Confused: Update.
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Topic: Confused: Update.
Posted By: builderofdreams
Subject: Confused: Update.
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 9:17am
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Hey all. Need some other opinions. For the last 4-5 months i have been waking up to some ,what i call white water. Water is cloudy when my actinics first turn on. Through the course of the day the water clears up. I have tested alk, and the ph first thing in the morning and there is nothing out of range. I have a reverse lite sump and no refugem. Nothing is stressed and all corals are usually open by the time the lights come on. Not sure what to do here. If anything. I have not changed any of my procedures in the last 4 years. Really irratates me only because i don't know Why. Here is a picture of the tank from the side. You can only really tell by looking through the side not from the front. Thanks in Advance.  ------------- It's Not a Hobby It's an Obsession 150&210 Gallons of Madness and. Sanity! 801-850-4915 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65135&title=builderofdreams-feedback-post |
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Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 9:32am
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I want to put my money on corals spawning....... ------------- Next meeting: |
Posted By: BillyC
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 9:36am
| That would be sweet. You could sell coral larvae instead of frags |
Posted By: builderofdreams
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 9:48am
For this many months? Wouldn't my 36watt UV kill most of it? ------------- It's Not a Hobby It's an Obsession 150&210 Gallons of Madness and. Sanity! 801-850-4915 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65135&title=builderofdreams-feedback-post |
disneymania wrote:Posted By: builderofdreams
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 9:57am
Lets start the Bidding at 50cents per Gallon.  I am very dedicated to changing water.------------- It's Not a Hobby It's an Obsession 150&210 Gallons of Madness and. Sanity! 801-850-4915 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65135&title=builderofdreams-feedback-post |
Posted By: arthuriv
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 11:13am
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bacteria blooms maybe
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 12:39pm
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Nocturnal zooplanton. Have you ever dived on the reef at night or seen videos of it. Have you notice how much plankton is swimming around? It actually obscures visibility. Have you ever viewed your reef aquarium before dawn or earlier? Do you notice coral polyps expanded more than during the day? Have you seen LPS feeder tentacles stretched out at night? How about duster worms and other filter feeders? What do they do in the dark? Hobbyists tend to focus on coral with the unfortunate exclusion of all else. Yet, the food chain of our reef tanks, as in the ocean, grows macrofauna that are doing an awful lot of feeding/biofiltration. We talk about a reef aquarium reaching an age of maturity because of things we can see, but let's not overlook the nocturnal zooplankton that has reached a beneficial level. There are worms and bugs continually spawning and then eating each others spawn. There is zooplankton that comes out of the LS and LR after dusk to feed and spawn, then at dawn returns to the LS and LR to sleep.  Hope this helps. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: builderofdreams
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 4:52pm
Thats funny. I mentioned above that most of my corals are already out prior to my lights coming on. No. I have never had the pleasure of diving at all. I sure have watched hours and hours of Reef Videos though. Glad to hear its nothing for me to worry about.  Thanks Mark. ------------- It's Not a Hobby It's an Obsession 150&210 Gallons of Madness and. Sanity! 801-850-4915 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65135&title=builderofdreams-feedback-post |
Posted By: laynframe
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 5:55pm
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Do you have a wrasse thats sleeps in the sand bed? This tripped me out when I first bought my wrasse, makes my tank cloudy when he wakes up and goes to sleep ------------- The time we enjoy wasting isn't wasted time!!!! |
Posted By: builderofdreams
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 6:31pm
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No Wrasses or anything that stirs up sand. ------------- It's Not a Hobby It's an Obsession 150&210 Gallons of Madness and. Sanity! 801-850-4915 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65135&title=builderofdreams-feedback-post |
Posted By: builderofdreams
Date Posted: June 06 2012 at 9:46am
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Update: Nothing has changed. Getting really tired of waking up and just barely being able to see the the powerheads. I have two other tanks that use the same salt and ro water but my DT is the only one that does it. Need more ideas or suggestions. Corals look great. Testing my water shows no signs of anything out of the Norm. ------------- It's Not a Hobby It's an Obsession 150&210 Gallons of Madness and. Sanity! 801-850-4915 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65135&title=builderofdreams-feedback-post |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: June 06 2012 at 9:54am
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I'm with Mark... nocturnal plankton coming out. Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: June 06 2012 at 4:06pm
I'd also let it settle and using a pipette take some water from the bottom. Then put a drop under a microscope or look at it with a good magnifying glass or Jewelers Loop and be amazed at what you see. Your coral and other inverts are open and eating all night long. Cardinalfish love this kind of environment as well. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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