Dan's 90G Reef

[Sobo's Reef]

Um right now they're on from 930am til 11pm. But from 930-11am its moonlights and from 830-11pm its moonlights too

 

[Classklown90]

What do you mean moonlights? The royal blue leds or just low wattage blue leds?

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[Sobo's Reef]

They're just the royal blue LEDs but dimmed down really low to look like moonlights.

 

[Classklown90]

Okay well I cant ramp mine up and down but im on a 9 hour schedule. Blue channel from 11 to 8 and white from 12 to 7. No dinos. Of course light isnt the only factor in this but it could help to cut yours if you're running them too long

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[Sobo's Reef]

Okay well I cant ramp mine up and down but im on a 9 hour schedule. Blue channel from 11 to 8 and white from 12 to 7. No dinos. Of course light isnt the only factor in this but it could help to cut yours if you're running them too long

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Yeah I'll still messing with it. My lights max out at 40% right now. I'll see what I can do. Gotta do a WC tomorrow anyways

 

[Sobo's Reef]

Well just got done acclimating all of my new coral from the DVRC swap today. Had a great time! Here's a few pics of what I got

And I got these off of Jason Fox. Said there wasn't a name for em yet so I told him id think about it and email him suggestions lol

 

[Sobo's Reef]

Love how my tank looks with moonlights

 

[Sobo's Reef]

So I am on complete grow out mode as we speak. Selling off a few last odds and ends and then its grow grow grow. I'm gonna upload a pic of tank of how it looks now and then another in a few months(may or may not be a tank move between that time, looking at houses now) I think it'll be interesting

 

[Sobo's Reef]

FTS 11/22/13

 

[Mike S]

Looking great Dan!

 

[Sobo's Reef]

Looking great Dan!

Thanks Mike! Wish I could fast forward a few months and see how much everything grows lol

 

[e_baer]

You should make a time lapse.....thats what I am doing!

 

[Sobo's Reef]

You should make a time lapse.....thats what I am doing!

That's not a bad idea Elliot! I think I will do that lol

 

[Sobo's Reef]

I did a 10g WC yesterday and for the first 5g I siphoned out what I thought was bubble algae on a lot of my rocks with a air hose. Long story short, got mostly all of it out. After a few hours, I noticed its all back on my rocks. Is it bubble algae or just trapped air? I'm so confused lol

 

[iTzJu]

can you take a pic of it? could be trapped nitrogen gas. I also don't advise popping/siphoning bubble alage because if they do burst they release spores that will create more. if its a minimal amount I usually just leave them alone because they eventually go away.

 

[Sobo's Reef]

can you take a pic of it? could be trapped nitrogen gas. I also don't advise popping/siphoning bubble alage because if they do burst they release spores that will create more. if its a minimal amount I usually just leave them alone because they eventually go away.

I can take a picture later on tonight when I get home from work. Its only on a few of my rocks but seems to get worse as days progress. What causes this?

 

[Sobo's Reef]

Here's a few diff pics

 

[redfishbluefish]

I think you have a nice crop of dinoflagellates in your tank.....not bubble algae.



HERE is a good read by Dr. Randy.

 

[Sobo's Reef]

Darn. So it seems like reduced light and siphoning them out will do the trick?

 

[Sobo's Reef]

Okay starting today I'm on a 4 hour light schedule from 12-4pm. Will siphon out some more bubbles tomorrow. Hopefully this process isn't really drawn out.