Reefing biggest PITA?

[cyclgrl]

Just curious as to what reefers consider the biggest PITA problem to deal with in their opinion and/or experience. If you list other, please explain.

[James7773]

cyano!!!

[Shoestring Reefer]

I vote for cyano, too. But I may change my mind to aiptasia in a month or so, if that's what I have.

[Foster]

cyano

[Scuba_Dave]

Barring the normal cycles of the tank, I really haven't had many problems. Cyano was taken care of w/more water movement & RO/DI water. SInce then & normal cycle of tank (after upgrading lights), cyano = 0

actaully, keeping enough $$ to spend on my reef(s) has been the biggest PIA

[appellativo]

cyanos pretty bad but at least you dont have to remove all the fish and treat, like you do if you have ich. have a whole huge tank set up for your fish, treat with hypo or otherwise, what a pita!!!

I think aiptasia sounds pretty bad too. but cirolanids/isopods, that would probably take #1. good thing theyre not all that common, comparatively speaking.....

[jimroth]

Flatworms are the herpes of reef tanks. None of my corals (or fish, for that matter) have ever had ich.

[JoeMack]

***** damn they must of made that a bad word... leme try again C Y A N O.. ok that worked

[rogers259]

Um...hair algae has got to be the worst, that stuff wont go away!!!

see my post in other forum to see what Im talking bout...heck if ya got a solutioin let me hear it!!!

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hreadid=286302

[stereomandan]

I voted flatworms. Hair algea and cyano you get rid of eventually, aptasia can be eliminated, but flatworms are darn near impossible to get rid of without killing everything in your tank in the process.

My second biggest annoyance is trying to keep my macro algae under control. I should have nipped it in the bud and not let it get out of hand. Now it's a pain.

Dan

[PDDIII]

Flatworms all the way!

We can live with hair algae, cyano, and aptasia even though we don't like it BUT flatworms is another story.

With flatworms you usually have two choices - 1) the flatworm "syrum" poisons your tank and its inhabitants or 2) the flatworms die and they poison your tank and its inhabitants. Not great odds either way.

[O'Man]

Other = lack of time to do everything with my tanks that I would like to do.

[Clyde]

other - corallaine alage

damn it grows too fast, gotta scrape scrape

I m sick of it.

my urchin is too slow, I need 2 more or something.

[crescent1]

cleaning the front of the tank face.

[elefink]

I'm with crescent. What the heck is that nasty hard green algea on the glass? You need a sandblaster to get it off.

I don't even know what flatworms look like.

[64Ivy]

My personal top (bottom?) five are:

1. Majanoes
2. Cyano
3. Microbubbles
4. Filter Sock Maintenence
5. Mushrooms Advancing On My 'SPS'.

[Agu]

I'll apologize in advance.....

The biggest problem in this hobby is ignorance. With knowledge we can overcome every problem a reef aquarist faces. Some people don't bother to look, others ignore the information. But ime there's a solution to every problem. You just have to find the solution and be diligent in applying that information.

Agu

[ngng]

i hate topping off the water ;p

[Bomber]

Phosphates

[EK3866]

credit card bills

[Reefrunner262]

Should have posted Replacement money for MH Bulbs lol.

Travis

[AWExotics]

I voted Aptaisia as it seems to be the most difficult problem to get rid of for my customers with only one system.

I rarely hear of flatworms but I recently noticed some in my show tank that are spreading. I picked up 3 flatworm eating nudibranches but they don't seem to have made it. I shut down the pumps and they all got a foot hold but didn't have interest in eating. In the past I have used them to eradicate a flatworm problem in a smaller tank. I put a mandarin in as well to maybe help but I haven't seen him eat any either.

I would probably vote Aptaisia, then hair algae as the most heard of major problems from my customers, but I find them easy to fix when there are no corals on the rocks you have the pests on.

[BlAcK_PeRcUlA]

1. Keeping up with alk and Ca
2. changing filter socks

[OnTheReef]

Well, mine's the friggin' siphon tube for hang-on overflows. They're good for about a week until they pick up enough bubbles to stop flowing.

[giantxtc]

Let's not forget bubble algae!Also green star polyps.I know alot of others wish they had these problems,but they both keep popping up whenever I think I have them in control.