Glow in The Dark Substrate

[Paul B]

If I liked it, I would use it. But I don't.

 

[Clinton]

If I liked it, I would use it. But I don't.

The legend has spoke. I feel as though it would be fun for about a week and then you'd forget it existed/grow bored of it. Although this could prove easier to remove than a snail hungry coral banded shrimp or all the fish livestock thanks to ich (only day 3 of the QT)

Thank you for everything you've done to help this hobby! I have 2 or 3 windows open on my browser of your threads. The elongated algae "scrubber" utilizing the light pollution from the DT on the back and DIY rock are in the planning phase thanks to an extreme battle with GHA :)

Perhaps the more natural approach will always prove to be the best

Thank You

 

[Paul B]

Clinton, thanks for telling me that, I didn't realize more than 3 people read this stuff, and I am one of them. :rolleyes:

 

[themcnertney]

I'm kinda into it.

 

[Paul B]

It's growing on me. :)

 

[Clinton]

Clinton, thanks for telling me that, I didn't realize more than 3 people read this stuff, and I am one of them. :rolleyes:

When looking to the future, thoroughly observe the past! If it didn't work before it most likely won't work again. I have 2 years of experimentation. Imagine my excitement to find almost half a century of experimentation thoroughly documented on forum after forum [emoji23][emoji2962].

Lately the research has more than quadrupled than when I set up my tank and I've been rolling with the punches. I could have saved myself a lot of headache with just a little patients and an immense amount of research. 100 hours of research doesn't begin to even touch the surface of this hobby. Maybe in 100 years I'll have a better understanding of it as the Landlocked Reefer haha

 

[Clinton]

Maybe for easy removal, roll a DIY rock in the glow in the dark pebbles before drying it [emoji12]

 

[Clinton]

Then time itself will cover it up if I grow bored, or if I don't then I just repeat the process

 

[Paul B]

Lately the research has more than quadrupled than when I set up my tank and I've been rolling with the punches.

Unfortunately most of the researching is done on food fish or in labs which are about as different as a tank than a German Shepherd is from an amphipod. :rolleyes:

 

[Clinton]

Unfortunately most of the researching is done on food fish or in labs which are about as different as a tank than a German Shepherd is from an amphipod. :rolleyes:

[emoji12] I was actually pertaining to my own personal research via reef forums, videos and books ;) I was not prepared when I set up my tank. Built the stand and put the DIY sump underneath it despite having ample room behind the wall for all the equipment... been designing my next house around my next reef tank [emoji848]... but that's about 5 years out.

 

[Bleigh]

Is it possible to keep bioluminescent microorganisms alive in a reef tank?

 

[Bleigh]

Guess there is bioluminescent life in our tanks. Just need to be SUPER dark.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reefing-after-dark-–-bioluminescence-in-the-reef-aquarium.338847/

 

[Clinton]

Amazing the immense wealth of knowledge this forum has

 

[norfolkgarden]

Is it possible to keep bioluminescent microorganisms alive in a reef tank?

The short answer is no. Not for very long.

You can purchase tiny bioluminescent creatures online. But the kit was $70. They only lasted 3 days active. And that was in the tube, not the fish tank.
Adding some of them to the fish tank as soon as the kit arrived didn't make any difference.
The fun/funniest part of the kit was the included feeding packets marked 'nitrates' and 'phosphates'. lol, no lie.

The small jellies and other squishy 2" bioluminescence animals that float on the current in the bay don't do well in a normally filtered tank. And thats just physical limitations from overflows, getting caught up in the pumps. It's not including feeding requirements.

If you have been fortunate enough to be out on a boat in the ocean at night and watch the entire water around your boat glowing blue, it is an amazing and humbling experience.

The little tube filled with the short lived creatures doesn't quite capture it.
But if you've never seen it anywhere else, it is still pretty amazing.
Like watching fireflies, but underwater.

 

[Bleigh]

The short answer is no. Not for very long.

You can purchase tiny bioluminescent creatures online. But the kit was $70. They only lasted 3 days active. And that was in the tube, not the fish tank.
Adding some of them to the fish tank as soon as the kit arrived didn't make any difference.
The fun/funniest part of the kit was the included feeding packets marked 'nitrates' and 'phosphates'. lol, no lie.

The small jellies and other squishy 2" bioluminescence animals that float on the current in the bay don't do well in a normally filtered tank. And thats just physical limitations from overflows, getting caught up in the pumps. It's not including feeding requirements.

If you have been fortunate enough to be out on a boat in the ocean at night and watch the entire water around your boat glowing blue, it is an amazing and humbling experience.

The little tube filled with the short lived creatures doesn't quite capture it.
But if you've never seen it anywhere else, it is still pretty amazing.
Like watching fireflies, but underwater.

Check out that link I found. There are actually quite a few bioluminescent creatures, but you have to have the room totally dark, even the LED lights. Apparently some brittle stars are bioluminescent and so are quite a few pods.

 

[Bleigh]

The short answer is no. Not for very long.

You can purchase tiny bioluminescent creatures online. But the kit was $70. They only lasted 3 days active. And that was in the tube, not the fish tank.
Adding some of them to the fish tank as soon as the kit arrived didn't make any difference.
The fun/funniest part of the kit was the included feeding packets marked 'nitrates' and 'phosphates'. lol, no lie.

The small jellies and other squishy 2" bioluminescence animals that float on the current in the bay don't do well in a normally filtered tank. And thats just physical limitations from overflows, getting caught up in the pumps. It's not including feeding requirements.

If you have been fortunate enough to be out on a boat in the ocean at night and watch the entire water around your boat glowing blue, it is an amazing and humbling experience.

The little tube filled with the short lived creatures doesn't quite capture it.
But if you've never seen it anywhere else, it is still pretty amazing.
Like watching fireflies, but underwater.

And for sure. I went to the glowing bay in jamaica and was lucky to have no moon. We were able to swim in the water. Was amazing!

 

[MombasaLionfish]

I’d be really hesitant to add anything like that in my setup in fear of the dyes or something similar throwing a monkey wrench into everything.

I’m a paranoid reefer.

+1

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Guess there is bioluminescent life in our tanks. Just need to be SUPER dark.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reefing-after-dark-–-bioluminescence-in-the-reef-aquarium.338847/

Yeah. This is a really cool phenomenon that Alex found. Super cool observation.

 

[Bleigh]

Just got back from the beach. And reading that gave me an idea. When we walked down the beach at night, I made everyone turn off their flashlights. They thought I was crazy cause I wouldn’t tell them why. After our eyes adjusted, everyone started noticing that their steps were lighting up. We played in the sand with all the bioluminescence for some time. Was fun.