eMac's 300 Peninsula
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Looking better everyday!
To help fight Edison costs I modified my lighting scheduled. I use to run 9am to 9pm. With 2 hour ramp up to 100% full power and 2 hour ramp down. My lights were running at full power during peek hours. Now they turn on at 5:30 and ramp up to 100% by 6am. Then at 11:30 am they start ramping down and by noon they're at 50%. Then they slowly ramp the red, green, and whites down so by 6pm only the blues r left on. Then at 8pm they're all off.
Yea. I'm running a junk a** coralvue reactor.
The pump was junk on it so I modified it with a mag5.
I still don't do crap to the tank. I can't even remember when I've done the last water change. I haven't even tested the water sense November of last year. Mostly I don't even pay attention to the tank if it wasn't for the auto feeder the fish would have starved a long time ago.
The pump was junk on it so I modified it with a mag5.
I still don't do crap to the tank. I can't even remember when I've done the last water change. I haven't even tested the water sense November of last year. Mostly I don't even pay attention to the tank if it wasn't for the auto feeder the fish would have starved a long time ago.
Ok so I still have the tank. Everyone that has been over and seen the tank says its way to scratched up. So I might as well keep it running.
So I've been neglecting the tank big time and I've developed a bit of a nuisance algae problem. It's some type of red turf algae. No it's not cyano
So I decided to set up another algae turf scrubber to see if it help with the red turf algae. I set it up above my fuge, using the 180watt led light to light the screen up. I T'ed the algae scrubber off one of my drain lines so I not use anyone electricity.
I set it up Thursday evening and in less then 3 days I've already started seeing algae growing on the screen.
So I've been neglecting the tank big time and I've developed a bit of a nuisance algae problem. It's some type of red turf algae. No it's not cyano
So I decided to set up another algae turf scrubber to see if it help with the red turf algae. I set it up above my fuge, using the 180watt led light to light the screen up. I T'ed the algae scrubber off one of my drain lines so I not use anyone electricity.
I set it up Thursday evening and in less then 3 days I've already started seeing algae growing on the screen.
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I found some info on the type of algae it is
Gelidium, Red Wiry Turf Algae
Many species of short creeping red algae exist so the hobby generally lumps all of them under the heading "Gelidium", (the genus that is home to many of those species), and the common name Red Turf Algae, or Red Wiry Algae.
Manual Removal - Difficult. Macros that have fragile runners and creep along the rock are the hardest to manually remove. Do the best you can. Use a dental pick to do the most damage, DO NOT BRUSH. You will dislodge it and spread it. Yeah I know, it is boring as can be, but if you do it once surgically with a dental pick the problem goes away for good. If you can take the rock out, all the better.
Clean Up Crew- Emerald Crabs, urchins, sea hares, and large turbos.
Tip - Don't pass on frags with this stuff, don't put one in your tank. This algae has become extremely common on traded/aquacultured frags. So my advice is every time you add a coral or a rock look for it from now on.
Gelidium, Red Wiry Turf Algae
Many species of short creeping red algae exist so the hobby generally lumps all of them under the heading "Gelidium", (the genus that is home to many of those species), and the common name Red Turf Algae, or Red Wiry Algae.
Manual Removal - Difficult. Macros that have fragile runners and creep along the rock are the hardest to manually remove. Do the best you can. Use a dental pick to do the most damage, DO NOT BRUSH. You will dislodge it and spread it. Yeah I know, it is boring as can be, but if you do it once surgically with a dental pick the problem goes away for good. If you can take the rock out, all the better.
Clean Up Crew- Emerald Crabs, urchins, sea hares, and large turbos.
Tip - Don't pass on frags with this stuff, don't put one in your tank. This algae has become extremely common on traded/aquacultured frags. So my advice is every time you add a coral or a rock look for it from now on.
