LIGHTS OUT

[luvmyreef]

Ya know, I really can't say whether or not the coral looked better with those lights, cause they still look the same to me without them lol. I believe you are correct on the whole spectrum thing about upping the k. I believe that was what they were saying. It changes it so that the nuisance algae doesn't grow well. I can narrow one spot to the lights in the back left corner, but one spot in particular is right under the center metal halide on a bleached rock from the 75g. But since we have done the lights out, it has improved tremendously. OH, and I do remember nikesb saying that there were reports of cyano outbreaks when using these lights. I think that the brown fuzz meowzer and I are having is/was thriving due to the spectrum from these type of lights.

 

[meowzer]

NOTE: Henry is not sure

 

[luvmyreef]

Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/389241/lights-out/40#post_3440331
I don't have cyano or dino in this tank.....just fuzz...and brown on sand....
the 2 "purples" I have are the back 2....side by side. Bulbs were changed September I think.....There will be NO reds in my LED set up.
I think that the use of red led's need to be researched for sure. It makes perfect sense that it could cause problems.

 

[spanko]

Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/389241/lights-out/60#post_3440336
NOTE: Henry is not sure

 

[luvmyreef]

Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/389241/lights-out/60#post_3440336
NOTE: Henry is not sure

Did we stump him

 

[luvmyreef]

Quote:
Originally Posted by spanko http:///t/389241/lights-out/60#post_3440339

Now Henry....Go and take your morning shot of vodka, think on it, come back and tell us how it is......

 

[spanko]

Quote:
Originally Posted by luvmyreef http:///t/389241/lights-out/60#post_3440342
Now Henry....Go and take your morning shot of vodka, think on it, come back and tell us how it is......

I'm not as think as you drink I am,
now take me drunk, I'm home!

 

[luvmyreef]

Baahahahahhha.

I'll be your designated driver anytime!

 

[meowzer]

WELL I got the new light for the 28G today.....I did not realize you had to take the top apart.....LOL.....I might wait until Friday when Danny is here at the same time as me JUST IN CASE

 

[meowzer]

OK...I also received the chemi-pure elite for the 225G...I will change it this weekend
I also decided that I am going to take the chiller off the cube.....WHAT do I need it for anymore

I also got the Koralia 550 for more flow in the 28G....not sure I am gonna mess with it tonight....I'm tired
OH YEAH...I am also seeing some type of white worms.....they are about 1" long and look like a piece of string ANY IDEAS??? I have been removing some

 

[luvmyreef]

Planaria worms maybe? Not sure. lol.

 

[meowzer]

Quote:
Originally Posted by luvmyreef http:///t/389241/lights-out/60#post_3440969
Planaria worms maybe? Not sure. lol.
FUNNY.....I brought up planaria worms in another thread....referring to someone elses tank....and Bang said he never heard of them in SW aquariums

 

[bang guy]

That's the second time today I've read "Planaria". Is there really a saltwater Planaria? I've never heard of that.
Thin 1" White Worms could be many things. If there's a lot of them and they suddenly appeared then it could be a Hair Worm hatch.

 

[meowzer]

read this Bang....I just found it...BUT my worm is very skinny....seriously thinner than a hair...BUT...has no body like images of hair worms I have seen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planarian

 

[gemmy]

Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/389241/lights-out/60#post_3440971
FUNNY.....I brought up planaria worms in another thread....referring to someone elses tank....and Bang said he never heard of them in SW aquariums

I think someone may have been joking.

 

[bang guy]

Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/389241/lights-out/60#post_3440975
read this Bang....I just found it...BUT my worm is very skinny....seriously thinner than a hair...BUT...has no body like images of hair worms I have seen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planarian
Seriously, I have not heard of this. Thank you for the information. I'm going to look deeper into this.

 

[meowzer]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bang Guy http:///t/389241/lights-out/60#post_3440984
Seriously, I have not heard of this. Thank you for the information. I'm going to look deeper into this.
Me neither....LOL....Like I said earlier....I was trying to help another poster out on an I.D........

 

[luvmyreef]

Just search it online and several articles come up. Here is one pic I found in the search. there are several. Is this what yours looks like meowzer?

 

[meowzer]

Quote:
Originally Posted by luvmyreef http:///t/389241/lights-out/60#post_3440990
Just search it online and several articles come up. Here is one pic I found in the search. there are several. Is this what yours looks like meowzer?

The little skinny one maybe......like I said, it is about 1" and like a white thin hair.....that moves....LOL....
I have been removing them....I see them crawl out of the rocks......Maybe I will be able to control them better now that I am feeding A LOT less

 

[bang guy]

I think I see my confusion.
Planaria are a Genus of freshwater animals.
Planarian is a common name for "flatworm".
It was interesting in that while searching I found a picture I took of a White Flatworm