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05-19-2008, 07:00 AM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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|  Stringy algae
Never had this on the sand until i moved my powerheads around, but don't think it has anything to do with flow you can see by the pic that the hairy stuff is flowing to the right flat on the bed with the current so i'm at a loss ???  _________ Hardware-55G Rena Md,Filstar XP3 Filter, 200w Heater, 1xSeio 2, 1xKoralia 2, Lee's Medium Skimmer, 8x39watt T5 Fish-Yellow Tang, Coral Beauty, Midas Blenny, Clown, Chalk Goby Inverts-Snails, Hermits, Black Long Spine Sea Urchin, Blue Linika StarFish, Cleaner Shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, Feather Duster, Green Bubble Tip Anemone, Coral's-Green/Purple/Hairy Mushroom's, Xenia, Button, Green, Yellow Polyps, Toadstool Leather,Finger Leather, Purple tip Frogspawn.  | 
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05-19-2008, 07:02 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Looks like red slime algae. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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05-19-2008, 07:21 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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Thats black slime, thats a good indicator your lights are on way too long. Turn your lights off for atleast 24hrs then cut your light period in half for a few days and it should go away on its on. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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05-19-2008, 07:36 AM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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Thank you geekdafied it is a kind of stringy black slime my lights 78watt of actinics & 156watt whites have been on 10 hours a day what would you recommend? | |
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05-19-2008, 08:17 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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If you dont have a lot of corals, I would leave them off for 2 days. Then cut back to like 5hrs a day. Until its gone anyways. Then increase it to something like 8-9hrs. It also depends on what type lights you have too and how old the bulbs are etc. | |
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05-19-2008, 08:20 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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I dont usually see that slime unless somebody forgot to kick the lights off. 12+hr light period for a few days and it will show up in my tanks. Then I just kick the lights for a couple days (with numerous corals, various types) with no harm to anything other then the slime. | |
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05-19-2008, 09:10 AM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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Its t5 lighting , their about a month old only... | |
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05-19-2008, 09:19 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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Theres your answer... As I said before, leave them off for a few days, and then cut back to like 5 hrs a day after that and slowly build up. Too much light too soon is what started it to grow. | |
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05-19-2008, 09:29 AM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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will do cheers... | |
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05-21-2008, 06:48 AM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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Well this is weird, the chalk goby turns the stringy Black stuff over leaving a nice clean bed for most of the day, i go bed turn lights off, get up around 8ish still clean bed , no lights on in tank, then over 3 to 4 hours it creeps back (NO LIGHTS ON) after nothing on the snd to this in 3 or 4 hours...Here's a short clip... 052108142834.flv - Video - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
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