Hair algae

[ezee]

findingnemo,

Great sounds like your anenome is doing well thus far. Keep an eye on him and make sure to feed him well, considering your lights are not MH.

As far as the powerheads, the 1200's are probably better, as Jay pointed out, because they have more appropriate flow for your situation. You want to try to mix up the flow (turbulence) as much as possible. The best way to do this is to point the powerheads to cross at some point, as Daceman has already pointed out. You also want to use the other powerhead and target it so that you can keep the water moving in as many areas as possible, to keep detritus (fish waste, food waste, etc) suspended and elminate dead spots (no flow).

When your budget and comfort level with your tank are ready, you should start looking into a good skimmer that you can employ in your tank. Use this time to start looking into the types of skimmers and what will work with your situation.

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[findingnemo]

I might have to exchange my current power head when I set the flow on high it wont rotate and according to the instructions that is not supposed to be happening. Im going to petsmart if I cant find the same one again is there one that u guys recommend I buy along with the 1200 maxijet? Or should I get 2 maixijet?

 

[ezee]

findingnemo,

If you are going to get rid of your zoo med (and I personally would), I would just go with a third maxijet 1200. That actually might be better anyway.

E

 

[findingnemo]

so 3 maxi jet 1200 2 placed on top of the tank across from each other and the third?

 

[212jay]

I might have to exchange my current power head when I set the flow on high it wont rotate and according to the instructions that is not supposed to be happening. Im going to petsmart if I cant find the same one again is there one that u guys recommend I buy along with the 1200 maxijet? Or should I get 2 maixijet?

I had the power heads you currently have and they do not work well. They stop rotating after a while and take up alot of room. If you can replace them with 2 or 3 MJ1200. You could place the third MJ in the middle back of the tank pointing to the front of the tank.
Jay

 

[findingnemo]

I will get 2 maxijets for the top but where should i put the third one? So the maxijet is good to to move the surface of the water too? Do I need to buy wave maker ? If so any recommended brands?

 

[scarf_ace1981]

findingnemo- if that is all the algae you have in your tank, there is no need to worry. don't get emerald crabs or any other critter because you don't have a hair algae problem.

as for flow (i just read you have a 48bow) i would get two seio 620s and put them on the back wall(one on the left, one on the right) and sort of point them towards each other. this way you get a little random flow as opposed to linear flow. the seio's flow can be adjusted by a piece on the intake that rotates(in case you find you have too much flow, which is highly unlikely)

hope everything works out.

jon-

 

[andylee]

Agree with Seios. As far as I know, nobody has had a Powersweep that swept after the first few days. I bought a couple years ago. The tiny suction cups kept failing and they always stopped sweeping. I now use one to mix salt; it can't even keep up with that.

Keep thinking about a skimmer for your anemone. It's pretty much impossible to keep one alive for long without one.