Hey guys-
Ok- Interesting things happening with my tank-
It's a 30 gallon with 4.3 watts per gallon Actinic and sun (Coralife Aqualights - bilinear-)
Parameters are all in check with trates at 10 (still working on that)
Here's what's IN the tank-
2 Scooter Blennies (to help with the copepods- we'll get into THAT in a second)
1 decorator crab (another issue)
1 curlique anemone (I know, I know )
1 Flame Scallop (looks more like electric eye scallop and it was a GIFT from LFS- I didn't buy it)
2 Scarlet Cleaners
1 Camelback
2 small snails
1 HUGE snail (a gift from God wih my algea cleanup! AWESOME SNAIL!)
1 Red Leg Hermie
1 Blue Leg Hermie
Unidentified polyps
Green star polyps
1 brown brittle star with orange striped disk
1 green mushroom which has moved and I can't find it
Ok- The scallop, polyps, and culy Q all have full extension, and are doing VERY well- I target feed them all Phyto, and brine, and butterfly (raw) prawn pieces. All seem to be VERY happy- The fish are all eating except my Royal Gramma- He stopped eating two days ago and this morning was taking a DSB nap
Everyone else is fine- eating, healthy, water is in good shape- the ONLY thing I could think of was maybe he was Cyanide caught? Is there anything else it could be? He wasn't being harrassed by anyone that I KNEW of- Now- this decorator crab- I came out yesterday and the little *&%! was JUMPING up trying to catch my fish!!!
I thought these guys were safe to have in a reef?!?! I've got him taking shrimp from my hand and he has stopped chasing my fish- I'm wondering if he was maybe harrassing my royal gramma? Perhaps put stress and he died from that? 
The scooter blennies- yeeesh- I got them (with the ability to trade them in in a week or two for something else) because of these copepods. Well, One was fat, one was skinny- now they are BOTH fat- (Is there such a thing as a pot belly fish?!) I come out, turn the lights on, and there are literally THOUSANDS of copepods on my glass!!! The scooters have been in for a couple of WEEKS now! They also eat brine shrimp, but GEEEEZE- Is it time for a Mandarine maybe?!?
Help!!!
On the algea front- I got a giant snail- bout the size of a golf ball- he has a swirly pointy shell and he is AMAZING- Nearly all my algae is gone- However- will this inhibit the growth of coraline? What's a girl to do?! lol
HELP!!
Jennai
Ok- Interesting things happening with my tank-
It's a 30 gallon with 4.3 watts per gallon Actinic and sun (Coralife Aqualights - bilinear-)
Parameters are all in check with trates at 10 (still working on that)
Here's what's IN the tank-
2 Scooter Blennies (to help with the copepods- we'll get into THAT in a second)
1 decorator crab (another issue)
1 curlique anemone (I know, I know )
1 Flame Scallop (looks more like electric eye scallop and it was a GIFT from LFS- I didn't buy it)
2 Scarlet Cleaners
1 Camelback
2 small snails
1 HUGE snail (a gift from God wih my algea cleanup! AWESOME SNAIL!)
1 Red Leg Hermie
1 Blue Leg Hermie
Unidentified polyps
Green star polyps
1 brown brittle star with orange striped disk
1 green mushroom which has moved and I can't find it
Ok- The scallop, polyps, and culy Q all have full extension, and are doing VERY well- I target feed them all Phyto, and brine, and butterfly (raw) prawn pieces. All seem to be VERY happy- The fish are all eating except my Royal Gramma- He stopped eating two days ago and this morning was taking a DSB nap
Everyone else is fine- eating, healthy, water is in good shape- the ONLY thing I could think of was maybe he was Cyanide caught? Is there anything else it could be? He wasn't being harrassed by anyone that I KNEW of- Now- this decorator crab- I came out yesterday and the little *&%! was JUMPING up trying to catch my fish!!!
The scooter blennies- yeeesh- I got them (with the ability to trade them in in a week or two for something else) because of these copepods. Well, One was fat, one was skinny- now they are BOTH fat- (Is there such a thing as a pot belly fish?!) I come out, turn the lights on, and there are literally THOUSANDS of copepods on my glass!!! The scooters have been in for a couple of WEEKS now! They also eat brine shrimp, but GEEEEZE- Is it time for a Mandarine maybe?!?
Help!!!
On the algea front- I got a giant snail- bout the size of a golf ball- he has a swirly pointy shell and he is AMAZING- Nearly all my algae is gone- However- will this inhibit the growth of coraline? What's a girl to do?! lol
HELP!!
Jennai