A777flygirl

Wondering if I caused a new problem trying to fix bubble algea....got a emerald crabs....do you think they are doing this to my poor LPS?

I also thought I needed more clean up crew and got some star fish....thought they would be fun....are they destructive?  Didnt read bad info on the liveaquaria info page....but now...reading some questioning things...

Changed flow as well....got second gyre pump...so many variables trying to make things better and get stable but not sure if doing harmful things...still such a newbie..

Anyway, poor coral ripped down to the skeleton....will they survive?

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I can not tell about a shared encrusted base.  It is on a rock that makes it very hard to tell and I am so inexperienced regarding what to look for.

Sorry I am such a newbie...been reading horror stories and I really have a hard time telling the difference and if I should be worried about these guys?

Are there any easy ways of knowing if they are feather dusters or aiptasia?  #of tenticals?  If they have the tube and can go in it are they feather dusters for sure?

Thank you!!

Awesome!  Thanks!

Top ones look like some kind of tube worms?

The bottom white one opens and closes kind of like a Venus fly trap.

Both sick themselves all the way in to hide...they are in a montipora...

Are they bad guys?

Thanks!!!#

I bought a Nuvo fusion 10 gal kit for my quarantine tank.  It came with a Skkye 6x3 watt led light and I am wondering if it is OK to support coral for the quarantine time?

The only other info I find about the light is that it is 3 x 10k and 3 x 456nm

Thank you for advise!

I didn't see them at all before the rx bath....

Do you you know about the other star and snail like thing?

Well I brought home me first corals, mushroom, xenia and another one that I should have written down the name...from the lfs

Exciting.... 3 things came off of them...see attached pics.  I understand the white starfish is not good but done now what the worm or the red legged star are?

Also, a black baby snail like thing but it seems to have legs came crawling out of my sump?

Anybody know what these are?

I didn't quarenteen the coral but maybe I should have....getting quarenteen tank set up today...

The back is flat but the overflow sticks out there.  Yes I would like coral.

I tried putting it in and if the flow is turned up a lot it wiggles and moves...looks like it could work itself off the outside magnet and fall....I am thinking that may be due to the curved glass.  I didn't try attaching it to the flat part in the back.  It is black...not sure if it is paint or plastic.

Will work on it.  Thanks!

Thank you!

I have a 1000 l/h pump for my 90 gallon tank overflow to sump.

I also got a wp40 WaveMaker...wondering how you know what direction it should be pointed?

Is this enough flow for the 90?  Too much?

Thanks for any advice!!!

I am also finding I question the test equipment....I am so old I can hardly see the refractometer readings and it varies from the plastic hydrometer readings...

Hope I can get better at all of this...I have been dreaming of beautiful coral and fish.....and getting anxious....the tank has only been running since May 5 and I keep shopping on line....restraint is hard!

I am wondering about an auto top off system and how big of reservoir I would need for the 90 gallon tank?

I really appreciate the experienced advice!

I retested today and it clearly read O

I must have done something wrong...

I am wondering if someone can tell me how much evaporation to expect with the 90 gal tank on the west side of mountains by puget sound ..seems we have 90+ humidity....is evaporafion as much as on the east side?

I ordered API and Slifer tests so I can compare.... I'm not comfortable with the uncertainty....

No....sounds like the a good idea

The foam is subsiding....the charcoal is working!  Thank you!

I used the Nutrafin test for ammonia and I have a really hard time understanding what the results are.  Please see attached pictures and let me know what you think.

Also, Nitrate and Nitrite are both so faint in color...do I assume close to 0 ?

Thanks!!!!

Are you asking if I tested it myself or if b I had it tested by someone else?

Can you advise what I should have it tested for and who could do it?

Thanks

I did not use the jb weld in all places...only in 1 place on the drain line in case I need to take the plumbing apart.  At first i just stuck it together thinking if it came apart it would just drain into the sump but it leaked too much. The hard pvc plumbing goes all the way into the sump so that you could never be able to remove the sump if the plumbing doesn't come apart some how.  I used blue pvc plumbing glue in other places.

I am getting the activated charcoal today

No, I have not used ammonia.   I use a lot of hand cream because my hands are so dry.  I am thinking that ma have contaminated the water.  It just started when I turned in the skimmer.  Was running fine with just the pump.  No even running the pump causes foam.

I used the putty that you mush up to start it to cure.  I read people use it for holding rock together and so I thought it was safe

I wiped the inside out with water only.

I used RODI water...took 3 days to fill....can dust from the air cause it

I turned the pump on before adding salt and it did it then.  I used instant ocean reef salt..