OK! Enough chat...Starting a 1000g+ Reef

[dhnguyen]

Hey Jonathan.... Check this out

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1216333&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

see those glass cardinals in there? I think they would be great for you to have a shoal of them in your tank. I'm trying to find some for myself as well.

 

[jnarowe]

They are nice. It's finding them that is the problem.

 

[Enderrea]

Jonathan,
I hate you.........

 

[dhnguyen]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10897631#post10897631 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
They are nice. It's finding them that is the problem.

Ah but I may have a source for us on these guys

He's checking on prices and getting back to me afterwards. Said he sees a ton of them at his wholesaler all the time

Stay tuned

 

[jnarowe]

sounds good...don't be a hater James! :lol:

 

[speedstar]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10731987#post10731987 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
The deal with the sugar is that it is supposed to feed bacteria that will consume the algae, but I have no solid links. I just saw how Sherman's tank was improving and have read quite a few posts about doing it. I am guessing it is a carbon source, but not totally sure.

Tom (Sparkss) is doing it as well.

I usually use vodka. What dose rate are you using sugar at per 1000L or so?

 

[jnarowe]

No Idea. I just toss in a few spoonfuls. And I am wondering why this would wrok to feed one bacteria to kill off another. Maybe I am feeding them both? I have noticed that when I blow off a rock, it is covered the next day...

 

[mrcrab]

Jonathan, those are the ones I've been telling you to get. From what I understand they don't travel all that well though. I think I bought 15 at 1 time and only one survived but that could have been me or the tank, it was early on. The survivor is still going strong and I've gotten 2 more locally since that are doing well.

They're not cheap either, if I remember about $12-$15 each but I just found an importer in Miami that can get them for me for around $10 each. Once the QT is done and the goldflake is settled I'm getting around 20 more.

 

[dhnguyen]

So when are you flying back out to the area Barry? :lol:

 

[mrcrab]

Don, pm sent.

 

[speedstar]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10897988#post10897988 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
No Idea. I just toss in a few spoonfuls. And I am wondering why this would wrok to feed one bacteria to kill off another. Maybe I am feeding them both? I have noticed that when I blow off a rock, it is covered the next day...

Any opinions on if the bulb's your using are causing the algae problems? Also check out this thread for the basics on adding a carbon source vodka, sugar, apple juice etc. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=288714

 

[jnarowe]

hmmm...I need about 40 +

 

[jnarowe]

Don't think it is the lamps, since I have had this kind of bulb on since the beginning. I had several issues coincide to make this happen and I just need to get on top of it.

 

[pmjfuture]

awesome tank, good luck.

 

[jnarowe]

I am trying to determine what my brown algal outbreak actually is. Although there have been times when it seems to be subsiding, I just can't seem to shake it.

I think it may be Dinoflagellates and it looks just like this :

Can anyone link me to articles on the subject? I saw a reference in an RK article to by Sprung and Delbeek (1994), but I can't seem to find it.

 

[Hop]

Looks like dino to me!

Raise pH and quit doing waterchanges. I had it when I left for about two months. Since I was gone, there were no water changes and the stuff was almost gone. It took nearly 4 months to eradicate it. Reef Keeper mag had an article a few months or a year ago.

 

[sherm71tank]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...78&perpage=25&highlight=blackout&pagenumber=1


FWIW your tank is looking alot better! I'll see what else I can come up with.

Here's another:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1188089&highlight=dinos

 

[Hop]

Here it is http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-11/rhf/index.php

 

[jnarowe]

stop doing water changes? Christ Hop, I have been doing 2 - 3 per week trying to get rid of this crap. And dosing sugar...

 

[Hop]

Something in the mix causes it to spread faster. I can't remember what it is, but you have to let the dinos exhaust themselves and starve before fueling them again. Here is exactly what I did...

Dopped MH lights down to 4 hours a day, did no water changes for 8 weeks and upped pH to 8.5.

When I got home it was 75% gone and then I did one water change every 3-4 weeks for 2-3 months. It was then about 95% gone, although I still had a small amount under the rocks closest to the over flow.