Cyano in tank and refugium

[MizTanks]

What lights are you running?

[pinhigh1886]

What about using just blue lights. Is that enough for xenia, clam, bubble tip anenome? I ask because when the white light goes off the algae starts to shrink. I have newish ATI T5 bulbs. Urchin still seems fine. Today was letting off some kind of smoke looking excretion?

[pinhigh1886]

I will upgrade soon to prob LED once I research enough but right now I am running Aquaticlife T5. 4 bulb 48".

[MizTanks]

You say newish. Here's why I'm asking. My ATI's were 10-11 months old before I switched em out. However a week before I did I started getting a green algae on the back wall of my tank. Once the lamps were changed, within a week any and all signs of said algae were gone. So it was either bad lamps or the color spectrum changed so much that I was no longer able to see it. But it's gone!

[pinhigh1886]

There only a month old?

[MizTanks]

Update on the cyno in my fuge-switched out the 24w cf for a 18w 3 days ago-cyno is all but gone!! I'm happy now


There's nothing like being a Reefer!

[pinhigh1886]

Update: nice work Mid! I also won my battle. I found out that the RO water at Kroger has like 2 TDS. I switched to RO/Dig and with lots of water changes now have 0 Cyano. What a feeling to beat that stuff. My tank looks better than ever especially with the new coral additions. Let the reefing begin!

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Sorry MIZ auto correct on my phone!

[MizTanks]

Yahoo we got it going on now! Congrats on your win! Lol


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