DanS180
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Pizza101 said:Lol that's funny! I also get my older two to help with checking perimeters weekly! Lol it's part of there chores...sometimes it's all about delegating.
Not bad, not bad haha
Pizza101 said:Lol that's funny! I also get my older two to help with checking perimeters weekly! Lol it's part of there chores...sometimes it's all about delegating.
DanS180 said:Okay... Red hair looking things on one of my rocks... any ideas? Maybe hair algae?
DanS180 said:So I forgot I had a frag of Red Hornet Zoas held for me from like 2-3 weeks ago from my buddy lol already acclimated and added into the tank, waiting for them to open up now... oh and he gave me a free frag of Kenya tree
Mrc8858 said:That's funny I just told grant and jack about tidalgardens having some red hornets
DanS180 said:How quickly does Calcium usually get used up in a tank? On 10/22 my calcium was at 500ppm. Today its at 460ppm.. is that normal??
Also since doing a 5 gal WC again my magnesium went from 1200 to 1240ppm.
Oh and how is it that I've done 2 water changes and added "phosban" into my filter and still have 0.25ppm of phosphate??
CorallineAlgae said:Yes that's pretty normal if you're seeing coral and coralline growth. Lots of people have to dose or drip come form of calcium daily to keep up with demand.
Glad to see your magnesium is back up.
The phosphates could be from normal feeding. You may need to change food or just give the phosban more time. It takes a while. I stay away from Tetra and Wardleys brand foods. They seem to be common offenders. It's probably just a matter of time before it gets to zero. Everything good happens slowly in a reef.
Mrc8858 said:Looks like a little cyano
Mrc8858 said:Ya but it is a sign of either low flow or excess nutrients so its an early signal that you may need to fine tune your schedule a bit more.
22engine said:Could be dyno's too. I have the same problem. I used a turkey baster to blow it off and then I lowered the light schedule. I shut them off for and entire day after I blew it off and it didn't really grow back. I am doing more research on it but was told by some people on Boston reefers that's its part I having a new tank and to not do a water change cause it can make it worse and to leave the lights off. Then slowly add the light back.
DanS180 said:Well I can try the light thing but what about the corals? R they goin to be okay without the light for the a whole day?
22engine said:Yes they will be fine. They can go days without lights. They will get some light from the ambient light in the room it's in.
DanS180 said:Ok I'll try n blow it off then like leave the lights off for a day n see what happens