Mad Reefer

Wow, I feel your pain C Lo.

I am certainly no expert, But this looks bit different than my hair algae which was darker green and shorter hair an came in little puffy ball clumps.

See second pic here:

http://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/13759-harry-the-hungry-sea-hare-eats-hair-algae/

Your stuff seems more of a neon green and much longer especially around your shrooms. I am sorry I cant say for sure what that is. Hopefully someone else here can help.

Allso, your sand bed seems clear of Red slime algae as well. Are you sure you have it? if so, do you have a pic of that?

I wouldnt wait for me to start on the TLC or startsmart dosing. I would start that now before more of your corals get choked out.

Good luck,

-Madness

Thats a great start,

Please let me know when/ where i can pick them up. The sooner the better.

OK so there are lots of ways hit the GHA. But the one that worked for me and quickly was a sea hare. I kept him for a full week after I could no longer see any GHA in my tank. then i sold him because otherwise he'd die of starvation. YOu must have a dud this time. your last one cleared the tank right . see how good of a job mine did?

http://www.austinree...ats-hair-algae/

Now for the red slime cyanobacteria. got that myself right now. bought this stuff that worked but it came back 3 moths later

http://www.amazon.co...g/dp/B00025YRJS

to be fair, i only gave like a third of the reccomended dose and i only did it one time but some people claimed it killed their tank so i was scared

This time i am going to try some live active nitrifying bacteria reccomended to my by fishey business called startsmart complete. The same people that make that TLC product mentioned above in this thread.

http://www.startsmar...rtcomplete.html

Buy the sea hare now. i hear aquatek has some juicy ones right now. I will let you know how it goes with the smart start. i have a well established tank so i am only doing maintainance dosing which i was told will work in a month on the red slime.

-good luck

-Madness

Disclaimer: yes after we clear up this mess we are going to have to keep our phosphates down and nitrates down and under control we wouldnt have these problems in the first place.

HI,

I'm looking for used 250W MH SE Mogul bulb 20K. Also need 54W 48" T-5 Actinics. Please let me know what you have. I prefer Reeflux or radium with 6months on them but will consider anything.

Thanks

Madness

anybode got one to sell?

-Madness

I'm interested. Just wondering where I will need to drive to pick up my order?

-Madness

sold.

thanks everyone for all the interest.

Its really hard to guestimate the size because the $100 one is behine the light green candycane on the right. I had to take a pic from as high up , looking down, as i could just to see him at all

I'd place him at % inch diameter at a minimum

Bump

I have one right now thats roaming about the tank looking for a happy place and has already taken out a candycane/acan and green slimer. I'm starting to hate him

Will let him go for $100

HI!

My RBTA split into three 6 months ago. My Clown will need to keep one of them, but i'm selling the other two now. I'm asking $150. I bought the Mother RBTA la year and a half ago from Tim and Kendra and they bought the RBTA from Dave Nolan. He got the parent from a good friend in Houston and has had the original anemone for around 8 years. Here is the link if you are interested.

http://www.austinree...dpost__p__72166

The color in the FIRST photo is an accurate representation of the actual color of the RBTA under my lighting 20K Reeflux 250MH and 2x54T5 actinics. (at least on my monitor) The other two pics are a bit washed out from a reflection off of the tank.

They bubble up to varying degrees depending on water quality and lighting. My tank is running really blue lights now but when i was running 14K MH she bubbled up more.

These pics are 6 months old. they are much bigger now. will post updated pics soon

Thanks for the skimmer. your new tank is phenominal. makes me want to buy that 120 from you so i can upgrade too.

. It was super nice meeting you.

-Madness

PM on skimmer

still available?

Pm'd

RBTA $95 - a bit smaller than the one sold for $135 last month

Well, my mother RBTA split again into three equally sized nems about 2 weeks ago. was going to wait till they grew up a bit more before selling them at $135. But they have recently started moving about and i cant have them killing any corals so i'd like to thin the herd.

I have one for sale now that is perched precariously close to a powerhead.

I'm about to thin mine out. grows like crazy. you can have some for free. 95% bright green. has some red in it.dont know what that is. everytime i thin it out, i try to pull all the red out but its always there a little.

I'm in NW austin. PM me either way so i know if you want it or i'll just toss it

-Madness

P.S. i could use some mangroves if you happen to have some to spare. no worries if you dont.

help?

still available?

need a good 900gph pump. please let me know if you have for for sale.

Thanks!

-Madness

PM'd on Duncans

PM'd on Aquacontroller II

but the video makes it look like lots of fun

that manual makes it sound like a lot of work. yech

Anyone actually have this skimmer? How does it perform?

I'm in the market for a new skimmer and I'm thinking about pulling the trigger

http://www.avastmarine.com/ssc/do/product/youbuilt/CS1-Cone-Skimmer-Kit

-Madness

Backup on either duncan colony. PM me if either sale falls through. I can send paypal to old for pickup

Thanks

-Mad\ness

pm sent