Algae Eater Surprise!!!

[bojyeo]

Hi All Bros,

Just to share some experience.......

My marine tank has been infested with ICH and my marine tangs have been dying 1 by 1 everyday.........

2 days ago, I measured my nitrate and it was 40ppm.......I did 3 pails of seawater change for my 5 x 2.5 x 2.5 tank and the nitrates went down to 20ppm which is still high.........

Anyway, I am so used to my nitrates being high ever since my fishes start dying......was in the midst of ordering an algae scrubber to get rid of the nitrates......

Then yesterday afternoon went to Ah Beng at Pasir Ris.......bought 2 purple slugs and 2 rocks with hugh patches of grasses on them (i duno what that but it is not chaeto).......I also bought a red stonefish from the Ng couple in front.........

When I put them all in at about 6pm yesterday, I thought everything was for astetics purpose.......since I cannot buy any fish due to ICH and my 2 SPS just died from me "recontructing" the liverocks.........

Today evening at 8pm, I came back from work and found that my water is unusually clear......and my green prata is especially big today........my prata is usually a good indicator of when my nitrates has shot up (whenever any fish died under the rocks, it will not open)........

Then I took out my Nitrates test kit and found that nitrates has gone down to 0 ppm!!!.........I was shocked.......

I look around and found that the green grass on the rocks has turned all green (I mean there were some white patches of white grass among the green ones)........and the algae at the back water column (water return pipe back to sump) has been reduced tremendously.......

Perhaps there was help from the fact that there was no sun for these 2 days.........but one thing is for sure, I think the grassy rock did a miracle for me..........perhaps I should buy some more from Ah Beng tomorrow.......

I have chaeto inside the tank too but there isn't much help after 1 week.....bought some nitrates liquid remover which is also useless after 1 week........

1 other side effect is that my huge Elegance has shrunk in a weird manner today (used to be 3 palm size) and the tentacles of the hammers are all drooping........

PH = 8.2

CA = 430 ppm

Magnesium = 1170 ppm

KH = 11 dkh

SG = 1.023

Nitrites = 0

Nitrates = 0

Daily diet = 2 cubes of mysis, 2 cubes of brine shrimps, 3 cubes of rotifiers........

There is only 1 stone fish in my tank now.......intend to wait out 1-2 months before buying my favourite Archilles Tang again.........it was sad to see my $450 AT died from ICH 2 weeks ago..........

[allantang]

can we see a pict or two? thanks

[Gobyluver]

Bro... can post a snapshot of the grass rock?

[Jameshong]

Would like to know how long have you setup this tank?

Like bro allantang and Gobyluver said...picture of the grass rock and FTS please !

[finind]

wow.. you are rich