LIGHTS OUT

spanko

spanko

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Dissolved Organic Compounds. Things taken out by coral as food, protein skimmer as waste. Yeah if you were overfeeding shame on you. I would put one powerhead on the side low in the back and one on the other side higher toward the front for a while and see if that stirs thins up some more. Am I reading you have one of the listed snails? If so get more.....now.....woman!!!!
 
meowzer

meowzer

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LOL...NO...I have ONE tiger conch...ONE FANCY nass.....a bunch of the others.....HAHA (nassarius, astrea, 1 turbo, margarita, cerith)
remember....I was feed 2x a day when the horse was in there.....so I kept feeding 2x a day after...BUT THEN....thought that was too much.....and NOW I realize that I may be feeding too much.....they are only TEENY gobies.....LOL
OK....I'm gonna adjust PH's and keep lights out.....I will do a nice W/C on Friday too
 
spanko

spanko

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Sounds good, yup no need to even feed every day now. can cut way down to every other day and very little food.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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WELL...I was not able to get the PH on the right as low as I would have liked cause of the rocks, BUT It is about the same height as it was ...on the right side wall of course, BUT at an angle down blowing across the back.
The one on the left I just pointed out straighter towards the front glass....AND I ordered a Koralia 550.....thinking this little nano might be too little
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Quote:
Originally Posted by acrylic51 http:///t/389241/lights-out/20#post_3439045
How is the tank looking?
Well...today is only day 1 of the lights out.....there were a couple of spots I saw with a flashlight and I siphoned them out.....I also just moved the powerhead.
I am letting the lights come on in the morning for 1 hour to feed and that is it.....Tomorrow I will mix water for a w/c on Friday and then put the lights on for a little while
HOPEFULLY these changes will help
 
meowzer

meowzer

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YES, they are pc lights.....SO DO NOT even turn them on even for 1 hour??????
I thought pc's had to be changes 1x a year....I was gonna order them after the holidays, BUT I WILL NOW.....if you say so...LOL
 
spanko

spanko

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Any bulb should be changed at 2500 - 3000 hours of use. Consider 10 hours per day 30 days per month = 300 hours or 10 months. This at the high end IMO more like 8 months but I digress. Light spectrum loss is faster down at the blue end of the spectrum, this is why high Kelvin light looks dimmer to our eyes. Think of how a 10k light looks next to a 20k light. So as the blue spectrum is lost what remains is the yellow-orang-reds which the cyano likes to grow under.
Also with any coral in the tank as the color spectrum changes and the coral adjust to the lower spectrum then boom you put new bulbs in and blast the bejeesus out of them they burn or bleach.
LEAVE THE LIGHTS OFF FOR 3 DAYS PLEASE.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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OK...I ordered the bulbs.....LOL....and NO LIGHTS (at all) till Saturday then....that will be lights off.....Weds, Thurs..and Fri.....3 full days
I can still do the w/c Friday though....right???? Or should I wait till Saturday?
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

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Lois, your like Oprah with threads, you just start one and people flock to it. When was the last time you started a thread that had less than 2 pages? lol.
 
meowzer

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Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/389241/lights-out/20#post_3439113
Lois, your like Oprah with threads, you just start one and people flock to it. When was the last time you started a thread that had less than 2 pages? lol.
There are probably quite a few....LOL....But with as many tanks as I have...it seems I am always doing something...or having an issue
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Well I peeked into the 28G with a flashlight and did not see much (YAY) Lights are staying out till Saturday though...and a w/c will be done then too
the 225G still has the MH lights out.....the brown on the sand seems a little lighter......Tomorrow I will be cleaning out and adding new gfo to the phosphate reactor, and I am currently making water for a w/c....won't be mixed tonight, so that will be Saturday also....I am going to change the chemi pure elite when it gets here....LOL....so probably next weekend on that
The MH bulbs are due to be changed, BUT I AM NOT spending $180 on bulbs when the LEDS are going to be finished soon......so I have to deal with that...when they are on, I only have them on for a few hours anyways (right now they are off)
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

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Well, I hate that you are having so many problems.
I agree that you shouldn't pay for new MH bulbs when the LEDs are so close to being done.
I've been lurking on your LED thread and have learned a few things. I've been talking with 2Quills about how to make my own LED setup for my 20g nano. I know you don't know anything about it, lol, but it's just something I'm contemplating about doing. Anyways, good luck and keep us updated!
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Phosphate reactor changed out for the 225G
W/c's to be done tomorrow in the 225G and the cube (maybe others) LOL
Peeking in the cube it looks good (fingers crossed) tomorrow will be the real test...lights will come on for a short period at first
 
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