Soul's New Tank

[Soul]

My rebuild from a prev. setup. Now 1 week into cycle, used rocks and water from my prev tank so water paremeters are already ready. Slowly adding stuff in.

[Soul]

Basket detected some red algae growth just above sandbed liaoz, phosphate below 5 leh. Healthy growth or harmful?

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[Lara]

nice set up LR. I like it

[w3ish3ng]

phos level below 5? i thought phos above 0.5 is harmful? if i am not wrong, those are cyno. i kena them before. did you use ro/di water or just plain tap water for the tank? better hook up a fr if you have not done so, they spread like wildfire

[Soul]

Correction phosphate almost zero. N03 below 5 i meant. I used 60% old water from prev tank and 40 tap water.

[Soul]

nice set up LR. I like it

thks, open concept like urs, but mine can see from 3 sides only one side against wall.

[w3ish3ng]

better use di water or those nasty algae will keep on coming. why not take part in shootsimon diy di unit project? its not that expansize and certainly useful

[Soul]

thks bro i'll go check the DI water unit out.

[Soul]

found this helpful post made by one of the form moderators ...

"That is cyano in the beginning stages,

Improving water quality (with lower nutrients)is a main step - leaving the algae with less fuel for growth. With PO4 & NO3 at zero you may still find cyano.(as many ppl have)

This is because Rocks and sand(substrate) act as a sink. Cyano will grow over these surfaces until that runs out then die off by itself. All this while the water should have low nutrients(or very very low levels,near zero) so that the algae has nothing else to use up and will go away in a few weeks to a month or two.

For a new tank- there is no way you can avoid the first cyano outbreak (it may come in the first month or in the first year).

Siphoning off whatever you can helps keep it in small patches, but you have to keep doing it till it goes away. If water changes are done during this time- the new water should be nutrient free too- or you fuel the cyano."

IMO, cyano is part & parcel of life. Looking after your water will stop future outbreaks.

If you use red slime, becareful of low oxygen levels. Increase aeration or water circulation during treatment.

[hammy]

maybe not enough flow in that region

[Soul]

Bought a seio 820, red zoo and LR with a coco ###### polys growing from bro CKSH just now. Had to rearrange the landscape to fit the LR.

[Soul]

Update after adding some LS

Cyno under control after putting plants and weeds in sump to absorb nutrients.

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[Soul]

more close ups

dunno what the name of those yellow ones are

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[Maxstar81]

Yellow ones are yellow polyps !

Nice tank !

[Soul]

Yellow ones are yellow polyps !

Nice tank !

Thks for the compliment and info~ cheers

[jervismun]

I like your tubeworm... the pink is very intense I am actually looking for one

[Soul]

I like your tubeworm... the pink is very intense I am actually looking for one

the ah beng shop at pasir ris got some.

[jervismun]

the ah beng shop at pasir ris got some.

Ok I will drop by there soon

[Soul]

My lastest piece, black sun with about 25 heads. What i love about this particular specimen is that the tubes outside have a slimy luminous green coat as compared to other black sun specimens, its not algae btw hehe.

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[jervismun]

Very beautiful and exquisite Black Suns... this is the first time I see Black Suns up close... hint hint... you pix too large

[Soul]

new scaping

[Soul]

more pics, left side of tank

[Soul]

middle

[Altantis]

Bro... all your pix become "*pls resize picture "

[jervismun]

Looking good bro... what a large flat piece of Zoos there... hehe... you also have pest anemones