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02/25/2018, 05:29 PM | #26 | |
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I just set up my hydra using the Saxby presets. His tank looks awesome so it can’t be all that bad. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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02/25/2018, 05:35 PM | #27 | |
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Are LEDs killing my corals?
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Ammonia comes from fish waste and can also come from dead fish or corals as they decompose. If you have a smaller tank and something dies and isn’t removed from the tank it can create an ammonia spike that will kill other things and create more ammonia. Sometimes something can die behind a rock and you have no idea that it’s causing problems. While a regularly functioning tank shouldn’t have detectable levels of ammonia and you shouldn’t need to routinely test for it, when you are having problems of unknown origin and especially when you are starting to get some die off which can cause ammonia it definitely makes sense to test for it. I don’t know for sure that’s what’s happening here, but I think it would be prudent to test for it and rule it out at least. |
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02/25/2018, 06:02 PM | #28 |
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Do you have a test kit for it?
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02/27/2018, 03:06 PM | #30 |
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They are pretty cheap online, or see if a specialty lighting store has them. Go slow... they put out a lot of spectrum.
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03/01/2018, 04:22 PM | #31 |
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Home Depot only has 4100k light bulbs. I wonder where else might have them. The reduction of the power on my LEDs didn't seem to help so far.
I'm going to try water changes with water from a different source to see if that helps. |
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03/11/2018, 02:15 PM | #33 |
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Alkalinity
My alk is about 8.6 so a little high. What should I do about that? I have reduced the lights to
10% UV 33% Violet 35% Royal 35% Blue 3% Green 4% Deep Red 24% Cool White Changing the lighting doesn't seem to do much for my neon hammer which used to be the showpiece of my tank and is not shrunken to almost nothing. |
03/11/2018, 03:02 PM | #34 |
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I've been using water from a different RO system for top off last week and just did a 5 gallon water change with that same water. Will see if that makes any difference.
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03/11/2018, 03:29 PM | #35 |
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Do not only look at TDS when you are doing your RO/DI. What filters are you using in it? I had an issue where I had 0 TDS but still had ammonia because of chloramines in my water. Issue was resolved with getting a filter that removed both chlorine and chloramine.
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03/11/2018, 06:45 PM | #36 | |
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Are LEDs killing my corals?
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Keep in mind that once the corals start to decline they won’t recover overnight. It will take weeks or maybe even months of stability before you start to see improvement. And making frequent changes will set that back further. Corals are fairly robust and able to adapt to many different water chemistries and light levels, but it takes time for them to adapt. If you keep changing the light levels or lights or raising it lowering the calcium and alkalinity levels you’re just going to set them back further. The best thing you can do now is to stop making changes. An alkalinity of 8.6 dkh is well within the good range. You will be much better off trying to keep it stable at 8.6 than trying to make another change and lower it. Keep an eye on your corals and make sure they don’t continue to get worse, but don’t expect them to recover in a few days or even in a week or two. And don’t think that not seeing them recover soon means that something is wrong. Keep things stable and give them time and they will recover and start to flourish again. |
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03/28/2018, 04:27 PM | #38 | |
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T5 6100K bulbs
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T5 4FT 8 Lamp Fluorescent Fixture $132.00 ETL Certified - High Quality Components - Quality Guaranteed 4 High Output 6500K Vegetative lamps included Multiple Hanging Options - Vertical or horizontally |
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