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Here's my newest tank inhabitant (besides the astreas snails). And here is the full tank shot, yellow tang:)
Thanks!
Robbie

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Very Cool.. Beautiful Fish. You got a Coral Beauty.. Just be aware though that if you end up doing corals that it can possibly pick at them.. Mine so far has not.. He's left the colt coral alone. But I do notice him picking at things on rocks the algae on my sump return and other things. He so far has left all of the zoas, dusters and colt alone.
 
wow, that is a stunning tank you have there, that coral beauty is a real beauty,lol, also on the back of your tank is that brown algea? if it is, my SW class teacher said to get rid of it you can throw a black or dark colourd solid blanket over it for 2 days and it will all go away, (he had it in his tank, so before we left the classroom he threw a blanket over it and i cam back in 2 days and it was gone, i couldent believe it actually worked!) you probly already knew that but i just thought i would tell ya what i learned,lol
keep up the great work!!!!,
Shane
 
clown-lover said:
Very Cool.. Beautiful Fish. You got a Coral Beauty.. Just be aware though that if you end up doing corals that it can possibly pick at them.. Mine so far has not.. He's left the colt coral alone. But I do notice him picking at things on rocks the algae on my sump return and other things. He so far has left all of the zoas, dusters and colt alone.
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Thanks...it is a very cool fish. She (or he...how do you tell?) was exploring for quite a while. She apparently has found a network of caves from one end of the tank to the other. So far, she really hasn't paid much attention to the rest of the fish...I hope it stays that way. I have seen her picking at the rocks, which doesn't really upset me all that much. Maybe it'll inspire my lawnmower blenny to do the same...lazy little bugger.
It truly is one of the more beautiful fish I've seen. I see why people buy them.
Thanks!!
Robbie
 
guppy1 said:
wow, that is a stunning tank you have there, that coral beauty is a real beauty,lol, also on the back of your tank is that brown algea? if it is, my SW class teacher said to get rid of it you can throw a black or dark colourd solid blanket over it for 2 days and it will all go away, (he had it in his tank, so before we left the classroom he threw a blanket over it and i cam back in 2 days and it was gone, i couldent believe it actually worked!) you probly already knew that but i just thought i would tell ya what i learned,lol
keep up the great work!!!!,
Shane
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Thanks for the compliments, Shane.
I actually was wondering what to do with the brown algae on the back of my tank....although it seems to have reached a point and not gotten any worse. I never clean the back, so I guess that is why it looks so bad. I am going to try and knock it out....although I have found my clowns trying to "host" it a few times. It's very funny to see them trying to hide in the algae. I might try the light deprivation and see what happens.
I would like to know where it comes from....
Thanks!!
Robbie
 
well i am not sure where it comes from yet, but i think it feeds of the light, so if you make the tank totally dark for 2 days it will "starve" the algea and if it does not got away in 2 days, try another 2 days and that should do the trick!,
hope i am right!lol, if not correct me and i will know,
Shane
 
All forms of algae depend on a couple of factors which are light, nutrients and water. Algae will feed off all these and to effectivly remove the algae, we need to starve the sources. In my old reef, i had a bad bout of this and blacked out the tank for 3 days, worked very well indeed and you see the impact it had on the algae..

Hope that helps

Niko
 
Sweet so i was kinda on the right track, i guess i am learning, lol
Shane
 
atnixon said:
All forms of algae depend on a couple of factors which are light, nutrients and water. Algae will feed off all these and to effectivly remove the algae, we need to starve the sources. In my old reef, i had a bad bout of this and blacked out the tank for 3 days, worked very well indeed and you see the impact it had on the algae..

Hope that helps

Niko
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It does help....thanks again. I assume I need to feed the fish during the blackout...can I just turn the lights on for an hour or so?
Robbie
 
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