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Old 02-28-2011, 11:23 PM
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how often are you feeding ur tank and how much? what is your light cycle on?
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Old 02-28-2011, 11:44 PM
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they get a small squirt of artic pods in the morning and a 1/4 icecube mix at night. all my LPS are feed once a week.
actinics are on from 7am-8pm, mhs from 830am till 630pm
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Old 03-01-2011, 12:06 AM
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Interested to see how things turn out. I'm having a cyano outbreak as well in a low nutrient system mainly for sps. I've heard blacking the tank out for a couple of days might work.
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all of these things will work to fix/band-aid/penicillin the problem......but if you dont address whats causing it then it will likely be back......
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Old 03-01-2011, 12:56 AM
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Agreed with above. You said you do water changes when N and P spike. How often is that?

You really need a regular schedule to maintain trace elements/parameters, etc. If you wait till your parameters are off, I think it's too late, personally.
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i was having a problem as well for no apparent reason-i found it was my salt mix that i was using(h2ocean)
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i was having a problem as well for no apparent reason-i found it was my salt mix that i was using(h2ocean)
No kidding? I've never had it and recently switched to H2Ocean. 3 water changes in the last 6 weeks using the new salt and it appeared.
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Old 03-01-2011, 03:49 AM
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i was having a problem as well for no apparent reason-i found it was my salt mix that i was using(h2ocean)
I too have recently switched to H2Ocean as Reefers Best is impossible to get anymore. I haven't had any issues, done 4 water changes with the new salt.
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all of these things will work to fix/band-aid/penicillin the problem......but if you dont address whats causing it then it will likely be back......
Oh my god he lives lol
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