Hey is this Green Slimers Tips Doing Ok? And Whats This Organism I Found In My Sump?

[Bubbaboy]

So does everything check out ok for this, i think the tips may be burning cause there is a lot of white, or is it just growth.

Also i found this in my sump, its like a super tiny lobster shaped copepod crawling thing. I think 6 legs and a long tail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyoSrfWiBoA

 

[Bubbaboy]

sorry a little hard to see video, should i do another video? i can if you need

 

[turbonut]

Your pic isnt the best but from what i can see id say growth, can you snap a better closer pic?

 

[Bubbaboy]

Your pic isnt the best but from what i can see id say growth, can you snap a better closer pic?

little better ones

 

[lowbudget]

That's growth what's you alk

 

[Bubbaboy]

should be 7-8 just did a water change yesterday

 

[lowbudget]

More like growth to me. Mice piece. But the bottom looks like it's receding. What's your po4

 

[wickedfish]

Growth but agree check alk, never can be to sure.


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[Bubbaboy]

alk was 6, all other params on the spot.

 

[Bubbaboy]

just added alk 8.3 so maybe in a day or two it be better

but know the question it whats that in my sump

 

[RexBrown]

As for what's in your sump, I don't have any in my system(or not that I've ever seen), but I have seen them in systems at several LFS. They do look like little lobsters or shrimp. I suppose they're fine to have.

 

[bvysochin]

Would you happen to have any shrimps? Peppermints?
I had them all over my tanks at one time. I looked at them up close and they are little shrimps, babies maybe.. I always saw my shrimp releasing fry so I just put 2 &2 together.

 

[danagui]

Theyre a species of pods...i have some in my tank the size of a grain of rice

 

[Bubbaboy]

I added Copepoda a while back. But I also have 2 cleaner shrimp that never leave eachother. So idk

 

[wickedfish]

alk was 6, all other params on the spot.

6 is bad. You need to get a 3 part system going for supplementing if you want to do Sps and coral. Wether it is by hand or a doser you have to get in a daily regimen.

You could just do Kalk in your ato and the would take care of the small amount of coral you have. You would then only need to add magnesium once a week.




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[Bubbaboy]

6 is bad. You need to get a 3 part system going for supplementing if you want to do Sps and coral. Wether it is by hand or a doser you have to get in a daily regimen.

You could just do Kalk in your ato and the would take care of the small amount of coral you have. You would then only need to add magnesium once a week.




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Well I do 20g weekly water change on this. Is that not sufficient enough for replenishing the used up nutrients? And I dose alkalinity 8.3. Maybe I'll look into reactor or doser.

 

[wickedfish]

What salt are you using. I would say that 8.3 ph buffer crap is just a buffer and nothing else. You need soda ash or another source of alkalinity to keep it stable.

20 gallons in how many gallons total?


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[Bubbaboy]

its not for ph its for alkalinity

 

[wickedfish]

Check out bulk reef supply and get your self a dosing pump so you can be consistent. I would also get in the habit of testing your alk and calcium more often. Once you get your dosing machine you test while you get to your prime. In my case to maintain 200 gallons of water at the right levels, I need to dose 185ml of calcium, 175 ml of alk, and 18 ml of magnesium per day dosed in 12 parts.

 

[jessesoto33]

Looks like Pods