90 gal tank shots

[pdonovan92130]

I bought this tank on 10/10/04 from someone. It had hair algae and I'm still battling. I'm new to reefing so I'm stoked to have a complete setup in such a short time.

I need some help with the algae problem - I'm open to suggestions!

90 gal with corner overflow
30 gal sump
Aquaspacelight: 2 x 250w 10k hqi + 150w 20k hqi
Euroreef skimmer (ES 5-1?) skimming good

[pdonovan92130]

picts didn't make the original post

[pdonovan92130]

hippo tang

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clown

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yellow tang

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clown and hippo tang

[JDubb]

Nice Tank!


Originally posted by pdonovan92130


I need some help with the algae problem - I'm open to suggestions!



do you have a clean up crew? I would recommend a variety of snails and hermits to take care of the job. A refugium with some macro algae will also help reduce unwanted algae in the tank.

where are you in the 92130? Im in the same area.

[pdonovan92130]

Here's my current cleanup crew:
50 asst snails; some hermit crabs (~10); a small urchin; yellow tang and hippo tang.

I've been trying to get the coraline going to compete with the hair algae. I've been dosing 50ml of b-ionic daily to keep the calcium levels high. I also started dosing coral-vital a couple days ago.

I'm cutting back on the lighting too - going down to 9 hours total. I'm not sure how much to keep the lights on. I've had them on for about 12 hours - mostly just the 20k. I had the 10k's on for 3 hours in the middle of the day. I have 650 watts total: 500w of 10k hqi (2 x 250w) and 150w 20k.

I live in Torrey Hills. It's south of I-56 off El Camino Real (road changes name to Carmel Mountain Ranch).

Here's another pict with my new Tridacna Crocea.

[wannabeafarmer]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong...but don't urchins EAT coraline?

Seem to remember reading that somewhere....

[josh2338]

...algae problem - I'm open to suggestions!

How often do you do water changes? When i had any algae problems i did more water changes like 5% each week instead of a big monthly 20% change. I also hooked up an auto top off setup using RO water. That worked for me but in this hobby you'll do a lot of trial and error. Also have you looked into getting a calcium reactor? This will help keep your pH and calcium levels steady. However, read up on it first!

[colindoug3]

me gusta!

[pdonovan92130]

new acropora seems happy

[pdonovan92130]

that last image size was a tad big. Here's 800x600

[elgordoinavw]

If you don't mind me asking what did that whole setup cost you?