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10-18-2012, 05:00 PM
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I took the outside table cover so hopefully that's dark enough
 
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10-18-2012, 05:52 PM
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I covered mine for three days. last night I took the cover off and scrubbed what rocks I could get to with a toothbrush and then did a 25% water change. Then I ran my diatom filter for 5 hours. It looks pretty sparklie now... Don't know if it will hold tho
 I did have some sps fags RTN on me, but they were kinda poopie before the blackout.
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10-18-2012, 05:53 PM
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that will work just fine , check in on the fishes at night and they are good without food for a week if need be
 jusdge the length of time by how your tank looks if the livestock are doing good then the longer in the dark the better the chances. like daniella said look into raising your ph and keeping it raised good luck man i know your pain 
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10-19-2012, 01:39 AM
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Last tank was 210 reef with 90 gal sump 120 , lps. 2xKessil A350W Tuna Blues, 2xvortech mp40 for flow,aqualogic 1/4 hp chiller, 160 lbs live rock. sohal, , pair of percs,flame dotty back , royal gramma, pair of black percs, niger trigger, mandarin 55 corner bowfront freshwater, African cichlids kessil a350 30 gal 36x36 coffee table fish tank. 3 red ear sliders. 5.5 gal nano, live rock, arrow crab, baby perc, firefish.
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10-19-2012, 03:06 AM
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My mag is 1400 right now already. What is a safe level to bring it to?
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10-20-2012, 05:44 PM
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I just did the 20% water change and turned down my skimmer so it might actually start skimming something. Haven't added the carbon yet and keeping the gfo reactor off for now as well.
I noticed yesterday the table cover was leaking a tan colour light through so I put a couple blankets on top and its now black. Three more days and ill take the cover off and see the results. Hopefully it goes away for a while so I can enjoy my tank.
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10-21-2012, 07:44 PM
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Day 3 now.
Do you think it'd be okay to turn half my lights on for like 20 minutes to feed the fish? Feeling guilty about having a totally black tank.
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10-23-2012, 03:18 PM
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Today is day 5 of black out.
I took the cover off this morning and ran half the bulbs for about 45 minutes. Hopefully that doesn't screw everything up. I did not notice any brown stringy crap, which is good but ill do the one more day of black out to be sure. I fed my fish and my maxi mini. I cleaned a power head. I removed a netting that I installed at the overflow to prevent my peppermint shrimp at the time from getting sucked down. The netting I think did more harm than good since detritus and other gunk would just collect on the screen. I noticed my skimmer hasn't produced anything in the last few days. I'm thinking my water is really clean right now from the previous water change and not feeding anything. Lots of bubbles in the skimmer, just no foam at the top being produced.
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