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  1. J

    LED lighting intensity

    Thanks for all the feedback. I’m going to leave it on the sand bed and have turned up my flow about 15%. I’m hoping this helps.
  2. J

    LED lighting intensity

    Thanks for the Info. I didn’t even know my light had that setting. Lol. Now I know what the crescent moon in the corner is for. I hope it comes back to life. It’s been like this for a month and was definitely shocked. I need to find some shade to move it into.
  3. J

    LED lighting intensity

    I have an Al Hydra AI 32 HD light with the reef brite xho add on kit. I love the light, the app and the xho add on kit. The reef brite leds really make the colors pop. All of my corals are doing well and my tank seems very healthy. That is, until I recently bought an expensive meat coral and...
  4. J

    Cyano or diatoms??

    Quick update. It’s been about two weeks since I did the 72 hour blackout and my tank has responded amazingly. On top of blacking out my tank I added chemipure elite and really trimmed back my chaeto in my sump. The diatoms/cyano are almost nonexistent now. My phosphates went from .13 to .07...
  5. J

    Corals for sale. Pitman 08071

    Got a handful of corals that I’m looking to sell. Hit me up if you are interested. Location is Pitman 08071. Located about one mile from Rowan College Red acan: two huge heads and four smaller $40 green hammer purple tips: four heads $40 Trumpet coral: 8 heads $40 Bright green ricordea...
  6. J

    Cyano or diatoms??

    I’ve remained a little silent because I didn’t want to speak too soon... After doing a 3 day blackout and added chemipure Elite to my sump things have cleared up nicely. I’m now running rowaphos and chemipure to try and keep my phosphates and silicates low. It’s not perfect but it’s 90%...
  7. J

    Cyano or diatoms??

    All blacked out! I get a lot of natural sunlight in my place so I’m hoping this works. Chemiclean elite is also arriving today, a day early. Thankyou Amazon.
  8. J

    Cyano or diatoms??

    L It’s funny you say that... a half hour ago I ordered chemiclean elite. It will be here Wednesday. So tomorrow 20% water change, lights out for three days and chemiclean elite on Wednesday. Fingers crossed !!!!
  9. J

    Cyano or diatoms??

    Ive looked at a lot of images online today and I’m pretty sure it’s diatoms. I’ve seen Dino’s before and they are different. The pics of diatoms that I’ve seen are pretty much spot on.
  10. J

    Cyano or diatoms??

    I do weekly water changes to keep my nutrients fresh in my tank at all times and also, to help keep my phosphates / nitrates down. For the first year I didn’t have to dose my tank because I was doing the weekly water changes. Now that my tank is fairly well stocked I’ve had to start dosing to...
  11. J

    Cyano or diatoms??

    So if it’s diatoms, than from what I’ve ready the only thing I haven’t done is a three day blackout with my lights. I do weekly water changes, my ro/di unit cartridges are up to par and my skimmer works just fine. I’m thinking about doing a 20 % water change tomorrow along with a three day...
  12. J

    Cyano or diatoms??

    Dave thanks for commenting as you always seem to do. My nitrates are about 5 and my phosphates were .11 as of this morning. So what nutrient could be in excess? Like I said earlier, I have a refugium that grows chaeto extremely fast, my skimmer works very well and I do weekly water changes...
  13. J

    Cyano or diatoms??

    My lights are a mixture of white and blue. They look much whiter in person. I’ve never had any luck with capturing good photos of my tank with my iPhone.
  14. J

    Cyano or diatoms??

    Here are the pics.
  15. J

    Cyano or diatoms??

    I will get a pic up later tonight. I stirred the sand bed about an hour ago. So it looks ok right now
  16. J

    Cyano or diatoms??

    My tank is one year old.
  17. J

    Cyano or diatoms??

    So I’ve been having a bout with cyano or diatoms lately. I’m not sure what it is. It mainly grows on my sand bed, dry rock or magnetic shelves. What’s strange is that It doesn’t grow on my actual live rock. The dry rock has been in my tank for atleast a few months and has colored up nicely. I...
  18. J

    How to kill aiptasia in a reef tank

    Thanks for the tips everyone. I think I’m going to try peppermint shrimp first and if that doesn’t work than I will try a copperband. There is no way that I can reach every single piece of aiptasia in my tank. I’ve tried killing them by hand fir the last few months and have grown tired of it.
  19. J

    How to kill aiptasia in a reef tank

    Wow. It took five to knock them out. How big is your tank? Mine is a 65 gallon and was hoping to add just a couple if I go that route
  20. J

    How to kill aiptasia in a reef tank

    Regarding the nudibrach I’ve read that a wrasse will most likely eat them. I’ve got a good size wrasse in my tank that picks at everything.
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