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Originally Posted by gazog  Watch the lighting though, I have found that if you change the amount of light or type of light it tends to either bleach the algae (it turns light pink or white) or it kills it ought right.
I went from a 80 watt PC light on my 16 gallon Nano, with which I had great Coraline growth to a 96 watt T5 light and most of the algae bleached. After a little while it started growing back but no where near a nice and fast. I have since gone back to the PC light on that tank and its now growing great. |
My lighting plan: Get lights set up by next weekend. Let actinics run about 16 hours a day for several weeks. Then slowly phase in 2 250W Metal Halides, probably starting with a couple hours a day, then adding an hour of light every day or so. I think slow will be the key, I will play with it.
Remember, my tank is only a little over 10 weeks old, and I have yet to turn a light on. Livestock includes 2 clowns, 1 hitchhiker snail & 1 turbo snail. Hopefully a slow phase in and no added livestock till the lights are running full bore will help everything out.
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55 gallon reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, False Percula Clown & Foxface, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast
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