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Scrubbing Live Rock
I recently had a little bout of green hair algae and red slime algae. More than likely my problems are caused by me overfeeding my fish and coral because my water parameters are always well within good ranges. I could not figure out what was causing my issue.
Anyway, what I decided to do to get rid of this algae was to scrub my live rock. I have about 10 pieces of rock in my biocube and there were only 4 pieces that were having this problem. I DO NOT recommend doing this to all your rock at the same time but it did the trick for me. This was a last resort for me because I could not get rid of the hair algae and it just kept growing and growing.
Basically what I did was fill a bucket with saltwater. Then i took out the culprit rocks and put them in the bucket. I then used an ordinary scrub brush to get all the algae off. Once I did that, the water in the bucket basically turned black. So i emptied out all the water and refilled it with new clean saltwater. After I refilled the bucket the 2nd time i just shook off any excess gunk and then put the rocks back in my tank.
So far so good. The algae hasn’t returned yet and I am trying to decrease my feedings to keep it away.
Fish o’ the day | Eritrean Butterflyfish
The Eritrean Butterflyfish or Crown Butterflyfish, Chaetodon paucifasciatus, is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is essentially just known from the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, but has been reported from East Africa.
It grows up to 14 cm (5.5 in) in length. It is white with black chevrons, except for a red zone stretching from the aft dorsal fin across the caudal peduncle to the end of the anal fin. A red bar runs vertically through the caudal fin. There are black eyestripes and a black “crown” with white border.
Eritrean Butterflyfish are oviparous fish forming monogamous pairings during breeding. They are usually found in pairs or in small groups over coral and rubble areas from 1m to 30m depth. They feed on coral polyps, gorgonians, algae, polychaete worms and small crustaceans.
This fish fares well in the aquarium and thus is sought after by hobbyists.
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Seachem | eight.four
Many competing buffers for reef aquaria are simply sodium bicarbonate. Such buffers have a pK of only 8.0 in saltwater and simply are unable to maintain a pH above 8.0. The low buffering pK is a function of the low carbonate/bicarbonate ratio.
eight.four™ supplies a properly balanced (carbonate/bicarbonate) buffer system that yields an industry leading pK of 8.6 which makes pH maintenance of 8.3-8.5 easy. A higher pK increases the buffer’s ability to counteract inevitable acidic sources in the water. eight.four™ will safely raise marine pH while adjusting alkalinity. eight.four™ contains a concentrated, balanced blend of bicarbonate and carbonate salts designed to restore disrupted buffer systems and increase carbonate alkalinity.
If an alkalinity of 6 meq/L has been reached and a pH of at least 8.20 has not been attained, the system may be ionically unbalanced. Check magnesium levels. If magnesium is low, use ions™. However, if magnesium levels are within optimal range, the buffer ratio has likely been disrupted (the buffer ratio changes as a natural consequence of the buffer’s ability to counteract acidifying sources such as organic acids). You can raise pH without rainsing alkalinity using balance™.
Read more at www.aquavitro.com
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Fish o’ the day | Lawnmower Blenny
Affectionately known as the Lawnmower Blenny, Salarias Fasciatus is a popular marine aquarium fish species in Australasia. Named for its propensity to consume algae growth from rocks and glass, the Lawnmower Blenny is generally regarded as compatible with most other marine fish species and as a group with other lawnmower Blennies.
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