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Lol. algae Cappuccino. Deserves an excellence award!I think I had this issue with my chaeto too. It was foamy brown, red, white and green. Almost like an algae cappuccino It was nasty and Im sure if I left it, it would have frothed over the sides. Id clean it and it would be back in 3 to 5 days. I ended up ripping out the chaeto, cleaning the fuge and put in sea lettuce. Haven't had an issue since. It was also at the time I just added my h380, so its possible that ignited a growth of something and the chaeto is a coincidence.
That’s a cool nasty.
the pictures don't really do it justice, it's white brown pink
Thanks for the info! I'll try lowering my lighting schedule. Right now i'm feeding frozen brine shrimp. one cube a day. and running filter socks which is right before the fuge. I've upped the changing out of those as well, i was doing it only one time a week, but now i'm changing them out twice a week, once on sunday (water change day) and on wednesday. We'll see if that helps at all. Thanks @saltyfilmfolks you're the man!!Lol. algae Cappuccino. Deserves an excellence award!
That’s a cool nasty.
What we do know is this.
The addition of a high amount af a single spectrum can cause a bloom of many types of Dino’s , cyanos , and diatoms (not just the dusty ones), and a sump is primarily a gravity filter. Poo goes down cuz it’s heavy, and can’t go back up , unless the flow is very high, (Triton removes that seperation of sump and tank bybuing a higher flow) , so organics rotting in the sump waiting to be skimmed or filtered or eaten by bacteria create a constant source of ammoina , broken down into N etc obviously. So the organism has an advantage over the chato as it can rely on its improved nutrient absorption method. Similar to carbon dosing. It’s being directly fed basically and doesn’t need to wait for photo synthesis like the chato.
The what to do, reduce intensity and time, shift spectrum( ?), IMO , rest period for the macros to avoid photo saturation and allow it to compete more efficiently . Examine the foods. Aminos , coral foods , LRS (has a bit of vitamin c )etc.
Even though I’m on a reverse lighting shedule , I do from time to time get cyano slimes on top of my chato and macros. , mostly apparently consistent with food changes.
Does that Light allow for spectrum changes? Curious.Thanks for the info! I'll try lowering my lighting schedule. Right now i'm feeding frozen brine shrimp. one cube a day. and running filter socks which is right before the fuge. I've upped the changing out of those as well, i was doing it only one time a week, but now i'm changing them out twice a week, once on sunday (water change day) and on wednesday. We'll see if that helps at all. Thanks @saltyfilmfolks you're the man!!
There is only two channels to choose from. One is the "Grow" mode which emits a red and blue spectrum creating a purple color. Or a "Bloom" mode which is essentially the same as "Grow" but it drops the blue spectrum and goes redDoes that Light allow for spectrum changes? Curious.
Interesting , thank you.There is only two channels to choose from. One is the "Grow" mode which emits a red and blue spectrum creating a purple color. Or a "Bloom" mode which is essentially the same as "Grow" but it drops the blue spectrum and goes red
So should i try switching to the "bloom" channel, essentially dropping the blues? Or will the chaeto suffer?@saltyfilmfolks hit it. Spectrum
Looks like Dinos to me.
the pictures don't really do it justice, it's white brown pink
So should i try switching to the "bloom" channel, essentially dropping the blues? Or will the chaeto suffer?