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Ocean_Dreamer · 08-25-2007, 01:00 PM

Hi, I have been working with saltwater for close to a year now...yea fun subject...currently I have a 29 gallon biocube (yea totally wicked cool). Currently, it has an actinic blue light and the led light and the other coral life light that it came with. It is a beautiful tank. I have about 10 pounds of live rock in it with some small hermit crabs two tiny blennies (each less than a half inch long), a skilletfish that a friend caught that is less than a half inch, and a small picasso trigger...i know my tank is too small for the picasso but I'm moving soon and plan to upgrade once i get my new apartment...currently he is in the 29 gallon, but he will be moved to a 125 when I move in about four months. I have white and black carribsand in the tank..beautiful lol, awesome to watch the trigger move the sand around until he likes the way the tank looks...I also have about 7 pieces of deadhead coral in the tank...and the triggerfish is being fed on freeze dried krill and soon will be being fed cut squid, clams, and oyster if i can come across any.

Here is the questions....first off, I have hair algae growing on my rocks...how is the easiest way to get rid of the hair algae without worrying about my trigger attacking me in the process? I stick my hands in the tank as little as possible to avoid his bites. Second, what could be causing this problem? Third, I have been getting my water tested quite frequently for the past three months so that I can attempt my hand at coral. I wanted to try with button polyps, pom pom xenia, or mushroom polyps. I have had xenia in the past and my humu humu didn't touch them. How would he react if I put coral in the tank? Would he eat it? any help is appreciated...I will try to post a pic of the tank soon...I'm kinda up to my ears with tank information learning Marine Biology so that I can major in it. Thanks everyone.

08-25-2007, 01:00 PM	#1
Ocean_Dreamer Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 21 Posts: 7	New person Hi, I have been working with saltwater for close to a year now...yea fun subject...currently I have a 29 gallon biocube (yea totally wicked cool). Currently, it has an actinic blue light and the led light and the other coral life light that it came with. It is a beautiful tank. I have about 10 pounds of live rock in it with some small hermit crabs two tiny blennies (each less than a half inch long), a skilletfish that a friend caught that is less than a half inch, and a small picasso trigger...i know my tank is too small for the picasso but I'm moving soon and plan to upgrade once i get my new apartment...currently he is in the 29 gallon, but he will be moved to a 125 when I move in about four months. I have white and black carribsand in the tank..beautiful lol, awesome to watch the trigger move the sand around until he likes the way the tank looks...I also have about 7 pieces of deadhead coral in the tank...and the triggerfish is being fed on freeze dried krill and soon will be being fed cut squid, clams, and oyster if i can come across any. Here is the questions....first off, I have hair algae growing on my rocks...how is the easiest way to get rid of the hair algae without worrying about my trigger attacking me in the process? I stick my hands in the tank as little as possible to avoid his bites. Second, what could be causing this problem? Third, I have been getting my water tested quite frequently for the past three months so that I can attempt my hand at coral. I wanted to try with button polyps, pom pom xenia, or mushroom polyps. I have had xenia in the past and my humu humu didn't touch them. How would he react if I put coral in the tank? Would he eat it? any help is appreciated...I will try to post a pic of the tank soon...I'm kinda up to my ears with tank information learning Marine Biology so that I can major in it. Thanks everyone.