Red slime..!
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Piggy
Reef enthusiast
Yah I noticed that all the flow was either on the bottom or the top. To bad they didn't put a few in the back middle area. Guess you'll be buying a few powerheads which don't cost a whole lot.
yote
In Memoriam
Not bad at all.Of course your just getting started too.:mrgreen:
Piggy
Reef enthusiast
Hasn't anyone taught you there is no such thing as free. You pay for it in the long run. lol
I've already learned.. I'm a fountain pen user/slight collector, I'm afraid to add up my receipts lol.. I'm guessing somewhere in the upper 5k or so range, over 5 years, before then I used my parents!
I'm reading that power compacts are no good and T5s are better, should I upgrade?
I'm reading that power compacts are no good and T5s are better, should I upgrade?
Piggy
Reef enthusiast
If you want corals I would. With t5's your choice of corals is unlimited. How deep is the tank?
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
a good set of t-5's with individual reflectors with the right combo of bulbs can give you more PAR output then MH lighting can
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
actually with your current stock list corals are almost out of the question with the butterfly and the trigger
yote
In Memoriam
That looks like the start of either hair algae or bryopsis.Both are a pain to get rid of.
Just keep your water quality high,and manually remove as much as possible as often as possible,and run some phos-ban or other phosphate media.
Just keep your water quality high,and manually remove as much as possible as often as possible,and run some phos-ban or other phosphate media.
dustin_P74
Reef enthusiast
it does sort of look like macro algae
Bifferwine
I am a girl
There's really no such thing as beneficial algae in a display tank, especially if you plan on keeping corals. Algae doesn't occur naturally on reefs, and it will smother out any corals you try to keep. Since your tank is fish only for now, it's only an eyesore and isn't hurting anything.
You definitely need powerheads. Koralias are expensive in a tank that size. I have a 240 gallon, and I run six Koralia 3s. MaxiJet is another brand of powerhead that works very well, and is a fraction of the price of Koralias. You can pick up a good MaxiJet for less than $20. I'd recommend six of them for a tank your size. Frankly, I'm really surprised the fish have been able to live with such little flow. Having too little flow will usually kill fish very quickly. In saltwater, that's a really important component of a tank. In nature, the reefs are very turbulent places. They are shallow, with big waves crashing over them constantly. There's a lot of water movement there, and that's what reef fish are used to living with.
You will be able to keep some corals with the fish you have, if you upgrade lights. Keeping anything with the lights you have now will be really iffy. Even the lowest light corals need more light than what you've got.
Your fish probably won't touch mushrooms and leather corals. They will eat pretty much everything else though, so you may be limited to those two types. Luckily, there is a lot of variety and color among mushrooms and leathers, and they are low light corals so you don't need to break out the big guns as far as lighting goes to keep them.
You definitely need powerheads. Koralias are expensive in a tank that size. I have a 240 gallon, and I run six Koralia 3s. MaxiJet is another brand of powerhead that works very well, and is a fraction of the price of Koralias. You can pick up a good MaxiJet for less than $20. I'd recommend six of them for a tank your size. Frankly, I'm really surprised the fish have been able to live with such little flow. Having too little flow will usually kill fish very quickly. In saltwater, that's a really important component of a tank. In nature, the reefs are very turbulent places. They are shallow, with big waves crashing over them constantly. There's a lot of water movement there, and that's what reef fish are used to living with.
You will be able to keep some corals with the fish you have, if you upgrade lights. Keeping anything with the lights you have now will be really iffy. Even the lowest light corals need more light than what you've got.
Your fish probably won't touch mushrooms and leather corals. They will eat pretty much everything else though, so you may be limited to those two types. Luckily, there is a lot of variety and color among mushrooms and leathers, and they are low light corals so you don't need to break out the big guns as far as lighting goes to keep them.
