I was also wondering how to frag Polythoa, I have about 5 heads on a very small rock and I would like to get them on other rocks so they can multiply more, but don't know how to convience the little guys to jump to another rock. any Ideas?

 

Miek

 

Mike

Any advice?

 

Mike

 

Long day Miek? 

 

Deb

 

Mike

 

Deb

 

Mike

Temperature 74-78 daily

alk 8-  API used

PH 8.2- I think it is hard to tell with Red sea test kit

NH3- 0.25- Red sea

NO2- 0 Red Sea

NO3- 0 API

CA- 420 API

P04 0 API

salinity1.0235 Instant ocean hydrometer

I added a sand conch a week ago to help with the small hair/cyano outbreak that I am currently experiencing. I have a eclipse filtration system, with bio wheel, there is carbon running. and I have cheato in the tank.

The only other thing I think could be eating them is the box/sundile snails that I have, but I didn't think they would eat mushrooms. It is only this area of the tank that I am loosing soft coral, and the algae is heavier on the other end.

 

#2 I lost my 2 yellow polyps from my small 5 gallon I have not tested the water but it has box/sundile snails as well

Salinity-1.0222 intant ocean

temp 74-79

 

Any advice as of what to do next would be helpfull, we have been removing box/sundile snails once every few days when we have time.

 

Ammonia should be 0. A good growth of algae will eat it up immediately.

Alk ought to be higher. Add two tablespoons of baking soda dissolved in a pint of RO water. Pour in one cup and the other cup an hour later. Check Alk the next day.

You said there is algae heavy on one side of the tank.

Do you have herbivores?

Please post a pic.

Also check the tank several times through the night so you can catch those Sundial snails in action and pull them.

Thanks Mark!

-I am working on the baking soda

-I will get pictures

- As of herbivores, I have emerald crab (who eats my macro algae, and not bubble), we had bi color blenny but he died. We are thinking about getting a tang until it grows to big then we would sell it.

- I will check tank tonight for sundiles

- picture coming tomarow.

 

 

Baking soda was added, that is why I think the GSP is not out, I am sure they will get over it. I think my daylight isn't putting out as much as it use to, I may replace it to see if that helps. I will post kh readings tomarow here are a few more pictures. Algae is not getting much better.

It is mostly this green hair algae seen in the corner

Close up of macro, the cyano has been wafted off.

close up of rock where palyathoa and mushroom have been disapearing,

 

I also think alot of this algae came in when I got my christmas tree rock. It had alot of stuff on it.

 

Thanks again for the help. I hope the pictures help for information.

 

CA=400 API

I have not seen any of these snails near the paly when I have checked the last couple of nights, but I have seen about 50+ in the aquarium. I have seen these snails at the base of the paly in the past, but I would allways remove them. One reason I am not sure if it would be them is I don't think they are known to eat mushrooms, and I had a mushroom disapear off this rock.

My thought is that you have a Rock Crab eating the coral. These are easy to trap using a piece of raw shrimp in a glass jar leaned at an angle against that rock where the coral are disappearing. The crab slides down into the jar to eat the shrimp but cannot climb back out.

 

That's a lot of Sundial snails. You are certain they are this kind of snail and that they have been eating coral?

 

See the Cyano growing on the Chaeto? Looking at the tank pic I'd say that there is not enough turbulent flow. There seem to be two powerheads creating circulation that I can see. Is there another powerhead in the bottom back right corner?

-Don't rock crabs eat snails and hermits as well, I have not been missing those. Are rock crabs transparent? I saw a transparent crab in the tank about a month ago that I had never seen before. We have also seen a red crab with white stripe on him.

-I dont know how I will be able to stick a glass jar on the rock but I could put it on the sand leaning up to the rock below it as you suggest.

-I will continue to check kh every day until it falls to 10.

-I have one koralia, and one powerhead in the bottom right as you said, Do you think I need more? Also I have the koralia on a timer of on 2 hours off 1 hour (someone suggested it would help coral growth) I could take it off this timer.