5G Nano (pico) SW Build

Looking good.
Sorry, I missed the post above (#79) - I wouldn't willingly introduce Bryopsis into a tank. Of all the algaes that can take hold, as you've experienced, it's one of the hardest to get rid of.

 

The mushroom coral... Needs to color up but it's a deep red with green spots

My condy anemone after being released

And my baby black Molly... She won't move for a better picture...

 

Did your nem stay in tge macro algae basket? I'm so jealous of your tentacled nem!

 

Is that 'nem in QT? Do you have adequate lighting over your QT?
Personally I wouldn't put a nem in QT - There is minimal risk of them transferring a disease, and 'nems hate being moved. I would have put it straight in the display - maybe that's just me, but everyone I speak to in my marine club/society just say to release into the DT
In fact, most (in my club) don't QT coral at all.... not sure why. A quick dip, and in the display it goes.

I would suggest that unless the QT mimics the DT in terms of lighting and parameters, that's probably why they don't QT. I may have to do some more reading on that one. I'm not suggesting you've done the wrong thing, it's just not common around my parts. Fish definitely are QT'd, as are inverts, but not corals/anemones.

And I'll ask too, I see the mushroom is on a piece of LR, so I get that, but the rest of it? Is that to hold a cycle? If so, keep this in mind... If you have to treat the tank with anything, either remove the LR (which isn't great for your cycle), or be prepared to throw it away. Medications get absorbed into the rock, and will take a long long time to fully release the meds. In a tank with inverts, I would never put that rock back in the display.

Other than that, still looking good!

 

Is that 'nem in QT? Do you have adequate lighting over your QT?
Personally I wouldn't put a nem in QT - There is minimal risk of them transferring a disease, and 'nems hate being moved. I would have put it straight in the display - maybe that's just me, but everyone I speak to in my marine club/society just say to release into the DT
In fact, most (in my club) don't QT coral at all.... not sure why. A quick dip, and in the display it goes.

I would suggest that unless the QT mimics the DT in terms of lighting and parameters, that's probably why they don't QT. I may have to do some more reading on that one. I'm not suggesting you've done the wrong thing, it's just not common around my parts. Fish definitely are QT'd, as are inverts, but not corals/anemones.

And I'll ask too, I see the mushroom is on a piece of LR, so I get that, but the rest of it? Is that to hold a cycle? If so, keep this in mind... If you have to treat the tank with anything, either remove the LR (which isn't great for your cycle), or be prepared to throw it away. Medications get absorbed into the rock, and will take a long long time to fully release the meds. In a tank with inverts, I would never put that rock back in the display.

Other than that, still looking good!

ugh... this is the DT... well the small one... the large one is still cycling (week 3) the plan is to move everyone to the much larger tank once everything in the main tank is good

I have a separate tank ready in case Mrs. Molly gets ill but I figured since she will be the only fish for a while it would be fine to add her in for now. and right now the SG/salinity of the big tank is the same as the little one but the light on the bigger one is a bit stronger... so besides the cycle everything is the same

and you said fish and inverts need QTed... isn't anemones and corals technically inverts... most sites I have seen recommended QTing them as well...

 

I'm confused on the QT diff too. Wouldn't you be more likely to get a bad hitch hiker with sentile inverts? The rock most come with seem prime for unwanted pests.....do the dips take care of the possibility?
Why only QT fish and motile inverts?
Can you treat any of the illness/hitch hikers that could come in with something like a shrimp?


Thank you for clarifying! Any mistake I can skip is a bonus for my critters!

 

Hitch-hikers will come in on rocks. And if you leave the rock out of water, spraying occasionally with SW, the hitch hikers will fall off (especially mantis shrimp)

Using a reef dip will generally kill off any pathogens/hitch hikers (nudibranch for example).

I think I was misunderstood a little - if your QT mimics the DT as far as lighting, parameters etc, then by all means, QT your corals. But, if you don't have adequate lighting/parameters, QT'ing can do more harm than good IMO.

Anemones are different animals, they hate being moved.

 

Nice monkeypie! Looks like the tank is coming along.

I learned my lesson the hard way about not qt'ing corals. A bought a montipora frag that I didn't dip and it introduced montipora eating nudibranchs into a frag tank. No. fun. at. all.

 

Nice monkeypie! Looks like the tank is coming along.

I learned my lesson the hard way about not qt'ing corals. A bought a montipora frag that I didn't dip and it introduced montipora eating nudibranchs into a frag tank. No. fun. at. all.

That sucks mike... But I am glad you got something useful out of it and confirmed what I first thought... QT everything regardless...

 

I think I got some bad water from the LFS... I've had some cyano growing even in direct water flow and my byopsis is slowly coming back (but that's not a big deal) anyways I lost 5 snails some time last night and I pulled them out when I found them this morning I freaked out when Melody (Pink-tip Anemone) wasn't acting right and I remebered a picture Jon had posted a while back before his Nem had died... so I did a water change with the only water available to me... delcorinated tap dosed with Prime and MB7... its been a few hours and I still have one aestrea and Emma came out and Melody no longer looks like she is going to die... she has even eaten a large pinch of Marine flakes Jon made me when I started the tank RIP snailies you guys were wicked cool...

also I am thinking of temporarily adding a larger powerhead the is probably way to strong but needed for now imo...

 

So here's an update... Did a 50% water change and cleaned out all that cyano algae and in doing so that bryopsis algae all died lol... So Emma and my hermit have been working to remove it all!!! I have a 500gph head on it now and a coralife light fixture that goes to the 26 ill be upgrading too...

FTS

Emma's current hiding spot

My paly Jon gave me... I can't find my mushroom anywhere I think it moved... Or was eaten Idk...

 

So my lfs is moving to a larger store location because they get that busy so they are selling all freshwater fish for 25-50% off and saltwater fish 25% off!
I am off work today and I get paid today... I'm gonna head in and see if I can do much damage later on

 

Bought a clownfish today and 3 Ceriths to hopefully eat all my algae...

 

Yay for new fish!

If the ceriths don't get everything squeaky clean, maybe add a astraea to your team. I named mine roomba because of how effective it cleans.

 

They didn't have any astreas there I had planed to get one but nope... They should do the trick though

 

My clownfish Chance and the 3 cerith snails