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who dey

who dey

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Originally Posted by GreyMach
I will post pictures of my fixture later but i have 3 VHOs 95 watts each. I have an algae problem too so i could use some help. I have hair algae and diatoms that grow everyday. I just ordered a bigger clean up crue from this site a couple days ago and its not here yet. All i have now is 12 snails and 7 small hermits. I ordered 20 turbo snails 10 crabs. a brittle star. and a conch.
an old actinic blue can cause some serius probs.. Post ur bulb life and pics of ur algae. I've conquered every algae known to man (almost)
 
kayak385

kayak385

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Originally Posted by WHO DEY
not a bad upper hand!
by the way, the guy at Wet Pets lfs said he would take in my purpleback pseudo on trade and that will give me some money to play with because the diatoms in my tank are making my crushed coral white into a yellow orange bed. and bubbles are all over my rock on top of the darker orange more and more everyday. I'll take pics tomorrow.
I hope i'm not highjacking your thread, ADHD... and i don't think you'll find the acronym on swf
Well I'll start a new thread tomorrow about it, goodnight!
 
who dey

who dey

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Originally Posted by kayak385
by the way, the guy at Wet Pets lfs said he would take in my purpleback pseudo on trade and that will give me some money to play with because the diatoms in my tank are making my crushed coral white into a yellow orange bed. and bubbles are all over my rock on top of the darker orange more and more everyday. I'll take pics tomorrow.
I hope i'm not highjacking your thread, ADHD... and i don't think you'll find the acronym on swf
Well I'll start a new thread tomorrow about it, goodnight!
get used to crushed coral getting brown. thats why it's usually a problem and LS isn't cause it's easier to sift
 
greymach

greymach

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Originally Posted by WHO DEY
an old actinic blue can cause some serius probs.. Post ur bulb life and pics of ur algae. I've conquered every algae known to man (almost)
My lights are like 5 years old. But here is the catch, my parents set up this tank like 5 years ago and it crashed in like a month and they didnt ever try to redo it. I have had it set up for about 3 monthes now. You think its time to change out the bulbs?
 
who dey

who dey

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Originally Posted by GreyMach
My lights are like 5 years old. But here is the catch, my parents set up this tank like 5 years ago and it crashed in like a month and they didnt ever try to redo it. I have had it set up for about 3 monthes now. You think its time to change out the bulbs?
i would it will prob cost u less than 100bucks for 3 new ones as opposed to what it cost me to rid my tank from algae. it's a great start. Phosban, underfeeding, new bulbs, cut light back to 7hrs on, and one hell of a skimmer does the trick. trustme!!! wish i had pics from when i was harvesting hair algae and cyano
 
who dey

who dey

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oh do u use tap. if so test the phosphate levels in ur tap water. you will be amazed and wonder why the heck u put that in ur tank (if u do)
 
greymach

greymach

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No i use RODI water from my own unit. I am not sure why this all started. My skimmer fills the cup like every 3 days. I really want to get rid of this stuff. Its the diatoms that bother me the most. It grows so fast when i turn the lights on. When i turn it on in the morning so much of it is gone then within 30 minutes its growing back fast. So to me it seems like a light issue? I think.
 
who dey

who dey

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Originally Posted by GreyMach
I use the aqua C remora skimmer on a 55 gallon
have u checked phos levels in ur tank
 
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