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  1. jhawkor

    jhawkor Millepora

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    In an attempt to kill some brown hair algae that is starting to grow on my sand I am going to be running only actinics for about 4-6 days. Will my frogspawn and zoas be OK without daylight bulbs for this long?
     
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  2. bama

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    I just went a week with day lights out and actinics on for 5 hrs a day and my polyps survived the trip..
     
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  3. jhawkor

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    Sounds good, did you do it to kill algae too? Did it work?
     
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  4. lunatik_69

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    Just get some snails. Luna
     
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    jhawkor Millepora

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    I have 100+ dwarf ceriths, 10 Florida ceriths, 15 large nerites, 30 nassarius, and 10 hermits. For some reason they don't touch the sand.
     
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    As Luna eluded to killing your lights will get ride of the algae bloom but without treating the cause you are likely to have the bloom come back.

    J
     
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    jhawkor Millepora

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    I'm pretty sure I know what the cause is. I do weekly water changes with RO water but because I don't have a unit yet I top off with tap...about a gallon a day. I'm going to be getting an RO/DI unit for my birthday in August. Do you think that will most likely help?
     
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    I think it will help immensely..
     
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  9. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Theres your problem, well, at least one of them. Luna
     
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    Have you tested your tap? It could be a multitude of things. I use tap and nothing but and have not an algae issue. But, we have VERY good tap here.
     
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