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04-27-2008, 07:05 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weston, Florida Age: 28
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|  tank hasn't cycled,but there's algea?
my brother just started a 110 gal exactly one week today and he already has brown algea almost covering his sand bed, water still tests good ( hasn't cycled yet) but why so fast and why so much? there's no natural sunlight hitting the tank, but he does keep his lights on for 12 hrs / day. please let me know? _________ 75gal hex, 2-40w T12 48", odyssea 48" 4x65w PC's w/ lunars, 50lbs LR, 80lbs LS, gold banded maroon clown, dog faced puffer, juvenile blue angel, 2 dominoes, 1-4 stripe damsel, yellow watchman gobie, lawnmower blenny, mano, purple chromis, mexican turbo, astrea and red foot snails, striped, red and blue legged hermit crabs, coral banded shrimp, white and purple bubble coral(very little), red and green mushrooms, orange gorgonian  Tanks, No Thanks. We Free Dive! | 
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04-27-2008, 07:08 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Thats all normal, just dont turn on the lights. _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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04-27-2008, 07:12 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 23
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Originally Posted by lunatik_69  Thats all normal, just dont turn on the lights. | Agreed Luna, lights are totally worthless during the cycle. Turn em' off for 3 months, then worry about algae when you can actually add something to help take care of the problem. _________ 55 gallon slowly growing reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, 1 False Percula Clown, 1 Sixline Wrasse, 1 Blue Hippo Tang, 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, born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video  | |
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04-27-2008, 07:15 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weston, Florida Age: 28
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Luna you're tha man it won't let me give you any more karma (i gotta spread it around first) but you always answer w/ something i like to hear. thanks, nunch. | |
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04-27-2008, 08:54 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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Originally Posted by nunch you always answer w/ something i like to hear. thanks, nunch. | there are somethings ya dont wanna hear in this hobby , but youll get that with more research _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock 2 yellowtail damsels.. more to come  Got Questions? Need Answers?
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