How bad is my aquascaping

[nycfishy]

full (well turned down abit as I wanted coral to get used to LED lighting from the PC in the old tank).
Can;t use controller to dim lights I have.....is something like 8 hours more appropriate?

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Have a full CUC for that tank size from reefcleaners.
lights are on 11.5 hours a day.....I guess that's too long...should I drop down to 8?

Oh hell yeah thats tooo long!

 

[thirty5]

11.5 is way too much... at full blast.
hare to say on timing, but 11.5 is too much

 

[nycfishy]

11.5 is way too much... at full blast.
hare to say on timing, but 11.5 is too much

How do you "know" how much time is right? Assume lets cyano growth will be a start and then just keep an eye on coral?

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Try to turn the lights on for feedings only for about 2 to 3 days, u will see cyano die off and feed once a day with controlled smaller portions, u will find your balance

 

[nycfishy]

how long can the corals go with the lights only on during feeding? or is a couple of days all I need to get majorign of the cyano under control?

 

[BaaMNYC]

Get red slime remover. I used it a few months ago and it never came back. I didn't even have to do it a second time like they recommended.

 

[JonnyJ]

I would personally cut lighting to 8 hours. Syphon out all cyano or as much as you can. Do a large water change and cut down your feedings. You can also run a red slime remover if It doesn't eradicate over the next couple of weeks with maintenance

If you don't want to syphon out the cyano then you could attempt a 2-3 day blackout period. I personally only did a 2 since I have sps. but the day after I turned back on the light it returned

 

[nycfishy]

how does red slime remover work? what does it change?
once I get rid of cyano is it gona for good of will it come back once red slime remover "wears out" or lights come on?

 

[BaaMNYC]

Red slime remover supposedly eats all the nutrients the red slime needs to survive. It pretty much starves to death. Cyano will come back if whatever is causing the problem is still present such as over feeding or excess lighting.

Red slime remover will be gone from water changes. And you have to have your skimmer off during that time.

 

[MatthewScars]

I didnt read the whole thread, just your first post.

That rockwork is terrible. Everything you put on it will cast a shadow, or just look awkward as hell.

Try again.

 

[MatthewScars]

Red slime remover supposedly eats all the nutrients the red slime needs to survive. It pretty much starves to death. Cyano will come back if whatever is causing the problem is still present such as over feeding or excess lighting.

Red slime remover will be gone from water changes. And you have to have your skimmer off during that time.

This is a terrible idea. Why would you start dumping chemicals into a new tank? Red slime remover is a bandaid that masks the real reason you have this:

1) the tank is new and you need to do water tests and wait it out with amazing husbandry.

2) You dont how to preform proper husbandry.

Do not ever use these quick fixes of chemicals. Algae needs food. Why does your tank have so many nutrients?

Do you do enough WCs? Level testing? GFO? CARBON? Skimmer set correctly? macro algae?

All of this needs to be checked before you just dump chemicals into your tank and hope for the best.

Bad suggestion, dude. New people need to learn good husbandry. Not just how to dump chemicals in their tanks when they dont take care of it correctly.

 

[nycfishy]

I didnt read the whole thread, just your first post.

That rockwork is terrible. Everything you put on it will cast a shadow, or just look awkward as hell.

Try again.

you suggesting more of a pyramid shape to deal with shadow issues?
Could you point me to a few examples of better rockwork. Be great to see how you have setup your rocks.

 

[MatthewScars]

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/tank-threads/97654-matthewscars-40g-cube-build.html

There you go. This was over a year ago so its changed a bit, but same general shape.

 

[messesb52]

doesnt look too sturdy to me

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Red Slime Remover is an antibiotic and since red slime is a photosynthetic bacteria the remover kills off the slime directly. It has nothing to do with consuming nutrients. You do need to follow the directions exactly though because it is an antibiotic and if you don't dose a full course you can end up with a resistant strain of red slime.

 

[BaaMNYC]

Red Slime Remover is an antibiotic and since red slime is a photosynthetic bacteria the remover kills off the slime directly. It has nothing to do with consuming nutrients. You do need to follow the directions exactly though because it is an antibiotic and if you don't dose a full course you can end up with a resistant strain of red slime.

"UltraLife RSR will accelerate the solubilization and biological digestion of organic solids. In the process, the oxygen uptake rate in your aquarium will increase as a result of this increased biological activity." quoted from description on marinedepot.com.

Doesn't sound like an antibiotic to me.

 

[BaaMNYC]

This is a terrible idea. Why would you start dumping chemicals into a new tank? Red slime remover is a bandaid that masks the real reason you have this:

1) the tank is new and you need to do water tests and wait it out with amazing husbandry.

2) You dont how to preform proper husbandry.

Do not ever use these quick fixes of chemicals. Algae needs food. Why does your tank have so many nutrients?

Do you do enough WCs? Level testing? GFO? CARBON? Skimmer set correctly? macro algae?

All of this needs to be checked before you just dump chemicals into your tank and hope for the best.

Bad suggestion, dude. New people need to learn good husbandry. Not just how to dump chemicals in their tanks when they dont take care of it correctly.

That is your opinion. It never came back for me. And I did mention it will come back if whatever he is doing that is causing the problem isn't rectified. He brought the cyano over from his old tank.

I agree he needs to find out the cause and do proper husbandry.