The Fashion House Birthday Nano Tank!

[seffieuk]

Well tank is all moved and fish are back in...I am at my friends BBQ now though so no pics till later!
I tried to get as much algae off as I put the rocks back....it still looks horendous now though!
I will get a pic up later and the sludge should have setlled by then too!

Off to have some burgers!

Now that's dedication - still typing away for us even at a bbq Big Gold star for you my girl - bet you are sitting eating your burger, drinking a glass of something nice and cold but all the time thinking about THAT tank

Seffie x

 

[GlidergirlUK]

Wow seffie are you psychic!

Yep and I am meant to be looking on ebay now for my friend........

Got to get back to my burger!

 

[youngfisher]

I will be waiting for some pictures

 

[GlidergirlUK]

So here are the long awaited pics...
Front shot

shot from the left

Cleaner Shrimp

Clowns

More Clowns

Cardinal

Dottyback

Blue Mushrooms

Red Mushies

Velvet Mushie

more mushies

Even more mushies

Feather duster

Another feather duster

There are these red things like little fans...any ideas?

There are tons of these and I am guessing these are Aptasia?

 

[GlidergirlUK]

I managed to pull a load of algae of when putting the rock back but there s still shed loads! Unfortunatley I didnt get a before pic because as soon as we arrived to pic the tank up he was in there grabbing the rock out. Looks like he just couldnt cope with it tbh. He did say that he kind of wished I wasnt going to turn up to pick it up but knew that he had to let it all go. nice guy though!

And some more news...I start a new job tomorrow! This does however mean I will probably not be on here during the day for a while though...will have to update at night for you to read the next day!

 

[TigerIssey]

If its not Aiptasia it will be majano anemones. Both are bad and I can't tell the difference as I have not had them, I think majano are browner.

Either way you need a blow torch or Seffies weapon of choice, a soldering iron. You could try Joes juice or Aiptasia X but they sometimes come back. Murphy's law, I bought Joes juice from ebay when I set the tank up just in case, this means I have never needed to try it, I will not sell it either as as soon as I did, I would find some.

Certainly looks like you have some hard work ahead of you, you could try an Emerald crab, some are great like mine, others like Trods moved rock, however I am having doubts with Trods as just after the rock falls she found an arrow crab, since getting rid of that she has not had any rock moving problems. (Trod if you read this, I have only just put that together)

Is this going to be the boyfriends tank??

It certainly has the potential to become a beautiful tank, good luck

 

[Anguilla82]

doesn't look too bad now you've scrubbed most of it off, bet it was bad before though.

initial reaction on the anenome would be its a majano.

that bangaii certainly is in goos shape and in fact all the inhabitants look good and healthy

 

[ben1987]

mojano are usually a bit greener with bubbled tips.
im not sure either way with yours, but then need jappin

 

[Trod]

Never thought of that Tina, you may be right, as I haven't had any rock falls for a while
An emerald crab would make short work of that algae

Everything looks healthy enough, will look good once all the aglae is under control

 

[seffieuk]

Congratulations on the new job - excellent news

Ask your lfs if they would hire you out an Emerald crab, well you don't get if you don't ask - as Trod said, he will make short work of that algae

Seffie x

 

[GlidergirlUK]

I havent actually scrubbed it yet, its on my list to do tomorrow evening. I have just tested the water on my first tank -

Ph - 8
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0.25
nitrate - 20
Temp - 26.5
Sg - 1025

And the stats on the second tank are...

Ph -7.8
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
nitrate - 80!!!!!!
Temp - 26.5
Sg - 1030!!!


Well needless to say I need to do a water change and get the sg down...but how much of a water change and how do I reduce the sg?

 

[TigerIssey]

You need to alter the SG slowly, decrease it little by little else you will shock the occupants. Make the water change water less SG that the tank. Keep doing water changes with the SG lower each time.

The Nitrate reading will be the reason for the hair algae, would bet the phosphate reading is high too. Get some phosphate remover in there but don't reduce the amount of phosphate too quickly either.

Not sure on how much to water change, my instinct tells me 50% may be a good start, wait for someone to confirm this.

 

[GlidergirlUK]

I am thinking if I do a 25% water change and put water in that is only 1020sg then that should bring it down slightly and reduce the nitrates as well. i plan to scrub the rocks in some of the dirty water change water as well.

I need to clean the sand as well as this has tons of silt in it too...any ideas?

 

[SkiFletch]

Yeah, use a gravel vac with a small tubing (~3/16" inner diameter) and a deft touch

 

[GlidergirlUK]

Got some inhabitants for the 2nd tank on thursday to try and keep my scrubbed rocks nice and clean and algae free!
I got 4 red leg hermits, 2 turbo snails and an Emerald/mithrax crab!
Here are a couple of pics!