75 Gallon Rebuild.

[clay]

Ok for those who do not know. My 75usg reef tank crashed about 2-3 weeks ago. It was due to a water contamination from my lfs. At first it seemed like i was just going to lose all i had put in to the tank(money-wise). But then the owner of the lfs called me and told me how sorry and responsible he felt about my aquarium. He gave me about 70 pounds of live rock, a few fish, new chemicals, and a huge discount on anything from his store for the next 6-8 months. I lost everything except for my trumpet coral from the original tank. With the new tank I have already had hair algea and cyanobacteria outbreaks. The livestock that came with the tank is, 11 turbo snails, 1 tomato clown fish, a bunch of small snails, a couple cerith snails, and group of zoa polyps. I have added 3 turbos, a lawnmower blenny, and a sixline wrasse that was given to me today.

 

[clay]

Today i purchased some ammonia and some phosphate reducing filter media. Hopefully this will lower my phosphates and get rid of the cyano. Im kinda stumped on the hair algae. For 3 days now my nitrate tests have read 0 ppm. and the stuff is still growing.

 

[lljdma06]

do you wonder if maybe the lfs water has a phosphate problem? You still getting water from them?

L

 

[clay]

Llj I think it mightve been a sponge that i removed earlier today. It was a huge black mass . I just think it was a sponge. It had some STANK!!!

 

[lljdma06]

Llj I think it mightve been a sponge that i removed earlier today. It was a huge black mass . I just think it was a sponge. It had some STANK!!!

And I thought a little snail dying was stinky and gross. A trochus a while back got flipped and died while I spent time with my sisters. Absolute ickiness!!!!!

Well, at least you maybe know know what the algae was feeding on. They don't mind stank!

L

 

[clay]

Of course they dont mind it because they are stanky and snails are some of the nastier things i have smelled

 

[-Nemo-]

Dead anemone is the worst....

Watching!

 

[clay]

Dead anemone is the worst....

Watching!

I agree I cant even imagine a dead nem... ugh

 

[clay]

I mixed some frozen food today. I mixed plankton and brineshrimp. Would it be a bad idea to put a little bit of beef heart in it?

 

[lljdma06]

I mixed some frozen food today. I mixed plankton and brineshrimp. Would it be a bad idea to put a little bit of beef heart in it?

I don't personally, but wait and see what others say.

L

 

[clay]

Ok I just have some left over from my last frshwater tank.

 

[-Nemo-]

If they eat it, I don't see why not

 

[clay]

If they eat it, I don't see why not

Is there any other foods that you would recomend?

 

[-Nemo-]

There's a whole bunch of great frozen foods.. ocean nutrition is a brand with great ones like brine shrimp plus, formula 1 etc. They also have formula 2 which is strictly a veggie mix, absolutely amazing. Mysis is good too

 

[clay]

Cool. What do you target feed your corals?