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I tried to kill two birds with one stone: grow pods for my mandarin instead of buying them, and grow Cheato to help control the hair algae in the display tank. I got Cheato from the LFS, put it in the refugium with some pods, tossed some phytoplankton in, put a 150watt grow lamp up top on a timer (12hrs opposite of tank lights) and went to sleep.
Overnight I started seeing a lot of micro gas bubbles and thought great, photosynthesis is happening I’m golden. It’s been 6 days and this morning the color is changing. What the heck did I do? Have I accidentally started a phytoplankton culture in my refugium?
Sorry the lighting sucks I can take more photos later. As you can see the reactor chamber is crystal clear water as is the tank. It’s just the refugium.
Overnight I started seeing a lot of micro gas bubbles and thought great, photosynthesis is happening I’m golden. It’s been 6 days and this morning the color is changing. What the heck did I do? Have I accidentally started a phytoplankton culture in my refugium?
Sorry the lighting sucks I can take more photos later. As you can see the reactor chamber is crystal clear water as is the tank. It’s just the refugium.