I have:
46 gallon bow front with diy overflow (1" drain, 2 1" u-tubes) estimate doing about 400gph
20 gallon sump/refuge (refuge has about 20lbs of live sand, live rock rubble, chaeto, grape caulerpa)
2 seio m820s
3 maxijet 1200s (moded to do ~500gph) on wavetimer
3-4" sand bed with aragonite, some crushed coral in the display (approx 4 yr old sand bed)
~75lbs live rock
mex. turbo snails, cleaner shrimp, astrea, cerith, red & blue legged hermits
various zoanthids, mushrooms, xenia, some type of acropora, polyps, plate coral
2 rock/flower anemones
2 tomato clowns, 1 blue damsel, small yellow tang, male (?) mandarin
short spined urchin
remora pro skimmer with mag7 run 24/7
chaeto/grape caulerpa in the sump, lit 24/7 with a ge plant bulb
display is lit 8 hours per day (approx 11am - 8 pm), 2x96W PC, dual daylight/actinic (due to be changed very soon)
For those that have read about my fight with cyano and hair algae, I've recently increased my flow in the display and through my sump/refuge. Originally I had a smaller overflow doing around 200-250gph. I've built a new one that closer to 600gph, the surface of the display stays very clear now, and I can see the increased flow in the sump/refuge and in the display. After modding my maxijets, I can see a huge increase in flow. My acropora isn't extending as much now, so I may need to move it to a lower flow area.
I've started dosing iron in the fuge to hopefully increase macro growth.
My sand bed has been cyano free for about 1 week now
I'm praying it stays like that.
My urchin has removed every trace of green hair algae. Now, I have patches of a brown 'furry' looking algae that I've been pulling and scrubbing off the rocks with a toothbrush. I don't know what it is, but I don't think its the green hair algae or cyano I have been plagued with. I don't think the pictures below are clear enough to make it out. I'll try to get a better picture and post it.
I recently added a mandarin. I think they are one of the most beautiful fish. He's hard to make out in the pictures.
I need to learn how to take pictures and/or get a macro lens.
Urchin and mandarin (bottom):
Urchin and mandarin (bottom):
You can kinda see the brown 'furry' algae on the rock in this picture. Anyone know what it is and what to do to get rid of it:
Plate coral I received from illnino. I'm target feeding mysis. Will it regrow its tentacles?:
Rock anemone:
This is what I had a few weeks ago:
Yuck!