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05-30-2007, 10:28 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: il
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i was wondering i just set up a new 55 gal tank with the nova exstreme t5 ho 432 watts and i have a lether in there with like 120 pounds of live rock and a sump refug and 780 gal return pump and it gets a lot of green on the glass withen a few hours and some on the sand and it seems like it just happens just when the light is on i bought water and changed 20 % and it still does it i tested the water and ther perfect. i thaught that maybe i needed more filturation like a can filture but i did not want to buy it for nothing. if anybody can help thanks. | 
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05-30-2007, 11:00 AM
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#2 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Milwaukee Age: 28
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How long have you had your tank running. The first month or so you are going to have normal algae growth spikes. First brown, then green. If red shows up you have a problem. _________ -R 2 maroon clowns, 3 bubble tip anemones, 3 emerald crabs, 1 coral banded shrimp, 12 astrea snails, 4 mexican turbo snails, 2 ricordia yuma, 2 purple mushroom ricordia, 2 small zoanthid frags, 8 red legged hermits, 1 flame scallop, 1 watchman goby, gonoporia, sun ployps, yellow polyps, star polyps, galaxea 29g bowfront, 10g sump, 20g fuge, 250W MH, 6 blue LED, 6 white LED, 2 65w power compact Actinic, DIY overflow / skimmer The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful  | |
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05-30-2007, 11:08 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: il
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i have had the new tank about 3 weeks but all the stuf is from my old tank. do you think a canster filter will help cut down on it. | |
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05-30-2007, 11:14 AM
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#4 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Milwaukee Age: 28
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You are definitely going to need an answer from a more experienced reefer then cause I would hate to steer you wrong. | |
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05-30-2007, 11:58 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Is this green algae slimy and does it have bubbles trapped in it? | |
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05-30-2007, 01:20 PM
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#6 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: il
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no it just green glaze | |
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05-30-2007, 02:07 PM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
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It appears to just be a new cycle which can start with any new tank regardless if you are using old equipment. The canister filter is not going to do much to help there other than provide additional water flow. It gets worse when you add the light because the algea is feading off of the light.
It just appears you are back to the drawing board and have to let the full cycle happen again. Luckly from my experience the cycle will go much quicker because you are using equipment you used before compared to non cured live rock.
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06-06-2007, 11:06 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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thats an awful lot of watts of t5 over a 55gallon.i have half that much over my 55 and although my brains are happy,some of my mushrooms can barely handle that intence light.my bulbs all have individual reflectors and the 4 bulbs with reflectors just barely fit over the tank.your bulbs must have less than half an inch between each other.is your leather showing any signs of being burned?i had an algae bloom any time i ever added more light to a tank.if you have a good clean up crew you should be ok in time. | |
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06-06-2007, 11:17 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
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Sounds like your tank is cycling. But what are your water parameters-nitrates and phosphates? How long are you leaving your lights on? The lighting you have is fine for your tank, I dont think its too much. How many power heads do you have? Also once you add 30 or so snails that will help keep your glass clean.
But just be patient, let the tank cycle, make sure your nitrates and phosphates are low, dont feed too much and dont leave the lights on 12hrs a day. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
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Last edited by RAVEN; 06-07-2007 at 12:11 AM.
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06-07-2007, 12:01 AM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Feb 2007
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why not put some phosphate remover in your canister filter | |
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