new stand canopy and tank

[larrynews]

same size just wanted to get a new tank so i never had to gut it again....here is the new cabniet and canopy, made the guy joel knows love it.



the tank



and then came the hair algae, i haven't had this for 6 years when i started my tank from scratch

[bkvreef]

Im a little saddened  that I gave you my best coral and it's not in your tank!

[larrynews]

its in a special place.....

[HUNGER]

Looks good

[Kenn]

Thats a nice looking stand and canopy Larry 

[reefkeeper]

Larry, great job!  It looks great. -Jeff

[lazylivin]

Looks like a really nice quality stand and canopy. The birdsnest seems to be getting some better color since I was out last.

[Joel]

"made the guy joel knows love it."

I think you mean that it was made by my cabinet maker and that you love it.

[larrynews]

"made the guy joel knows love it."

I think you mean that it was made by my cabinet maker and that you love it.

or do i

[larrynews]

ok well after still getting more and more hair algae i have added 10 hermits and tested the water, the water is where it should be, i have shortened my lights to 8 hours and i am skimming wet, all i can think of is the new reflectors, where as before i never really had any. so hopefully the crabs will take car of some of it.

[starfishprime]

great looking tank. Love the stand and canopy. Wish you luck with the hair algae. Manual removal and scrubbing the rocks out of the tank always worked for me. Let us know what works for you!

[UDJustin]

ok well after still getting more and more hair algae i have added 10 hermits and tested the water, the water is where it should be, i have shortened my lights to 8 hours and i am skimming wet, all i can think of is the new reflectors, where as before i never really had any. so hopefully the crabs will take car of some of it.

I imagine when you switched tanks you killed a lot of the bacteria in your sand bed so its gonna take some time to build the bacteria back up

[larrynews]

isnt  there some Bacteria products i can add

[Joel]

bacterial supplements do exist but their usefulness are highly questionable.


A better option to supplement micro organisms would be to get a few cups of sand from someones aquarium and put a light dusting of it over the sand in your tank & sump. Makes certain that who ever you get the sand from has a healthy aquarium with no active nuisance issues going on (parasites, cyano, high nitrate / phosphate, etc.)

Joel

[larrynews]

bacterial supplements do exist but their usefulness are highly questionable.


A better option to supplement micro organisms would be to get a few cups of sand from someones aquarium and put a light dusting of it over the sand in your tank & sump. Makes certain that who ever you get the sand from has a healthy aquarium with no active nuisance issues going on (parasites, cyano, high nitrate / phosphate, etc.)

Joel

thanks

[larrynews]

so i am pleased to say that after joel and rich and lazys help, and advice, my rocks are hair algae free and my back wall is almost clean. took less than a week.thanks again
larry