Coraline?
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alabama reefer
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No. Sounds more like an algae bloom from your new lighting.
swfein
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Originally Posted by Alabama Reefer
http:///forum/post/3069469
No. Sounds more like an algae bloom from your new lighting.
Is this a horrible thing? Is there anything I should be doing to battle this or just let it run its course?
http:///forum/post/3069469
No. Sounds more like an algae bloom from your new lighting.
Is this a horrible thing? Is there anything I should be doing to battle this or just let it run its course?
saltwatercowby
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a cleaning crew should take care of it....turbo snails are great
jtrzerocool
Active Member
algea is not horrible...it is normal...sounds like your tank is just having some growing pains...as previously stated, a clean up crew should take care of it...
alabama reefer
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How long are you running your new MH's? Everything photosynthetic is going to thrive under your halides unfortunately this also means some nuisance algae. Every one has battled or is battling some type of algae. Beef up your clean up crew if needed, do your water changes and run those halides for about 4 hrs a day or less. When you get over the algae bloom/s then you can run them longer if want to. I personally never run mine over 4hrs a day and run my vho's for about 10hrs. That is just my preference.
swfein
Member
Originally Posted by Alabama Reefer
http:///forum/post/3069568
How long are you running your new MH's? Everything photosynthetic is going to thrive under your halides unfortunately this also means some nuisance algae. Every one has battled or is battling some type of algae. Beef up your clean up crew if needed, do your water changes and run those halides for about 4 hrs a day or less. When you get over the algae bloom/s then you can run them longer if want to. I personally never run mine over 4hrs a day and run my vho's for about 10hrs. That is just my preference.
Right now there at 6 hours a day but its a MH only fixture (sunpod) so theres no ho/vho supplemental. Maybe 5 hours of run time on the halides?
http:///forum/post/3069568
How long are you running your new MH's? Everything photosynthetic is going to thrive under your halides unfortunately this also means some nuisance algae. Every one has battled or is battling some type of algae. Beef up your clean up crew if needed, do your water changes and run those halides for about 4 hrs a day or less. When you get over the algae bloom/s then you can run them longer if want to. I personally never run mine over 4hrs a day and run my vho's for about 10hrs. That is just my preference.
Right now there at 6 hours a day but its a MH only fixture (sunpod) so theres no ho/vho supplemental. Maybe 5 hours of run time on the halides?
saltwatercowby
Member
to make it more clear....do you have a clean up crew?
swfein
Member
Originally Posted by saltwatercowby
http:///forum/post/3069595
to make it more clear....do you have a clean up crew?
As of today 6 narss, 5 turbos, and 2 others (asthera?)
http:///forum/post/3069595
to make it more clear....do you have a clean up crew?
As of today 6 narss, 5 turbos, and 2 others (asthera?)
alabama reefer
Member
It can be a little tricky when that is your only light source. What light dependent corals do you have? Running them only 5 hrs shouldn't hurt anything you have in there. This will only be temporary until you get things acclimated to the new lighting. Just monitor your corals and anemone(if you any). Just don't skimp on your water changes because that will help remove some of the fuel for your algae bloom as well.
swfein
Member
Originally Posted by Alabama Reefer
http:///forum/post/3069794
It can be a little tricky when that is your only light source. What light dependent corals do you have? Running them only 5 hrs shouldn't hurt anything you have in there. This will only be temporary until you get things acclimated to the new lighting. Just monitor your corals and anemone(if you any). Just don't skimp on your water changes because that will help remove some of the fuel for your algae bloom as well.
I have a very small watermelon frag in there but thats really it. Im trying to take things very slow so that I can do it right the first time.
So what you guys are saying is once the tank gets more "acclimated" to the new lights I will be able to run them for longer periods of time?
How long does this process usually take?
PS - I do a weekly 5 gallon water change.
http:///forum/post/3069794
It can be a little tricky when that is your only light source. What light dependent corals do you have? Running them only 5 hrs shouldn't hurt anything you have in there. This will only be temporary until you get things acclimated to the new lighting. Just monitor your corals and anemone(if you any). Just don't skimp on your water changes because that will help remove some of the fuel for your algae bloom as well.
I have a very small watermelon frag in there but thats really it. Im trying to take things very slow so that I can do it right the first time.
So what you guys are saying is once the tank gets more "acclimated" to the new lights I will be able to run them for longer periods of time?
How long does this process usually take?
PS - I do a weekly 5 gallon water change.