reefcowboy
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hey Fellas....
After reading (and ignoring) the "going sexual" of the caulerpas, I kept some in my sump...I ran my sump lights 12 hours/day for about 2 months and until then everything was perfect...
Last night I was excited because I had purchased a set of Current Pro LED Lights(actinic Blue) because i wanted to see what effect I would get on my 20 gal reef... I loved the lights...what a cool set of led's...
So getting to the story, my timers turn off the lights and i go to bed. Next morning comes up, I pass by my tank and I can't see anything in there!!! It was all white, like I had poured milk in it...
the water also had an odor of foul, dirty rotten sewer water.
On top of the sump water, I saw "strings" of "hair-looking" substances, that were sticking to almost everything, walls, pumps, powerheads...I was sooo pissed and upset that had happened to me.
Of course I knew running 24/7 lights in the sump would reduce the going sexual possibility, but I thought the issue was more comon with the grape kind(I had caulerpa prolifera)....
So I had to do a 100% water change today and wasnt very happy. I now only have chaeto, and will not even want to hear about caulerpas again. YES THEY GO SEXUAL....and when it happens, you will pay the price for the risk...do not keep those in your tank.,.. its not worth the risk!
After reading (and ignoring) the "going sexual" of the caulerpas, I kept some in my sump...I ran my sump lights 12 hours/day for about 2 months and until then everything was perfect...
Last night I was excited because I had purchased a set of Current Pro LED Lights(actinic Blue) because i wanted to see what effect I would get on my 20 gal reef... I loved the lights...what a cool set of led's...
So getting to the story, my timers turn off the lights and i go to bed. Next morning comes up, I pass by my tank and I can't see anything in there!!! It was all white, like I had poured milk in it...
the water also had an odor of foul, dirty rotten sewer water.
On top of the sump water, I saw "strings" of "hair-looking" substances, that were sticking to almost everything, walls, pumps, powerheads...I was sooo pissed and upset that had happened to me.
Of course I knew running 24/7 lights in the sump would reduce the going sexual possibility, but I thought the issue was more comon with the grape kind(I had caulerpa prolifera)....
So I had to do a 100% water change today and wasnt very happy. I now only have chaeto, and will not even want to hear about caulerpas again. YES THEY GO SEXUAL....and when it happens, you will pay the price for the risk...do not keep those in your tank.,.. its not worth the risk!