willjay
02/05/2009, 04:18 AM
Ok bit of a lie its not an sps nano as such, but i have a couple of frags and a colony!
acros and hystrix.
other corals are acan, duncans ecinophylia, green stars, zoas and fungia.
Tank vol before displacement is 49 litres, light is 150 w 20k MH.
flow is via hydor nano power head and 900 approx return from the canister (fitted via two bulk heads in the bottom)
modded canister to house the fuge light and chaeto, the canister also house the inbuilt heater and controller.
fan run on a timer for the summer (may yet put that via a habistat cool control)
One of the acros (nana) suffered a bit and has some striping due to a yellow clown goby sitting and picking at it, it went brown! Goby was removed.......... coloring up well so far, and hope it does really well from now on.
Striped parts don't seem to have increased and the water tests are all at desirable levels.
I have a tiny frag of the nana, (untouched by the goby) and its doing really well.
The other sps is a hystrix which grows bloomin quick, tiny frag given by a friend.
Lastly a new acro i got from a tank close down, a acro millipora. looks well since moving it in, two weeks ago approx.
I run phos remover but no carbon at the moment, once every few months i run carbon for 2-3 days
In a canister filter i run Chaeto lit and growing well on a reverse cycle and a few chunks of rock
My question is what are peoples thoughts on macro algae, I now have no fish, do a water change every week, the tank has good temp stability, 25.8 - 26.3 winter, last summer i did see the temp creap up to 27 a few times, but with a fan pointed across the open top it came back to the normal 26 target pretty much.
I have read that the macro could be detrimental to the sps, obviously i did have an issue with the goby, but now that physical damage has stopped i want to provide the best care for the sps and maybe get more. I have no intension in keeping fish in this nano now, just crabs and shrimp (feed them small amounts and a pellet each)!
Any experience and advice always most gratefully received
acros and hystrix.
other corals are acan, duncans ecinophylia, green stars, zoas and fungia.
Tank vol before displacement is 49 litres, light is 150 w 20k MH.
flow is via hydor nano power head and 900 approx return from the canister (fitted via two bulk heads in the bottom)
modded canister to house the fuge light and chaeto, the canister also house the inbuilt heater and controller.
fan run on a timer for the summer (may yet put that via a habistat cool control)
One of the acros (nana) suffered a bit and has some striping due to a yellow clown goby sitting and picking at it, it went brown! Goby was removed.......... coloring up well so far, and hope it does really well from now on.
Striped parts don't seem to have increased and the water tests are all at desirable levels.
I have a tiny frag of the nana, (untouched by the goby) and its doing really well.
The other sps is a hystrix which grows bloomin quick, tiny frag given by a friend.
Lastly a new acro i got from a tank close down, a acro millipora. looks well since moving it in, two weeks ago approx.
I run phos remover but no carbon at the moment, once every few months i run carbon for 2-3 days
In a canister filter i run Chaeto lit and growing well on a reverse cycle and a few chunks of rock
My question is what are peoples thoughts on macro algae, I now have no fish, do a water change every week, the tank has good temp stability, 25.8 - 26.3 winter, last summer i did see the temp creap up to 27 a few times, but with a fan pointed across the open top it came back to the normal 26 target pretty much.
I have read that the macro could be detrimental to the sps, obviously i did have an issue with the goby, but now that physical damage has stopped i want to provide the best care for the sps and maybe get more. I have no intension in keeping fish in this nano now, just crabs and shrimp (feed them small amounts and a pellet each)!
Any experience and advice always most gratefully received