running right about 1500

steveschuerger · Feb 28, 2024

Ado said:

I’ll agree to this tonight at 11pm. Then I’ll be very happy due to getting out of work after 16 hrs

steveschuerger · Feb 28, 2024

Took these last night . Feels like Vegas

fangelillo01 · Feb 28, 2024

Morning all. Anyone have a SBB yellow fever? It’s one of my favorite pieces and it’s taken off

Rennurdoar · Feb 28, 2024

Kasrift said:
Yeah, I know multiple people have had success with it. I think that is the funny things about tanks and their microbiomes, everyone can have different reactions which is why no one can always or be completely right. It is what it is, part of the hobby.

I think I recall you reading that you did chemiclean though and a hammer died. That might have been the start of the chain reaction. I hate adding chemicals to the tank, I should have learned better.

Yeah, the green splatter hammer. It wasn't looking good a before hand. Was hoping that a chemiclean treatment might help it. Instead it sped up whatever was going on with the fish frenzy lol.

Whatever it is is weird right now. Everything looks good, except I can see one droopy head on the big bird hammer, and one head on the orange hammer we got from you. That one the whole thing looks great, but this one head just has started to stay droopy and not extend.

Hopefully after a WC today things get better again.

Also my Cal was high yesterday when checked. But only real thing that stood out.