TPASCHE's 46 Gal FOWLR Tank Build

I do have an overflow box...

 

Here is the latest update.

Got a Clown, his name is Pablo!

Pics taken just after his first meal in the tank

Anyway, enjoy the pics...

 

looks good Pablo needs a friend Escobar lol

 

Latest Photos

Here are some more pics...

 

Yes i know that one thing in there is an apastia (sp?) My tank isnt old enough to get pepermint shrimp and i'm nervous about getting joe's juice.

 

So i'm starting to see small parts of bubble algae. Should i try and siphon it out with my next water change?

On another rock it looks like tiny patches of a red hairy algae. Anyone know how to deal with that?

 

well i use aiptasia x

but what some people do is they get boiling hot water in a syringe and they spray the aiptasia so it lets go. but you need to be ready with a net to catch it.

but aiptasia x is good stuff.
never used Joe's juice before but i hear its kind of runny and just kind of drifts off if you don't get it right on the oral disk. aiptasia x on the other hand is thicker and will stay down.

idk i guess its your personal preference

 

bubble algae: what i do is i try to remove it, with the siphon right there in case it pops.

and red hair algae you said?

is your tank still cycling or is the cycle over?

 

I have an emerald crab.. no more bubble algae.

I also have an urchin... he kills the different types of algae quick.

I have a wicked clean up crew in the new tank lol.. just not much else at the moment.

 

The cycle is over, i started the tank up the last week of May.

This was my water params on the 13th:

Temp: 79 F
pH: 8.03
Nitrate: 25
Nitrite: 0
Ammonia: 0
Specific Gravity: 1.024
KH: 8
Phosphate: 0