Puffer Chick's 46 Gallon Bowfront Reef

so my wrasse must have just dived into the sand because there was a big splash and now the tank is very cloudy

 

Flash just got his tail chewed up pretty good thanks to the chromis hopefully it will grow back soon

 

ugh he's now compelty covered in white dots i think its ick i hope he gets better

 

the damsel is now nipping at the puffer im surprised he is tolerating it

 

so this morning i got up at 7am and started working on the tank i had a lot of GHA starting to grow along with cyano so i took the rock one by one and started scrubbing, i think i got most of it out. I also redid the aquascape during i think i might have it somewhat decent so that there are no dead spots, caves and hopefully good coral placement, the fish seem to love going in and out of the new holes. Only fish that i am worried about is Flash i never saw him come out during the entire process so im hoping he's ok

here are some pics tank is a bit cloudy still

 

The new aquascape looks great

 

thanks i kind of like it its starting to grow on me, and the fish are loving the new caves and swimming in and out of them so thats a good sign

 

Just curious, are you testing for Ca, Mg, and ALK? If your not you really should be, especially for that Birdsnest Coral. Also, keep in mind that by maintaining the correct levels of Ca, Mg, and ALK you will notice an increase in coral growth.

 

dont mean to sound dumb, but what is GHA and Cyano? I assume it is algae, where does it come from, what does it look like, and why isnt your CUC taking care of it?

 

green hair algae is is normally green that i guesss almost looks like hair or even weeds or grass, i think thats how most describe it and cyano is i guess you can describe it as like slimmy?? and normally CUC eat GHA but maybe mine is a bit too long for them, but its pretty short so i dont know why their not eating it


and i work up earlier this morning and i got to see all of the fish wake up, it was pretty cool, normally their all out by the time i get up