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d00kie
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I have had a 75 gallon running for about 3 months now, the first 2 months i had no algae what so ever, the lights i had on this system was 160watts of PC. For christmas i got a new lighting system that consists of 2 - 150 watt metal halides and 2 96 watt antic pc. I finally have many watts per gallon that i was looking for. Well i have been aclimating my new lights by slowing increasing the photo period of the halides. The first week it was 4 and i increased an hour a week. I am up to 6 hours now. I am having my first algae out break now, i guess it is because of the lights. my readings are great,
Amonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Cal - a little low at 360
Ph 8.4
Salinity 1.024-25
Is the algae just because of my new lights? I have a aqua c remora and 24x water flow. There is also a HOB refugium. I am switching to a sump/refugium in the next week or so. I top off with RO/DI water, use Reef crystal salts. Is this just a phase of my tank getting used to the new lights? Is there anything i should do to combat this? Thanks for the help guys!
Amonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Cal - a little low at 360
Ph 8.4
Salinity 1.024-25
Is the algae just because of my new lights? I have a aqua c remora and 24x water flow. There is also a HOB refugium. I am switching to a sump/refugium in the next week or so. I top off with RO/DI water, use Reef crystal salts. Is this just a phase of my tank getting used to the new lights? Is there anything i should do to combat this? Thanks for the help guys!