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02-26-2012, 05:20 PM
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Andreas' 33 gallon
Hi all!
I'm new to the forum and also (relatively) new to reefing. I ran a 29 gallon bio-cube about 3 years ago but ended up leaving the hobby...temporarily... Now I'm back and hopefully here to stay  I recently purchased a running 33 gallon aquarium w/stand that had apparently been set up for 4 years (see attached pic). The glass has a lot of scratches but it will do for now... I'm running two ATI T5's over the tank. One Actinic and one daylight bulb that were replaced when I bought the tank, about a month ago. These should do the trick for now as all I have is some softies and LPS. At the moment I'm running a whisper 70 canister filter with SeaGel media. My plan in the very near future is to set up a 10-20 gallon sump with a protein skimmer etc. I'm currently taking advantage of all the great info on the Canreef forums to help with the sump build  About a week ago I purchased my first RO/DI system. I have been having some serious issues with algae growth in my tank. At first it was green hair algae and now I'm getting red algae as well. It seemed the best place to start was with the water that goes into the tank. Hopefully that will help! I introduced an emerald crab into the system about two weeks ago and within two days 3 of my fish disappeared...lesson learned...the funny thing is that I bought a lawnmower blenny at the same time as the crab and I wasn't warned by my LFS that the crab might chop him (or other fish) into bits...I also lost a sand shifting goby (not sure of the name) and what I think was a yellow clown goby. I'm pretty sure that's what caused my recent severe red algae outbreak... I do know that my 33 is too small for that Regal Tang...I'm planning on removing him shortly... btw...what's the trick to attaching images without a link...I know nobody enjoys the attachment links 
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02-27-2012, 12:12 AM
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Welcome to Canreef
Maybe this will help you with your photos http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...ht=photobucket
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02-27-2012, 12:40 AM
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You're welcome
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02-27-2012, 12:51 AM
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welcome back to the hobby
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Desperately seeking serenity ... 180g custom build http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=81400 50g custom daycare tank... http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=65428
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02-29-2012, 02:39 AM
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So I decided to upgrade my cuc today.
Got six Turbo snails and a sand shifting star fish. I'm hoping this will help with my algae problems. I also finally picked up a turkey baster from Zellers! Made a nice mess in my tank and cleaned out my HOB filter after letting it collect detritus and blown off bits of algae for a while  Steps taken towards beating algae: 10 blue legged hermits 6 Turbo snails RO/DI water filtration system Turkey basting the heck out of my rocks Anything else anybody can think of other than a protein skimmer (hopefully a near-future upgrade)?
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02-29-2012, 03:12 AM
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what do you feed and how much?.....you could also reduce the time your lights are on....you could consider running rowaphos in a bag in your HOB.....
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694
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