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Yeah, this one is RR and has a sump and everything. I don't know. I feel a bigger one now will help keep perimeters more in check. With sump it would be somewhere around 100g.

That sucks about not being able to get the bigger tank. I really want a larger setup myself... but I'm holding myself to at least filling this 29 gallon before I spend thousands on an upgrade lol

Here is a bigger update! I was going to trade one of my computers for a 75g RR tank. But I couldn't get a ride and help. The tank owner said yesterday that he might be able to bring it to me. I got a email today saying he wants to trade but I would have to come get it. I cannot! ;-l

Thanks Marc! I do water changes every week, 5 gallons this week. When doing the water change I try and remove as much algae as possible. My water perimeters has been pretty good lately, still wooking on it to make them better. But yeah I'm waiting it out really, can't stop mother nature.

I use water made by my LFS. They use RO/DI water to make their saltwater.

I took that pic of the blue ridge shortly after white lights came on this morning. Funny, about 1 hour later I looked and the Polyps were all in.

Hey, you're tank is brighter. Looks good.

What are you doing about the cyano situation? Anything, or are you waiting it out? What kind of water do you use?

Blue Ridge coral is pretty easy to care for. It just does its thing. From time to time it will shed, just like a leather coral. It then gets super shiny for a few days. If you were to break it in half, you'd see the core is blue - thus the name. Yours is polyped out like crazy, which is pretty neat. I have some in my reef on the far left end.

My son brought me to the LFS today. I got more saltwater, 5 snails, 5 regular hermits, 2 red leg hermits and a emerald grab. I needed more cleaning crew members! ;-)

Well, I can see that my red caps are growing already. I have a lot of frags in my tank; can't wait into my tank matures and all the corals grow out. I wish that I could get a larger tant now, but I have to wait, oh well.

Thanks ! I original had three monti cap's, but I removed the one one the left side of the tank so I could have room for the frag section. Those things grow like weeds.

Chalice's encrust the rock like some Montis huh? That is a beautiful Chalice! I don't have any Chalice yet. I have a few Monti Red Cap's around my tank. (Frags) Apso three different types of encrusting Montis. I just love the side picture of ya tank too...awesome!

@ hat39406 here's a close-up photo of my chalice.




One more side shot of my tank.

Thank y'all, Yeah I have Zoas, mushrooms, SPS-all types and GSP. I think that's it. I'm goig to stop feedings all together right now.

I clean my glass everyday with the mag float. I've also been picking up as much of the algae off the substrate as I can and getting it out the tank.

I will start cleaning the riser too! After I do my daily cleaning the tank looks awesome, water quality looks great. And now that I'm dosing the Instant Ocean nitate reducer my readings will be in check.

Thank y'all,

HAT

A full cube of frozen food is a lot. Even my 7" diameter frog spawn and similar sized open brain only get a couple mysid shrimp and a little cyclopese every couple weeks. Heck, my fish get less than 1/2 cube a day. Corals get most of the their needs from the light and bacteria in water column. I'm convinced the best way to feed most corals is to simply clean the glass with a mag float each day right about lights out time. That brushes all the micro algae and bacteria into the water for them to catch.

The riser tube will gunk up. All you do is clean it in tap water, and it will resume nicely. I've done the same with every skimmer I've ever owned, and always had the same results. It doesn't shut it down unless you do something like wash it with soap perhaps.

I was involved in a skimmate study a few years ago, and we were required to clean the collection cup and riser tube with rubbing alcohol, then start up the skimmer to collect whatever it would pull out in 24 hours. Even that didn't shut it down.

What corals specifically do you think need to be fed at the moment? Zoas? Leathers? GSP? They'll be fine for the time being.

The seaclone is foaming now nicely. I clean the cup every other day; the riser needs to be cleaned also? Won't that make it have to start all over to gain a slime coat or something like that?

I know I need more clean up crews too! My wife and I went to PetCo to look for snails, hermits and a emrald crab, they had nothing. I will stop feeding the critters with fish flakes, but I can still feed my corals huh?

You really don't need to feed anything to your tank at this point. Just let it ride this out, and skim, skim, skim. Clean the collection cup and riser daily. Did you get a Remora yet, or is this still the SeaClone?

Well, I will say a prayer for you and ya tank Phil! At the end, I believe everything will come together.

Melev-the frag tank is a 5-gallon tank and the measurements are: 20"L x 15"W x 5"D. They have a pic of it a few photos up.

Thanks everyone for the info! I started out with like half liverock and half dry rock and the dry rock is the rock with the green algae on it. But, I notice that the green agae is start to go away and nice colors are starting to happen..very pretty under actinic lights.

I did go throgh all this before, but its been awhile. I like asking questions to assure myself that i'm going in the right direction. See I wasn't. I enjoy learning and re-assuring myself on things. I truly appreciate all the information and push-for-success everyone here at this site gives me.

List of livestock:
1-cleaner shrimp
2-peppermint shrimps
5-hermits
5-snails
"A lot of hitchhikers"

Thats it!

I feed my critter only a pinch of fishfood every 2 days (flakes)
I put 1/4 tsp of Purple Up-Calcium every other day
Once a week I feed my corals 1 square frozen coral food. Forgot name...will get name tomorrow.
30 ml of Instant Ocean Nitrate Reducer (Melev interviewed them on this product, I watched the video earlier today!)

Thanks Y'all,

HAT

Yep, I remove as much as I can each weekend. I'm due to restock my clean-up crew too. I've been holding off till I finished the upgrades though. I'll be putting together a turf scrubber this weekend. Then ordering new clean-up crews.

It's time to slam on the brakes and let your tank settle in. You are going through every one of the frustrating stages of a new tank, and suffering along the way. You keep trying to throw solutions at each problem, which time can often resolve best.

Definitely reduce any feedings, and let us know exactly what livestock you have and what food you are offering. How much too.

Hat you tank is finding its own way at the moment, honestly you just need to leave it alone and let it run its course.