Washburn82
Reefing newb
Taking the olive snails out, 20 bucks down the drain. Oh well, live and learn. That is, if i can find them.
Matt's 20 gallon long
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Reefing newb
I'd try taking them back to LFS, see if they'll give you store credit for them.
Washburn82
Reefing newb
I got 2 out of the 3. The thing is i got them from a store about an hr away yesterday. I dont plan on driving an hr to return them lol. I'll just give them to my LFS and see what he can do with them. TIme to hunt for the 3rd. Its a shame they are predators they do an amazing job of cleaning the sand when moving around.
NanoReefer
Reefing newb
i have two tiger nassarius snails for my sand, they are huge and do a great job
Washburn82
Reefing newb
I had my skimmer off for a few days, 2 i believe to treat a cyano problem. Successfully btw :). After i did my water change and powered it back on its been spitting out ALOT of microbubbles like it was brand new. Is this normal?
little_fish
Moderator
if you added a medication to get rid of the cyano it can really mess with the skimmer. You might want to do a bit water change.
Washburn82
Reefing newb
ya like i said i turned it off then added it, left it for two days with just the powerheads on. Then did a 25% water change, then turned it back on. Micro bubbles EVVVVEEERRRYYY where!
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little_fish
Moderator
I dunno, hopefully it will break in (again) soon
beeguiles
they call me fish geek ;p
You might still have the medication in the water enough for the skimmer to go crazy. I'd do another water change.
Washburn82
Reefing newb
Ya i was hoping it wasnt that. The cup was filling up rather fast as well with what just looked like normal water. I had to leave it off today for fear of it overflowing. Will the skimmer remove the stuff i put in?
beeguiles
they call me fish geek ;p
It's prlly trying to but the cup will fill up very fast. If you do a water change or two it will calm the skimmer down.
Washburn82
Reefing newb
Nevermind, my skimmer wasn't sealed up properly. I took it out and rinsed and closed it up the right way now its just foaming like crazy and not filling up with water. Duuhh. lol. I still wonder though can my skimmer remove any of the left over treatment i put in? It said to do a 10% water change after and i did 25%. as usual im probably worrying over nothing...
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Washburn82
Reefing newb
Yup worrying for nothing, lol thanks though Brittany. Everything is running smoothly once again minus my cyano :)
Dana42078
Dana
Stop over feeding and how long are your lights on/off? From skimming through your build i can see your over feeding if you have to suck the access food out after feeding. Thats totally avoidable. Just my :twocents:
Dana
beeguiles
they call me fish geek ;p
Yea you could try feeding less but you do have that mandarin now and they have to eat a lot...
Dana42078
Dana
Spot feed.....:Cheers:
beeguiles
they call me fish geek ;p
Yea that's what I try to do and then he moved to a different spot and next thing I know there are little piles of food all over lol cuc takes care of it tho.
Dana42078
Dana
Not bustin your balls or anything coz mandains are picky but i would say yours isnt trained yet.
beeguiles
they call me fish geek ;p
I think he is. I see him eat a few pieces each time I feed him. I saw him eat frozen at the store too. He is such a slow eaters though.
Dana42078
Dana
Hes prolly full from eating pods. Mine is a monster when i feed him. Then again my pods are down and i feed 2 times a week.
