stupid questions thread

[Kristy]

Okay, a picture IS worth a thousand words and in a minute I'll go take one.

It looks more like the saltwater.com photo, except not long flowing hair algae, much shorter fuzzier green growth and MUCH LESS of it than in that photo, thank goodness. GREAT NEWS that it might be signs of it dying off. I just went to take a good look at it for comparison now that lights are up and there is much, much less this morning than there was last night, so that supports this theory.

Good point, Bill. We have not added one thing to our cleanup crew since the upgrade and keep saying that we need to. We need to make some serious CUC additions to get up to speed. Also noted about the feeding issues. Plus, maybe if we weren't feeding the tangs nori every two hours they might graze a little on those rocks...

I'll test parameters again today to keep an eye on them.

Thanks again for all the feedback!

[erebus]

Kistry Bill is right on with the cleanup crew. I had some of my parameters go bad and it killed all my snails. I knew I needed to replace them but waited. I had a bunch of different types of algae start showing up and a bunch really fast. When I replaced my cleanup crew they took care of everything in a couple of days. Since then my tank and glass look so much better.

[Kristy]

Here you can see the lawnmower blenny contemplating this new algae growth, but doing nothing about it at the moment!



And an updated FTS (T5 actinics on)



Thanks for all the tips. We'll get after our CUC needs and hopefully turn this thing around before it becomes a full-blown mess.

[CASTLES]

Hello,
I went through some similar problems when I up graded to M.H. but I already had clowns and three tangs in there. The Tangs did not get ich but what I did get was algae (greenish, hairy) never had I had algae grow, so I figured it had to be the M.H. lights, the temp. was reading 79-81 at times in the evening after arriving from work, I tried water from another company and that helped the problem. I always use only R/O water from glacier or culligan, but the most noticeable change was due to removing the top and letting the air flow throught the top of the water surface, my temp lowered to @75-77 in the evenings and my algae slowly but surely started disappearing, (5 turbo snails also aided in the problems) this was @ a year ago and since then my temp has been steady at 75-77 and I do not have algae and my M.H. lights are on for @ 9 hours. the only big change was the temp and I figured that this was the cause of my problems cuz ever since then it algae has not shown up and my corals also seem to respond better, as for my tangs (yellow, blue, blonde naso) they never showed any signs of ich.
p.s. My friend uses tap water and even after using Prime additive, he still gets algae once in while, but our tap water is really bad.
hope this helps

[atxchris1234]

Stupid question - I have heard various reviews on this. Will a maroon clown get along with a perc? Will all clown's get along or do you need to keep them with "like minded clowns"? I hear the black clowns are mean, but then I hear that they are exactly the same temperment as other clowns.... Is there a definitive answer?
I know you have to be careful when introducing a new clown, but are there any clowns that just WILL NOT get along? For example - a black clown wont get along with a maroon.

I have a nice perc now and want to get a maroon, but don't want to cause problems. Will maroon clowns grow larger then other clowns?

Thanks

[jrsatx20]

i've kept perc with maroon with no problems. imo i like the maroon they take to my anenomes easier. right now my maroon is about 4in with a 3in maroon and a 14in dia carpet anenome.

[aquasport24]

Sorry off topic,but very nice FTS.

[Texreefer]

A lot depends on how big a tank you keep them in, if your tank is big enough for each to have its own territory then sure they will get along. If you have a pair of maroons with a pair of Percs in less than say 75 gal, then, in most cases your asking for trouble.
Maroons are my favorite but I won't keep one just because they are so mean!

Stupid question - I have heard various reviews on this. Will a maroon clown get along with a perc? Will all clown's get along or do you need to keep them with "like minded clowns"? I hear the black clowns are mean, but then I hear that they are exactly the same temperment as other clowns.... Is there a definitive answer?
I know you have to be careful when introducing a new clown, but are there any clowns that just WILL NOT get along? For example - a black clown wont get along with a maroon.

I have a nice perc now and want to get a maroon, but don't want to cause problems. Will maroon clowns grow larger then other clowns?

Thanks

[Kristy]

Sorry off topic,but very nice FTS.

THANKS!!! (Compliments are never off topic!)

About the mixing of clowns, that is the rule of thumb that you should not put different kinds together, but I can tell you that we naively put a white stripe maroon with a gold stripe maroon in our tank about 8 months ago (thinking well, they're both maroons so we're good) and they immediately attacked each other in a biting death grip, but the next morning they emerged from the cave as good friends. So, after asking around about that, I have been told that most rules can be broken if you are careful of how you introduce them such as adding them to the tank at the same time and at lights out. So like most things it CAN be done, just with more risk than same species clowns.

Also, yes, the maroons get bigger. Not unusual to see a female at 4" - 5".