120 G with 60 G sump build

[Palmer]

Well I just got back from a seven day vacation in Orlando and for the most part all was well with the new tank. The Tunze osmolator is a great thing to have it handled all the evaporation ( I lose about 2 G per day.) When I had left I had a diatom bloom. I had added 4 cerith snails to my display and one to my fuge which were helping a little and now getting back the diatoms are almost completely gone. My skimmer is working awsome the cup was almost completly full and black goo covering everything. I had it completly clean and empty when I left.

One problem I am having is what I believe to be green hair algae all over my tank in little tuffs. I noticed a little bit in some chaeto I had put in my sump and I should have removed it. My water parameters are 0 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate when I tested it on my return. So I scrubbed the display and put a filter sock in my sump return to catch the floating algae. My two astrea's seem to be eating it here and there on the glass. I am thinking of getting a couple of additional astrea and maybe one turbo snail. I like the philosophy of a small and diverse cleanup crew and just putting a bit more elbow grease into maintaining the tank.

BTW- I was at the Orca show in Orlando at the same time that terribile incident happened (It was in a tank that was not part of the show.) I am glad my kids didn't see it. Ironic, I was telling my relatives about the problems with keeping Orca in captivity the day before we went to the show