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Hello All,
I have a 36 gallon reef tank that was started February 9. Inventory includes CaribSea live sand, 20 lbs CaribSea Life Rock, 2 Ocellaris, 4 Green Chromis, 1 small Coral Beauty, 5 snails, and 10 soft coral frags from the WWC Tax Craze Sale.
All was going well till I had to go away for two weeks. I purchased a digital light new timer and failed to set it correctly. The lights have been on 24/7 for 16 days?
Result: Algae Palooza, half the corals frags look stressed, especially the 3 montiporas which are white, about 20 small white dots on the glass (see photo), and one small amount of these bubbles on the rock (see photo)
Steps: I had about 1 inch of h2o missing from evaporation And I topped off with fresh water, no salt. I correctly reset the lights to 8 hours per day. It is late now, so tomorrow morning I will titrate the tank, make adjustments as necessary, clean the glass.
Question:
- Is resetting the ligt
- Will the corral survive?
- What are the white dots?
- what are the small bubbles on the rock?
- What should be done about them?
Any other input would be helpful. Thank you for your input.
![CC4B1CB5-742F-46EB-A95B-F8B21CF64986.jpeg CC4B1CB5-742F-46EB-A95B-F8B21CF64986.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/1425/1425402-cce2fd179969c4850cdaa1b8cc4d3d78.jpg)
I have a 36 gallon reef tank that was started February 9. Inventory includes CaribSea live sand, 20 lbs CaribSea Life Rock, 2 Ocellaris, 4 Green Chromis, 1 small Coral Beauty, 5 snails, and 10 soft coral frags from the WWC Tax Craze Sale.
All was going well till I had to go away for two weeks. I purchased a digital light new timer and failed to set it correctly. The lights have been on 24/7 for 16 days?
Result: Algae Palooza, half the corals frags look stressed, especially the 3 montiporas which are white, about 20 small white dots on the glass (see photo), and one small amount of these bubbles on the rock (see photo)
Steps: I had about 1 inch of h2o missing from evaporation And I topped off with fresh water, no salt. I correctly reset the lights to 8 hours per day. It is late now, so tomorrow morning I will titrate the tank, make adjustments as necessary, clean the glass.
Question:
- Is resetting the ligt
- Will the corral survive?
- What are the white dots?
- what are the small bubbles on the rock?
- What should be done about them?
Any other input would be helpful. Thank you for your input.
![790C17A6-1D81-48CB-992E-A96645EEA0A1.jpeg 790C17A6-1D81-48CB-992E-A96645EEA0A1.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/1425/1425387-5280eddf4ecf5470ff95e3abdb422535.jpg)
![2246EFDC-08D2-4E98-974A-950203DC6A51.jpeg 2246EFDC-08D2-4E98-974A-950203DC6A51.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/1425/1425388-d2ca965a618835164f9e910e288eef0b.jpg)
![CC4B1CB5-742F-46EB-A95B-F8B21CF64986.jpeg CC4B1CB5-742F-46EB-A95B-F8B21CF64986.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/1425/1425402-cce2fd179969c4850cdaa1b8cc4d3d78.jpg)