Red slime Vs. Dinoflaggelates (sp?)

[Skimmerking]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

Ya, Corals will be just fine. Like stated, need complete blackout. I wrapped a towel around mine. As far as corals and light, therye are cloudy periods in the ocean too, right? Alot of corals are also shipped 3-4 days in a box, no light before you get them, so they should be just fine. When its time for lights to come back, i only have light a couple hrs the frist day, then back to the schedual

I have to disagree with you on the lighting period Dan not to sound negitive to your post , let's look at the sun when its out you are getting Omega A and B in which the corals take from. When its cloudy out you are still getting B rays, not the Alpha rays. SO in true terms turning the lights totally off you are depleting the corals of any Alpha or Beta rays. and then that is where the corals tissues are lacking the proper sun light. causing them to grow and convert sun light in to growing tissues.