Does Revive take care of flatworms? I might just dip in that instead of buying another flatworm exit.
How about just giving the screen a little fresh water rinse. Those little planaria worms fly off corals on a fresh water dip.[quote=“billrob71, post:182, topic:7613”]
How about just giving the screen a little fresh water rinse. Those little planaria worms fly off corals on a fresh water dip.[/quote]
I can do that. I’ve been fighting 2 strains of planaria flatworms for the last couple of years. The red strain and a lighter, smaller green version.
Quick update this morning.
The skimmer continues to break-in and the microbubble problem seems to have resolved itself at the source. Each day I’ve been having to adjust the skimmer’s output a little more to maintain sufficient skimmate production and I can clearly see that the water level inside the unit has increased. This prevents a majority of the microbubbles from escaping in the first place. I might be able to try removing some of those sponges in the baffles over the next few days.
Diatoms have exploded in the sump over the past 24 hours. There isn’t a surface in the sump that doesn’t have the brown growth on it.
I’m not really seeing diatom growth in the display just yet but the water has gone from crystal clear to a bit cloudy overnight. Something is definitely happening to the water parameters.
The algae screen looks like it’s seeding properly in the 34 gallon. It’s already got a ton of stuff stuck to it.
Sounds like it’s doing its thing!
What’s the current word on the street about skimmers during a cycle? It has gone back and forth so many times I don’t know where it is there days.
The 90 degree converters arrived from China this weekend. This was the best $30 I’ve spent so far to improve the look of the tank. The wires are virtually hidden and the tank doesn’t interfere with the view of the window at all.
3 days apparently wasn’t enough time to properly seed the algae scrubber sheet. Although the sheet looked pretty full of various types of algae, after 48 hours under 350 gallons of water flow the sheet looks pristine again. I might need to let it soak for a couple weeks. If that doesn’t do it, it’ll just need to happen on it’s own.
It will be hard to seed with the skimmer running and no bioload
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It will be hard to seed with the skimmer running and no bioload[/quote]
Good call on the bio load. I’ve added a pair of clowns to the sump and I’ll begin to feed them daily. If the fish appear stressed, I can easily pull them. So far, they seem pretty happy and are eating normally. The water quality in the 150 is probably a step up compared the 10 gallon they’ve been housed in for the last 2 months.
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[quote=“bnelson, post:187, topic:7613”]
It will be hard to seed with the skimmer running and no bioload[/quote]
Good call on the bio load. I’ve added a pair of clowns to the sump and I’ll begin to feed them daily. If the fish appear stressed, I can easily pull them. So far, they seem pretty happy and are eating normally. The water quality in the 150 is probably a step up compared the 10 gallon they’ve been housed in for the last 2 months.
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Man I’m not sure that tank is big enough for those guys!
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[quote=“bnelson, post:187, topic:7613”]
It will be hard to seed with the skimmer running and no bioload[/quote]
Good call on the bio load. I’ve added a pair of clowns to the sump and I’ll begin to feed them daily. If the fish appear stressed, I can easily pull them. So far, they seem pretty happy and are eating normally. The water quality in the 150 is probably a step up compared the 10 gallon they’ve been housed in for the last 2 months.
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Man I’m not sure that tank is big enough for those guys![/quote]
Isn’t the old guideline 1" of fish for every 100 gallons?
I think we’re good. lol
It’s probably a coincidence but less than 24 hours after I added the clowns to the sump and started feeding the tank, the algae scrubber sheet is finally showing an explosion of growth.
This picture is from yesterday. There’s even a larger difference today.
What I find interesting about this is that outside of a few patchy spots of diatoms in the tank, there is virtually no algae to speak of in the display. This algae clearly has a competitive advantage.
Looking forward to posting some progress pics on the scrubber sheet as it quickly matures.
Strike that last part where I said there was virtually no other algae in the display…
The lights just came on and the rocks colored up yesterday. I’m seeing all different shades of green, brown, red and black.
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Strike that last part where I said there was virtually no other algae in the display…
The lights just came on and the rocks colored up yesterday. I’m seeing all different shades of green, brown, red and black.
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Time for snails
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Strike that last part where I said there was virtually no other algae in the display…
The lights just came on and the rocks colored up yesterday. I’m seeing all different shades of green, brown, red and black.
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Time for snails[/quote]
Snails, while cycling? This is madness!
Seriously, should I add snails? I was thinking of a few nasarrius snails to keep the sand stirred up and some good old mexican turbos for the rocks. Are they ok with the water parameters still shifting?
I was thinking about seeding some copepods too evenutally.
I put fish in my tank the day after I filled it! And that was tap water and I still have those dam damsels that I couldn’t catch :BB)
Fish moved into the tank this weekend along with the few corals that I’ve decided to keep. All corals got a Revive and Freshwater Dip. I chiseled as much of the rock as possible away from the corals and tried to scrap the skeleton of the corals clean. I have no doubt that some bristle worms were introduced into the new system but I’m hoping at the very least I didn’t transfer any planeria flatworms.
Some of the corals are reacting far better to the LED lighting than others. I’ve dimmed the lights considerably to get everyone acclimated. They are barely on.
The algae scrubber had it’s first weekly scraping. Not much came off the screen. It’s mostly diatoms.
Bristle worms are friends, don’t worry about them. :-)###
Looks like you’re going pretty strong. How are your levels?
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Bristle worms are friends, don’t worry about them. :-)###
Looks like you’re going pretty strong. How are your levels?[/quote]
I’m pretty sure bristle worms killed two of my last three clams. Or at least they ate it from the inside out while it was still alive…
Holding the tank at 78.5 degrees and 1.025 sg. I don’t trust my test kits and I need to buy new ones.
I have a Hanna calcium tester that I got as a gift and haven’t even opened yet. Going to get a kit for Alk, Nitrates this weekend. I suppose I could test for Ammonia but to be honest, I’d be seeing issues with the fish and corals immediately.
Might test for magnesium in this tank too.
I plan on starting a 2 part dosing regiment but not until I test. Will probably use baking soda too once I figure out where the Alk is.
A 15 second Fresh Water dip in RO will melt Red Planaria flatworms away. or at least drown them. thats how i cleaned a system once. took every piece out, blew all the loose ones off in a bucket with a power head, then a quick FW dip, then store in a holding tank of SW. then i drained and filled the infested tank system with tap water, let set a minute. splashed it around with pumps running and over filled the sump. , drained and refilled with NSW and put everything back in. all gone.
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A 15 second Fresh Water dip in RO will melt Red Planaria flatworms away. or at least drown them. thats how i cleaned a system once. took every piece out, blew all the loose ones off in a bucket with a power head, then a quick FW dip, then store in a holding tank of SW. then i drained and filled the infested tank system with tap water, let set a minute. splashed it around with pumps running and over filled the sump. , drained and refilled with NSW and put everything back in. all gone.[/quote]
But does it kill their eggs?