Search:

Was it loss of intensity being so far away ? seems like those should have done well.

They mean plankton. you can easily grow this yourself from any plankton food not containing glycerin. you do have to have the plankton food which is basically like fertilizer. Tons of threads online...

Bare bottom does not mean skimmer. You are correct . Using larger particles for a sand bed would be useful . I believe my shallow sand bed ( which I never siphon as I was told not to touch it) has...

SO a quick update.

still lots of cyano on sand. Because of this cyano I have stopped feeding as much as I should. thus creating a recipe for disaster. Ultra low nutrients+ shit pot loads of light=...

Gha increasing on rocks is usually a sign that po4 is leaching from your rocks. This is a good sign.

Sharksmay be a special case. Lots of euria coming off those guys. I would figure a feeding size reduce if needed . I have a friend who started a shark tank1000 gallons and was overwhelmed with the...

Interesting. following along.

do it straight out the gate too. makes a huge difference on cycle time. at least mine usually do. that and your not trying to throw a screen into a high nutrient ( oh s@#t) situation so you can skip...

YEah seriously. hope you got a good scraper . your gonna need it.

so either way is good as long as it is being kept as docs in the system. gotcha.

Wait so detritus needs to fall for detritivores to eat and return it to the system.?

Yes it is snail eggs.

I'm totally digging your background

I just looked up the pr ratings for the radion fixture. At 12 inches abovethe tank the norm at 100% is 645 par 3 inches below the surface...... Holy crap batman that's twice what I had with the mh. I...

you could dose iron. kent marine has an iron additive with manganese for macro algae. that might work. or you could just do a water change to get some back in the system.Feeding should give you...

a teaspoon in 4 cups water. then add 1 teaspoon kalk and stir it into a 5 gallon top off container. its basically just using the acid in the vinegar to dissolve more of the kalk. I could definately...

some chalice, think its a sprungs stunner. you can see the green skeleton where the tissue has receded but I think its because of a shadow and not enough light as the areas with light have new growth...

full tank shot.
http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o526/Joshua_Clemons/newtank001.jpg
setosa
http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o526/Joshua_Clemons/newtank002.jpg
nem....

Interesting concept. Backing off the LEDs with optics to get doublesidedcoverage without being up against the glass or using mirrors. But as sm stated that is a huge screen, we know from experience...

No detaching. Screen is very rough and growth is hardy , cleaned every 7 days like clock work. Does the aquamarine colored growth mean anything in particular ?I can take photos if need be.

I did go from a 10k 8 hour period to a 14k 8 hour period. and my mh were very old and running at about 8k with no actinic supplementation. This could be a factor. Some of the sps i lost were still...

So lately I h ave been losing corals left and right. I Can't put my finger on why. All of my tank params are what I would consider excellent.

salinity 1.025 (tunze osmilator ato so this stays very...

So lately My corals have gone from growing quickly to not at all and are actually experiencing some tissue loss.
my params are as follows.

salinity 1.025
po4 0.04 (hannah checker)
nitrates 0...

when they say dosing vinegar they mean dosing VINEGAR. The little bit you use to up your kalk solution is not enough. some guys are dosing as much as 45 ml per day with a dosing pump. it basically...

WOW I read that whole thread about vinegar dosing and its effects on cyano bacteria... crazy.

3 day black out works like a champ.

I see where your going with this... you may be right as i didnt get a cyano outbreak till i dropped a powerhead into my sand. following along to see where this goes.


and WOW that's a lot of...

sure i can do that. There was actually a paper written a while back on rubber maid containers having the ability to grow bacteria rather quickly just from the carbon in the plastic. lets hear your...

That's why you have dinos! the plastic or paint from the backer drives the evil spirits away.

didn't you get that memo?

yyeeeeahhh, about those t.p.s. reports.

most people have some kind of backing on there tank? i dunno i just assumed. lol

Won't hurt them. The sun doesn't always shine in the tropics. Just very important to turn lights back on slowly so as to not over stress them.

I had this issue as well. I will tell you what I did to cure it.

wait until scrubber is at max growth(you will see why in a second)

go 3 days of darkness in dt. wrap a black trash bag over the...

Hanah checkers are your friend lol. Worth every penny considering you pay about 30 bucks for decent test kit anyway and they are digital .

I do run gac for this very reason as I am not sure if scrubbers take up coral chemical toxins. Just to be on the safe side. Stuff is so cheap anyway. I have noticed it does last longer and the...

It most likely is. If its brown and not a deep deeeeep red. Its not cyano.

so a 4 cube is 48 sq inches. 24 watts per side for a two sided screen.
this is pretty close to what you have, however...

pics please.
cyano is a complex nightmare of a bacterium. more info is needed to help.
I'm with garf on this one. not because of flow but I doubt it will grow on a screen. Not saying it isnt on...

I have his email and he responds pretty regularly. I will drop him a link and see how it goes.

He was also asking for photos of sps dominant reef tanks running only scrubbers.

Let's do this!

So i just bought this guide and to my surprise they actually had a little section on ats's . They even had a video with a guy running a waterfall.

Interesting to note that:

1: Mark callahan...

Some updated photos of scrubber and dt.
SCrubber : 8x cree 660 nm red leds run 8 on 16 off. (yes that is a skimmer in my sump, just running as back up while the new screen grows in)
...

From what I can tell in your photo you are running a barebottom tank. The reason most people do this is so they can push massive amounts of flow through the tank without causing a sand storm. Yet you...

So it's been about 2 months. After a full blown outbreak of algae and cyano while I was vacation and my mom was watching the tank, the loss of a few birds nest and my favorite mandarin, things are...

Lol, its like a piranha boil when you feed.
Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-qNZRtkCvw&feature=youtube_gdata_player


Sent from my iPad

I just ordered a new heat sink (6x9) from rapid led that has a slot for a splash guard welded in. fits a defuser quite well :) . So if you are asking for this faq because you are building your first...

I can confidently answer #1 for you (I think)

during the first week normal screen color is BROWN!

#3 Is kind of odd imo.

If your screen is black , try CLEAN IT,(DARK growth is usually very...

Your not alone on this. I use a skimmer pump for my waterfall from day one. I did notice the burning when i first opened up the venturi but i was sure it was from the new leds i put on it. reduced to...

New dry rock always ( I have started5 tanks with it) goes from white to brown to green to purple/blue/ pink or red. The reason you are seeing this is your rock is not smothered by the gha anymore....

Have noticed less of an alk swing with opening up the venturi on my waterfall. But not enough to say for sure that it was that with any certainty. Although according to my tank controller my ph...

I can definately do that. Thank you Obi One! :)

40 gallon with 30 gallon sump.
feeding 1 cube per day of frozen brine + 1/2 cube prawn roe with .05 gram of A+ spectrum pellets.
screen size is 7 x4 lit both sides by a 27 watt compact flourescent...