I have a 20long that's been running for about 6 months now. Corals and fish are doing awesome. All soft coral, polyps, mushrooms and xenia. Live stock: ocellaris clownfish, yellow goby, firefish, royal gramma and a 6line wrasse. 10-15 hermits and a cleaner shrimp.
Parameters are: ammonia 0.0, nitrite 0.0, nitrate 5ppm- 10ppm. I have two Koralina circulation pumps at 420gph a piece, a skimmer, and a power filter with some bio media and chemi pure elite in it. Using RO/DI water, at .025 specific gravity. I'm running a coralife t5ho light.
Cyano COVERS this tank. Every inch of live rock and sand bed. I have tried physically removing it by blasting if off with a turkey baster then netting it out. That helps but it comes back. I'm doing 5gal water changes bi weekly.
I've researched and asked questions... before everyone suggested more flow and cleaner water. I cant see adding more flow on top of what I have. Its already hard to place soft corals in a place where they aren't blown to death... and Im using RODI water like I said.
Any thoughts??? One thing that's never been discussed is light schedule... I'm not sure how much if any roll it plays but I pretty much run the lights as I wish. I get up in the morning at around 7:00 and turn the light on then turn it off at around 11 before bed. Too long of a light cycle??
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Parameters are: ammonia 0.0, nitrite 0.0, nitrate 5ppm- 10ppm. I have two Koralina circulation pumps at 420gph a piece, a skimmer, and a power filter with some bio media and chemi pure elite in it. Using RO/DI water, at .025 specific gravity. I'm running a coralife t5ho light.
Cyano COVERS this tank. Every inch of live rock and sand bed. I have tried physically removing it by blasting if off with a turkey baster then netting it out. That helps but it comes back. I'm doing 5gal water changes bi weekly.
I've researched and asked questions... before everyone suggested more flow and cleaner water. I cant see adding more flow on top of what I have. Its already hard to place soft corals in a place where they aren't blown to death... and Im using RODI water like I said.
Any thoughts??? One thing that's never been discussed is light schedule... I'm not sure how much if any roll it plays but I pretty much run the lights as I wish. I get up in the morning at around 7:00 and turn the light on then turn it off at around 11 before bed. Too long of a light cycle??
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