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**reefbeginer** · 09-07-2010, 06:17 PM

ocellated dragonet doing fine so far!!! frospawn not split but hes getting there.

**Rostr02** · 09-07-2010, 07:16 PM

Glad to hear everything is going well, was worried about the dragonet

**reefbeginer** · 09-07-2010, 07:54 PM

i was freaking out bcause i hd to go to oklahom for 4 days nd i was scared everthing would mess up but to my delight verything is fine!

**reefbeginer** · 09-09-2010, 09:40 PM

i had a question but i forgot it..but after lacrosse season ends im upgrading to a 50 gallon ! (switched from football to lacrosse) ill post again when i remmbr the questions.

**Rostr02** · 09-09-2010, 09:55 PM

Sounds like you need to start taking aricept or namenda, quite possibly both.

The upgrade sounds great, what are your plans for it?

**reefbeginer** · 09-09-2010, 11:07 PM

what are those? and im not sure very early in planing process but ive already talked it over with my parents already

**Rostr02** · 09-10-2010, 09:33 PM

Those are Alzheimer's medications

Its great you are planning ahead, keep us updated

**reefbeginer** · 09-10-2010, 11:21 PM

haha thanks. ocellated dragonet surpised me and burrowed undr the sand when the lights went ut and was like a croc in water!pretty cool

**Rostr02** · 09-11-2010, 08:04 PM

That would be an awesome pic if you can get one.

**reefbeginer** · 09-11-2010, 09:55 PM

i will try tonight. if i can find him gain.

**reefbeginer** · 09-11-2010, 10:53 PM

did the best i could. if you cant see his eyes are closest to the rocks shadow.

**reefbeginer** · 09-15-2010, 09:09 PM

what eats organic build up? and what should i get to taim the red hair algae before it gets out of hand?

**reefbeginer** · 09-23-2010, 09:56 PM

it could be red slime algae? ill try to get pic. but other than that everything is doing great! all fish are still alive and swimin.

**CarmieJo** · 09-25-2010, 09:32 PM

As far as organic buildup goes it sounds like you need more flow to keep it in suspension. Do you have a skimmer? If so it will take the organics out. Otherwise, you can siphon it out when you do water changes.

Cyanobacteria (red slime) blows off easily with a turkey baster. It that what you have?

**reefbeginer** · 09-26-2010, 06:07 PM

thats sounds like what i have. and my clownfish disappeared!!!!

**CarmieJo** · 09-26-2010, 08:22 PM

Look in the back sump area for your clown. Also, look around outside of your tank to see if it has gone carpet surfing.

Lowering nutrients and increasing flow will help with the cyano. At the same time I would siphon it out whenever it appears. To remove less water when you do this use a piece of airline tubing.

**reefbeginer** · 10-15-2010, 04:46 PM

clown fish no where to be found.

((( but on a happy note my ocellated dragonet is doing amazing hes perching on my top rock and hes nibbled on a fallen pellet or to so maybe hell semi switch and nibble pellets if the copeopods go down or something.

**CarmieJo** · 10-16-2010, 10:04 AM

Did you check in the back sump area for your clown? They've been known to get back there.

That is good news if your dragonet is actually eating pellets (as opposed to mouthing them and then spitting them out) because one will certainly out eat the number of pods a biocube can produce. Keep an eye on him from the top down. If his head is looking wider than his body it means he is starving.

**reefbeginer** · 11-03-2010, 08:13 PM

ok. i posted something after you but it never showed up. anyways everything is still doing amazing! frog spawn has officaly splitted!!

that made me happier since the loss of my clownfish. idk if i mentioned this but ive been talking to my parents and we might upgrade my tank to a 75 gallon for christmas. i hope we can. haha pics soon.

**CarmieJo** · 11-04-2010, 01:44 AM

It sounds like you are doing great. Here's hoping you get the upgrade!

**reefbeginer** · 11-04-2010, 09:09 PM

thanks. i would be soo happy if i could! haha is it bad that my water is evaporating to quickly? the temp stays around 78 but it seems the water goes down really fast.

**reefbeginer** · 11-04-2010, 10:32 PM

as lights went off i went to examine my frogspawn and there is another head splitting!!!

**reefbeginer** · 11-05-2010, 12:48 PM

heres a few pics.

**reefbeginer** · 11-07-2010, 07:17 PM

sold the zoas in the bottom left corner. they were growing to fast and i couldnt reach the corner of the tank to scratch algae off so it made my tank look bad. kermits reef is evaluating it now and im getting store credit! i did buy a new one. its 2 different kind of zoas and theese little blue or purple clover things...pics when i can.