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07-22-2008, 07:45 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, GA
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My tank has been up and running for a little over three weeks now and was wondering if this is ok to have this much brown algae. _________ Work hard to play hard!  | 
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07-22-2008, 07:50 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Redmond, Or Age: 48
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Par for the coarse. Might add a little more flow, butter otherwise normal. Could last 3 days to 4 weeks. | |
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07-22-2008, 07:53 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, GA
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should I keep my light off as well I have a few snails and hermit's and 1 green chromis in there | |
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07-22-2008, 07:57 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Redmond, Or Age: 48
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You can leave the lights off. Won't effect it to much. Take a (clean) turkey baster and blow it loose to get filtered out. It's just a diatom bloom, part of new tank syndrome. | |
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07-22-2008, 08:01 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, GA
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Thanks my friend | |
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07-22-2008, 09:40 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Not bad.
It will pass. Every tank gets a couple of bouts of it when first starting out.
Will disappear completely as soon as you can move in some hermit crabs.
Tank looking good!!!! _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott") | |
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07-22-2008, 09:42 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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I agree with all replies so far. Completely normal. _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Fuzzy Dwarf Lion, Mandarin Dragonette, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  | |
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07-23-2008, 12:38 PM
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| | Pajama Cardinal
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Shelton, Washington Age: 44
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Mine did that too. _________ 90g HW: 20g L Smp/Fge, ETSS PSw/Mag9, Ext OF/Rio 2100 RTN, MJ AC 2K3 PH's (2800GPH ttl flow), 300W htr, Gnd Prb, Denitrator, UV, PCs: 2x65,4x55 Fish: Ylw Tang, LM Blenny, Hmbg, Y-T, Ylw dmsls, Mrn Clown, Coral Beauty, Red Crs Wrsse. Inverts: Snls/HCs, CBS, P-mnt shrmp x2, Sandstar, Condy Anen, Tbe Wrm. Frags: Frgspwn, Kenya Tree. Corals: GSP, Zoos, Shrooms, Lobo Brain, Turbinaria, Mshrm Lthr. Other: 123# LR, 1-2" LS DOB 5/7/08 10g Mtd Pair Fls Perculas, HC/TS, 10# LR, 12lbs LS K-Nano PH AC-30  | |
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07-23-2008, 02:54 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, GA
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Thank you I am really hoping this tank is going to shine. Also since I have the pic there can anyone tell me what they think of my rock placement. | |
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07-24-2008, 10:24 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Maumelle, AR Age: 34
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Originally Posted by scenario1313  Thank you I am really hoping this tank is going to shine. Also since I have the pic there can anyone tell me what they think of my rock placement. | It looks good! Really pretty with lots of hiding places. How do you have it secured? Any epoxy or zip-ties?
If you want a good clean up crew go to ReefCleaners.org - Home. Click on the "custom clean up crew" option and let John build you one. Give him your tank specs, eventual bio-load, how often you feed everything.
While you're at it, ask him about improving water quality and let him recommend some macroalgae. I love mine, it really adds some depth to my reef tank.
Gin
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Running my first 25 Gallon reef tank, not fully stocked...born on May 23, 2008! | |
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