bhinkle50
10/01/2013, 12:06 PM
I set up my 30 gal JBJ rimless a few months ago and haven't really done enough research on what my clean up crew should look like. I don't have a full build thread yet, but the tank is a an Apex setup with a daily AWC program that changes up to 2g of water per day. I'll link my full build thread here once I have it up.
So, for now I need to get some cleaners going. I've had 2 reef tanks setup when I lived in Dallas 8 yrs ago, but they were much bigger and loaded with LR. Here, I started with dead rock and have been going with small frags from local reefers to get started (plus a few from DD).
My lighting is a Pac-Sun Triton S currently running about 30% using the Bali par program which yields a photo period of about 11 hrs. Flow is a Tunze 6095 with 3 different profiles that creates a nice wave in the tank at different times of the day.
Phosphate is 0 (hanna and Red Sea Pro) and Nitrate is .25 (Red Sea Pro).
I don't have a real problem yet, but I have noticed some small hair algea on the frags from DD, and there is some other stuff forming in places on the rocks.
Here's a tank view pic -
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/bhnK7bxMyubFXK5EYLf2DUs_lKnHRWal_eCb7s_T-Ig=w727-h545-no
What would you recommend in terms of a cleaners?
So, for now I need to get some cleaners going. I've had 2 reef tanks setup when I lived in Dallas 8 yrs ago, but they were much bigger and loaded with LR. Here, I started with dead rock and have been going with small frags from local reefers to get started (plus a few from DD).
My lighting is a Pac-Sun Triton S currently running about 30% using the Bali par program which yields a photo period of about 11 hrs. Flow is a Tunze 6095 with 3 different profiles that creates a nice wave in the tank at different times of the day.
Phosphate is 0 (hanna and Red Sea Pro) and Nitrate is .25 (Red Sea Pro).
I don't have a real problem yet, but I have noticed some small hair algea on the frags from DD, and there is some other stuff forming in places on the rocks.
Here's a tank view pic -
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/bhnK7bxMyubFXK5EYLf2DUs_lKnHRWal_eCb7s_T-Ig=w727-h545-no
What would you recommend in terms of a cleaners?