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03-10-2008, 02:18 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central Florida Age: 34
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 |  Algae Bloom
Tank about 3 weeks into cycling. I'll be testing water this evening and I'll post the results, in the mean time, does this bloom seem normal? The wife is worried.. heh. http://media5.dropshots.com/photos/1...0/b_144605.jpg http://media3.dropshots.com/photos/1...0/b_144537.jpg
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40 gal SW - Emperor 400, Nova Extreme 156W T5 HO, Rio 90 PH, 30 lbs LR, 40 lbs LS - 1 x Yellow Tail Damsel, 1 Yellow Tang, 3 x Hermit Crabs (unidentified), 2 x Purple Sea Urchin, 1 x Long Spine Black Urchin, 1 x Percula Clown, 1 x Cleaner Wrasse
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03-10-2008, 04:09 PM
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| | Fire Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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Yep, we've all been through it..
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5.5 gal, 72w of pcs, 2 leds, rio nano skimmer, 40 gal hob filter, 50w visi-therm heater, 5pds lr, 1 inch live sand bed, 1 australian black perc clown ,1 porcelain crab, , 1 pep shrimp, 1 lge turbo , 3 cerith, 1 astrea, 1 nassaruis snails, neon grn bali slimer acro, purple acro, millipora's, feather duster, monti's, duncans, grn polyps, shrooms, zoa's, blue clove polyps, purple death pallys and grn star plyps. | |
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03-10-2008, 04:18 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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Perfectly normal and should get worse before it gets better but should eventually cease!
Best of luck with the tank! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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03-10-2008, 06:16 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 38
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Man, trade with you. Trade my green hair algae for your diatoms anyday :-) _________ Tank: 75g glass, AquaC Remora, Eheim Ecco Canister filter, Odyssea (2x250W MH, 4x65W actinics, 6 LEDs), 80lbs of live rock
Critters: 2 false percula clowns, blue damsel, lawnmower blenny, squirrel fish, 2 anthias, flame hawkfish, copper banded butterfly, coral banded shrimp, cleaner shrimp, fighting conch, condy anemone, and lots of misc snails
Corals: Green stripe mushrooms, blue mushrooms, candy cane, frogspawn, Green Zoanthids, star polyps, acropora, monipora
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03-14-2008, 11:50 AM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Age: 28
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I'm actually hoping for my green algae to start coming back stronger again. The hermits have been keeping the rocks too clean, and there isn't enough for the blenny now. Now the blenny sits on top of the blue tang's veggie clip and waits for me to add fresh seaweed. _________ 55gal, 65+ lbs LR, 60Lbs LS, Coralife 125 ss, Fluval 305, HydorKoralia 2 + 3, 2 YT Damsels, 2 Misbarred Clownfish, Blue Tang, Yellow Tang, Leopard Wrasse, Asstd snails and hermit crabs, skunk cleaner shrimp, 3 peppermint shrimp, emerald crab, goniopora stokesi, frogspawn, and some other corals.  | |
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03-14-2008, 12:12 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Canton, ga Age: 37
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Hey im going through the cycle too and am also about three weeks into it. I haven't been running my lights for about the last week and I am not having problems with algae... I cleaned the glass and the top of the live sand and removed as much of it as I could and then havent been running my lights and haven't had the problem with it coming back yet. I do run my lunar lights but nothing else...Bill.... | |
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03-14-2008, 12:31 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Seattle area Age: 36
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That is just the start. It will get much worse. Get some hermets ready. 1 per 5 gallons is a good ratio.
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72g Bow Front, 2x250w MH (10 hrs), 4x65 Act (14 hrs), 6xDual Moonlights (10 hrs), 300 gph from cannister filter and powerhead, Prizm hang-on protein skimmer, 50 lbs LR, CC Bed
Yellow Tang, 2 Clowns, Bubble Tip Anemone, 2 Yellow Tail, Humbug, White Spot, Ornate Goby, Emerald Crab, Sally Lightfoot Crab, 2 Blue Legged Hermits, 15 Scarlet Hermits, +Snails with no names (margaritas, turbos, astraeas) | |
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03-15-2008, 03:26 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 38
Posts: 159
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@Bogie - Come on over, have PLENTY to spare :-) | |
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03-18-2008, 06:54 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Middleboro, MA Age: 43
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Nothing more frustrating than an algae bloom! Ruins your nice view, I spend hours in fron of my tanks letting the blood pressure drop and easing my mind (I have a son in the Marine Corps fighting in Afghanistan). I can say this, if you want to wave goodbye to any algae bloom, the people at garf.org have the cleaners for it. I had a green algae bloom in a tank and their cleaners detroyed it in 3 days. That web site is also a wealth of info on everything in reef tanks.
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90gal Reef Display 120gal system.
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