Trinituner Reefers, Saltwater Aquarium Fish Keepers

[kyhamil]

I got some resilient green algae on my glass... I been scrubbing hard and it showing still... wtf is that and how do I get rid of it... chemiclean?

[HondaB20B]

Chemiclean removes red slime algae (which looks like and has the texture of jam) or cyano. Its not hard. What you can have growing is coralline algae which is actually found in many colors..........purple, reds, pink, green, yellow and whites. The purples and pinks being the most common. Go get a normal hand scraper or get a magflip. Just make sure you buy the right blade for it. There is the one for glass and one for acrylic. It works real good. Take your time and make sure you have the blade flat on the glass cause you can scratch the glass and make it worse. Sometimes the regular glass cleaner doesn't clean off the hard algae like that

[HondaB20B]

How do you do the garlic soak?

http://www.amazon.com/Seachem-ASM173-Ga ... rum+garlic

[UML]

Anyone know what is this bright yellowish-green thing?



I have a few growing in my tank.

[HondaB20B]

need better pics............. size and a description may help.
does it move, is it soft or hard.....................????

[UML]

need better pics............. size and a description may help.
does it move, is it soft or hard.....................????

Dat pic is with the phone zoom.

Like quarter inch

Looks hard does not move.

Looks like a brain coral with a tube to the top

Here's another zoom pic same poor quality

[HondaB20B]

Looks hard? So you never touch it?
Sure is not sponges?

[UML]

Looks hard? So you never touch it?
Sure is not sponges?

I think I did and it was hard. I don't know. Sponges grow in direct light or underneath rocks?

Will touch it again whenever I working on my tank.

[HondaB20B]

sponges grow all over. I have sponges growing in caves. they also come in many different colors.
It could even be a sea squirt which comes in all different shapes, colors and sizes. I have a few.
There are many different creatures that could come on live rocks

[bir123]

Need some help.
So i have a 48 by 18 by 18 fresh water aquarium with an aquaclear 120 ,aquaclear 50 ,heater ,1 48 inch double t8 and 1 48 inch single t8 also have a heater controller.

Lookinh to convert this tank to salt water but dont really have much experience in salt so i would like sum assistance.I would like to set up the most basic and least costly system and over a period of time slowly obtain more and more equipment.can you guys tell me what equipment i could reuse from the tank and what equipment i would need to buy.I am eventually aiming for a reef aquarium so would like to start to build the ground work for this .
Thanks in advance also where sud i buy these equipment and please recomend spectific brands of you can.

[kyhamil]

From what ive learnt here... basics are sand bed min 2inches, 1lbs of live rock per gallon, a filter that tuens over your. Water at least 4 times per hour and an oversized protein skimmer

[bir123]

Do you know where i can buy saltwater equipment and fish?

[kyhamil]

Raj 744-8768 he is in st augustine or the let store in valpark... thats the 2 that I know of... I brought down my equipment through my skybox though

[bir123]

Thanks alot thinking about bringing down a protine skimer and the lights but going to check out some prices in tnt first.

[kyhamil]

I cant afford nun sold here... teachers salary.... Im not doing reefs so I got a cpl rolls of leds white amd blue and would install it when I get time...

[bir123]

Could i start up a salt water tank with just the filter live rock and sand and then like after about 6 months buy a skimmer .cuz my budget also kind of tight and seeing the prices of the skimmers

[dgobo]

^^ no disrespect but my best advice is to stay away from this hobby if your on a tight budget, everything expensive in saltwater tanks. If your going for fishes only you can do a nice chiclid tank for a fraction of the cost.

[dgobo]

My tank does have me broke every time I go by Raj.

[kyhamil]

Don't skimp on the skimmer... cld get away with cheap lights if your not going with corals...

[bir123]

Lol i have real plenty fresh water tanks and really want to move over to salt .
Orr thing tho do u guys use chillers cuz i called raj to find out some prices and he say ill need a skimmer

[bir123]

Thinking about doing a nano tank instead .

[HondaB20B]

My tank does have me broke every time I go by Raj.

yuh lie...............


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[HondaB20B]

Could i start up a salt water tank with just the filter live rock and sand and then like after about 6 months buy a skimmer .cuz my budget also kind of tight and seeing the prices of the skimmers

Yes you can!!!!!
Just dont load the system with lots of fish. That puts your bioload high.

[dgobo]

My tank does have me broke every time I go by Raj.

yuh lie...............


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^^ im not the man who does be all over the world flying in private jet and thing lol.

[bir123]

Change my mind going small after i hear them prices from raj.
Goinh 18 by 18 by 18
25 lb live rock
2 inch live sand
Aquaclear 50
2 nano wave makers
And possibly a protine skimmer
Looking to start off with 2 clown fish a few imvertibrates
Do u guys think this setup can work and any recomendations on small lights that wud beable to sustain coral that wud work on this small tank .
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Thank you in advance

[HondaB20B]

My tank does have me broke every time I go by Raj.

yuh lie...............


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^^ im not the man who does be all over the world flying in private jet and thing lol.

Nah, they repo the jet last week.
So ah could pump more money into my fishbowl.







































I dont have 8 sets of brembos............................. (crickets)

[kyhamil]

^ lmao at that comment

[dgobo]

Wheeey man and I did not even get a ride yet.

[dgobo]

So ah could pump more money into my fishbowl.

How the room coming along, done yet?

[HondaB20B]

added something in the post before.............LOL