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11-12-2012, 02:33 AM
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quick update... Tank is cycling away. Ammonia is spiking hard. Skimmer is working awesome, pulling out about 1.5 cups of ugly brown stuff every day. set up an ATO of sorts, pre filled a container with 6 gal of RO/DI water put a small maxi jet pump in the container and plumbed a 3/8 tube into my sump. Made 2 marks on the side of my sump showing min. water level and where to fill to...... Now the wife just plugs in the pump and watches the level and unplugs when it is at the max. mark......... my new ATO (at least until my switches arrive
 on another note I have changed to running the lights only 2 hours a day to minimize algae growth if possible. let the waiting game begin 
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http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=91227 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaS8BVyU4EU 150Gal 48x24x30 with centre rear overflow (1" controlled drain with 1 1/2" emergency and 1" pump return) 33 gal sump/refugium Sun System Tek-light T5 6 bulb Mag18 return pump RLSS R8i skimmer Neptune Apex controller BRS combe reactor (carbon GFO) 
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11-12-2012, 01:00 PM
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Haha......I love it. Your wife is your ATO. Nice work.
You're trying to combat algea growth right off the bat. All I can say is Brutha, the algea is going to come. I dealt with green hair algea and it was BAD. It was like that for like three months. I'll send you a picture of how bad my tank looked. Today I don't have a spot of GH algea but got another kind of unknown algea. It's all but gone now as well but it is frustrating. it's best to brace for it and expect it and in time it will all go away. When your ready drop me a PM and I'll give you some Cheato. That will help.
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