I went to home depot lastnight and the sand they had wasnt white at all.
I said playsand but was mostly brown in color. is this the same stuff you
are talking about?
also I do have a skimmer, its an euroreef skimmer, dont know model #
as far as white patches no I never got any die off, just the green over ran
the pink.
in the darker corners the pink is very vibrant and colorfull, but the top
of the reef is very green. I assumed it was due to the increased lighting.
I run 2 400w mh 65k iwasaki
and 4 vho 110w actinics. I recently moved the lights to 18 inches over the
water from less than 10 inches. So i have to play the waiting game and see
if that helps.
Im sure mt po4 is off the chart, I upped my water changes to 20% a week and
started po4 remover pads in sump.. I did take out the bioballs in the sump.
they werent in the sump long maybe 3 weeks tops. I just didnt take them out
when I got a new sump.
tia
Dave
> [Original Message]
> From: Marty Boeckman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 7/2/01 7:26:29 AM
> Subject: Re: sand
>
>
> > I am thinking of syphoning alot of this out and replacing it with just
> > carribean play sand, but cannot find it anywhere.
> > now I know there are many sources for cyano, but I think this larger
sized
> > sand is trapping alot of gunk, and it is not cunducive to fauna in the
sand
> > bed.
> > any suggestions? or anything I should expect when I syphon some sand
out??
> > also I am getting alot of red and green looking alage under sand surface
> > against glass. any ideas on stopping it?
>
> There is absolutely no harm in the algae under the surface. It is quite
> normal. Cyano blooms are a result of high phosphates. Are you dosing
> limewater? Do you have a skimmer? If so, make sure it is functioning
> properly.
>
>
> >
> > one last thing, when I upgraded to my 400w mh last year i didnt think
about
> > a few things, one: its too much fer my tank, and 2: all my pink and red
> > corraline algae is gone. replaced by the green variety. I think this is
a
> > high light species of it.
> > Anythoughts on bringing back the pink?? under high light situations?
>
> Won't happen.
>
> Marty
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