29g nano reef (Cr1ck37)

[Cr1ck37]

Thought I would start my own thread of my tank...here goes...

Also made a little blog of my experiences making a saltwater tank, the good :D and the bad :grumble:

There's also a live stream of my tank!
My Nano Reef (29g)

30lbs~ Aragonite Reef Sand
??lbs of Live Rock...I didn't exactly weigh them when I got them
1x Hydor Nano 425 powerhead
1x Penguin 550 powerhead
Penn Plax Cascade Canister 500 Filter
1x 50w heater (tried a 100w, but it ended up warming the tank too much, at a constant 74F degrees right now)

RO/DI weekly water changes...5g~
Top off water every other day depending on evaporation

Currently have brown algae all over, which I've read is a good thing :bounce:

Images to follow, any input would be great! :bowdown:

 

[buddy08]

Looks great! I like the live stream vid. Just dont walk infront of your camera in the nude, we dont wanna see that... Lol, but again, all jokes aside, I like the setup. How long has it been up and running?

 

[ErinCahir]

I agree.. that live stream is awesome!

 

[Cr1ck37]

Lol thanks! I have a little cover on those certain occasions... ;)

Tank has been up for around 3 months (1 month added cleaning crew, then next month fish) now, took a while to decide on what fish to add, so it ran on empty for a while.

 

[buddy08]

the brown algae may vanish in the future, looks like diatoms.

 

[Cr1ck37]

That's what I'm hoping for, I got it around a week ago...so I'm optimistic that it will go away this week... (Pair of Trochus snails came to the rescue to help clean)

 

[buddy08]

does it rub off with your hand fairly easy?

 

[Dana42078]

Yea the brown will go away in time with WC's....should cleean your glass before you take pics tho =)

 

[Smitty]

Lookin' good thus far...good job!

 

[Cr1ck37]

Yes the brown stuff rubs off easily, im resisting scraping it away since I've read it's better to keep it where it is?

 

[Dana42078]

Maybe...idk...my diatoms were short lived....maybe yer right

 

[little_fish]

I love the live feed!

Could you pm me about how to set that up?

 

[Cr1ck37]

Thanks! Pm sent.

 

[buddy08]

Yeah, theyre diatoms. I cleaned mine off the glass and left them on the rocks but i did take advantage of the snails by moving them to locations i desired that were heavily affected by the bloom

 

[Cr1ck37]

That sounds like a good idea buddy, I will have to do that tomorrow. Night time lights are on so I wouldn't want to disturb their sleep ;)

 

[Rufio808]

I'm going through the brown algae phase also. I don't even attempt to clean them off. They come back super fast, but will go away with time.

 

[Cr1ck37]

How long did yours last Rufio? Did you do anything special? Feed less, less lights, etc?

 

[little_fish]

They will go away when they use up all the silicates in the tank. They use that to build their shells, and when that is gone, they die off.

So each tank will be unique about how long it takes for them to use it up

 

[Cr1ck37]

Ya kinda figured about the silicates, just wondering if there was anything else to speed it up :D

Will see if I can get more close up shots of my tank members / corals today!

 

[Rufio808]

I just went about my normal tank duties. I tried sand cleaning and siphoning them off the rocks, but they would just come back the next day. You just got to let the tank run its course. I kind of took it as a good sign of a maturing tank.

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