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  1. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    Nice tank with a diverse selection of fish!
    The only thing that I would comment on is the microalgae in the tank. Be careful with the liquid, flake and frozen foods and other liquid traces and vitamins, plus you may want to try to do water changes more frequently and dose carbon to help you to remove and keep nuisance algae under wraps.
    That is all... just to make your tank that much better!
    Good luck!
     
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  3. TonysReef

    TonysReef Feather Duster

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    wow nice tank! i started my tank few weeks ago. i am looking for a similar setup like yours. Less fish but more coral is the way iam going. But your tank looks sharp!
     
  4. tmv8888

    tmv8888 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    wow, great looking tank. I've been thinking about upgrading to a 90, and this tank is definitely gonna influence how i set it up. I like your selection of livestock too.
     
  5. Lady_Bobo

    Lady_Bobo Fire Worm

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    divott:
    That is coming along Really beautiful...
    you are collecting such beautiful corals...


    adding commenting on coral reefer - I had that to much and it was driving me nuts....
    I learned when I feed the frozen Mysis shrimp I should rinse it first before adding - I try to make sure all the fish eat the pellets and hopefully what does make it past will get eaten by the clean up...
    My fish eat pellets from my fingers now for the most part... ;D

    Ummm... coral reefer could you explain the carbon dosing ?... To me any how...
     
  6. iLLwiLL

    iLLwiLL Sailfin Tang

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    that looks awesome!! cant wait to see the next set of pics!

    ~Will.
     
  7. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    is it the micro on the back of the tank youre talking about? if it is, ive kinda just left it for the angels to pick away at. and is a case of overfeeding or the type im using. i do use flake , mysis and a liquid phyto. i do once a week changes also and my params are in good order.
     
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  9. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    someone made me aware , its not the back glass youre talking about, but the algae by the clam? it stays constant it seems , not getting worse or better. but i wil lcut back on my feedings tho and see what happens
     
  10. Cat4wisson

    Cat4wisson Feather Duster

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    Nice Rock layout. What do you have in the tank for a cleanup crew? Do you have anything that stirs up the sand bed it may help with the micro algae on the sand bed. I have a single sand sifting star in my 72 and even though we don't see him very often him he keeps the sand bed pretty stirred up, he moves a couple times a day and goes all over the place. I wouldn't get more than one though because they can strip the sand bed of anything living.
     
  11. divott

    divott Giant Squid

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    theres roughly 25 snails , 4 hermits , 4 brittle\birstle stars. i might be a little under what i should have in regards to the crew.
     
  12. Cat4wisson

    Cat4wisson Feather Duster

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    Yeah for a 90 gal you may need more. Having enough creatures to help clean the tank makes it sooo much easier to maintain the tank in the long run and the tank will look better and is more interesting to watch. Its a lot easier to feed a little more if the cleanup crew needs it than to not have enough and be battling micro algae. You should look into the sand sifting stars, they burrow into the sand and turn it over very nicely where brittle stars, as far as I,eat left overs mostly on the lr.

    Sometimes when I feed my tank I don't see any hermits at all then the food enters the water and they all come out, I have about 30 in my 72 with over 40 snails and I still think i could use some more. I think that his summer I'll have to look into buying one of the cleanup crew packs to freshen up the tank.
     
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