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I am having a nightmare with my tank and wondered if you could all help.
All of a sudden i am getting red hair algae grow all over the place and my mushroom corals will not open! The African bush coral opens fine but not all the time. These are my first two corals for some time (since i have moved) and i cant believe i cant keep these. At first i thought it was the lights so i replaced the single 250W MH bulb with a new BLV Nepturion 14K bulb and 2x new 54W T5 Atinic bulbs... if anything the growth of algae on the front glass and red algae coverage is worse! The lights are on for 13 hours a day ( from 8am til 9pm). I have no adverse readings in the tank, Phos is 0 (i have a phosphate reactor) and nitrate is very low hardly showing any colour using a Salifert test kit. What the hell is wrong, is it that i am feeding too much or are the lights on too long.. has anyone got any ideas. Some details: About a week ago i noticed an elevated SG of 1.030 which i have now fixed. All top up water is RO/DI The tank is a 60x30x18 inch tank with a 24x18x20 inch sump with a 6 inch DSB and Calurpa in it and is lit for about 18hrs a day. Skimmer is a Tunze 3140. Circluation is via twin Tunze 2002 centrifugal pumps, a Tunze 6100 and an Eheim 1260 return. So im sure thats enough circulation. I have 1 Purple Tang, a pair of Perculas, a Scarlet Hawkfish, an Orange Spot Goby and a Green Chromis, two cleaner shrimps and a serpent star. I feed them 2 chunks of Gamma food a day (Mysis/Squid/Brineshrimp) which i dont think is excessive nutrients. |
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