James's 60 Gallon Cube Reef

[mikellini]

Some of my corals have looked their best the day after a 3 days blackout. Granted, there's still ambient light (I don't cover the tank). There was a thread on RC all about using no-light days to stimulate growth, colouration, polyp extension etc...

[Aquattro]

That may be so, but the best results in eradicating dinos has always been a full black out. If OP wants to play with dark days, fine, but maybe fix the problem first.

[sewerman45]

Yeah I figured a full blackout would be best. I covered the tank in cardboard and blankets. We'll see what happens.

[sewerman45]

Well I covered it for 2 and a half days. The algae looks a lot better. Where it was thick on rocks it is still similar but all the little bits of it everywhere is gone.

I am going to take the rocks that still have it on it and put them in the sump for a bit and scrub what I can off the others. I'm still not convinced that it's actually dino.

[sewerman45]

Well after a day and a half day blackout, I scrubbed all the rocks with an old toothbrush and pulled out what algae was left and now the tank looks great. It's been uncovered for 3 days now and there has been no new algae. I'm pretty happy about it.

My next projects are:
- 2 part dosing. I have a 3 pump dosing pump left over from my planted tank days. I am going to hopefully jump onto the next BRS group buy and get that going.
- I have been doing a lot of research into carbon dosing and may also try out slowly starting vodka/vinegar dosing.
- SPS. I want to get a starter frag or two and start filling out all the empty space in the top half of my tank.

[sewerman45]

Here is a quick picture I snapped with my phone. Sorry for the potato quality.

[The Guy]

Originally Posted by sewerman45

Here is a quick picture I snapped with my phone. Sorry for the potato quality.

Looking at your sump area and all it's hard to believe your new to SW.
LOOKS GREAT>>>>>