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Michael Hoaster · 07/13/2019, 05:09 PM

Today I did a big black grasilaria export and glass scraping. Tank looks pretty good, excepting the manatee grass. As I said above, it seems to be recovering. I haven't been dosing anything for weeks. Today I dosed iron. Some macros look to be fading a bit in color, so I thought I'd dose just one thing and then see how they respond.

The unknown green macro that grew out of the live rock was growing out onto the sand, so I pulled a handful and put it up on the fake wall. It reminds me of petticoats, so, for now I'm going to call it petticoat algae.

The feather Caulerpa (sertulariodes) is also climbing the wall. Today I found another bit among the grasses. Looking at it through the magnifying glass revealed it is Caulerpa mexicana! Turns out my snails must have missed one. Now I'm tempted to remove the Caulerpa sertulariodes, in favor of the mexicana, which is what I wanted all along.

This morning I got an email from Live Aquaria informing me they had finally gotten Maiden's Hair algae in stock, so I ordered one. I've been waiting a while for this one, so I'm pretty stoked! Finally, I'm getting the greens I want for the back wall. Woohoo!

On the QT front, I've been running my three QTs with bleach in them for two weeks, to kill Uronema and anything else icky. Today I broke them all down and cleaned them up. Now everything is outside drying thoroughly before I set them back up. I've decided the best course of action is to go back to square one with them, in hopes of not killing anymore fish. Anything wet got the full treatment. I realize I'll have cycle them all over again, but it has to be done. I'll just do one fish in each tank to minimize stress and just be super careful, and fatten them up, and medicate if needed.

07/13/2019, 05:09 PM	#985
Michael Hoaster Registered Seaweedist Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 5,807	Today I did a big black grasilaria export and glass scraping. Tank looks pretty good, excepting the manatee grass. As I said above, it seems to be recovering. I haven't been dosing anything for weeks. Today I dosed iron. Some macros look to be fading a bit in color, so I thought I'd dose just one thing and then see how they respond. The unknown green macro that grew out of the live rock was growing out onto the sand, so I pulled a handful and put it up on the fake wall. It reminds me of petticoats, so, for now I'm going to call it petticoat algae. The feather Caulerpa (sertulariodes) is also climbing the wall. Today I found another bit among the grasses. Looking at it through the magnifying glass revealed it is Caulerpa mexicana! Turns out my snails must have missed one. Now I'm tempted to remove the Caulerpa sertulariodes, in favor of the mexicana, which is what I wanted all along. This morning I got an email from Live Aquaria informing me they had finally gotten Maiden's Hair algae in stock, so I ordered one. I've been waiting a while for this one, so I'm pretty stoked! Finally, I'm getting the greens I want for the back wall. Woohoo! On the QT front, I've been running my three QTs with bleach in them for two weeks, to kill Uronema and anything else icky. Today I broke them all down and cleaned them up. Now everything is outside drying thoroughly before I set them back up. I've decided the best course of action is to go back to square one with them, in hopes of not killing anymore fish. Anything wet got the full treatment. I realize I'll have cycle them all over again, but it has to be done. I'll just do one fish in each tank to minimize stress and just be super careful, and fatten them up, and medicate if needed. __________________ As many naturalists and environmentalists have suggested, we should set aside our arrogance, our desire to conquer and control everything, and walk hand in hand with Mother Nature. -Walter Adey Current Tank Info: 180g Seagrass Sandbar Lagoon, START DATE November 28, 2018 Last edited by Michael Hoaster; 07/13/2019 at 05:44 PM.