Guys I'm so discouraged, P***** Off, ready to give up

[jagermaier]

What kind of lights are you using? It might just be a lighting problem you have. How old are your bulbs?

[mandyplo]

Originally Posted by jagermaier

What kind of lights are you using? It might just be a lighting problem you have. How old are your bulbs?

Running 6 month old kessil a350W LEDs. Two of them.

[mandyplo]

Originally Posted by wmcinnes

Thats crappy. Is that what you meant by 'filter' in the first post?

I would at least get some media bags and put carbon in one and GFO in the other and put them in a high flow area of the sump for the time being. Until you get another media reactor.

This is exactly what I did, yes my "reactor" is not working so I have carbon and gfo in media bags in a HOB tetra filter which is running on my tank.

[Frankly Canadian]

Ya, I felt like that when I first started this hobby. The folks here really know their stuff. One of the most important things I learned here is to be patient. If your a PHD (poor hungry desperate) student, I would get a wish list for Christmas and Birthday's. You will want to ask for light bulbs, media material, such as phosphate remover and charcoal, salt buckets, and fish that help your situation, for example sand sifting golbies, or crabs and snails. Oh one more thing shop on boxing days and always look on this web-site for good deals. Good luck and happy holidays.

[mandyplo]

Originally Posted by wmcinnes

First things first, what are your parameters that you are getting with your test kits. Calcium, Magnesium, Alkalinity, Salinity, Phosphate, Nitrate??

Hi here are my params.
Ammonia 0.00 ppm
Nitrate 0-2.5 ppm
Nitrite - 0.00 ppm
Magnesium 1300 mg/L
Alkalinity 11 dkh
pH 8.2
Calcium 400-410 mg/L
Salinity 1.024
Phosphate 0.0 ppm
Temp 78 F

[MMAX]

What test kit are you using for phosphate?

[kien]

I wonder if maybe your clams spawned? You may have to aggressively run more carbon to help clear it up.

[Skimmerking]

Originally Posted by wmcinnes

Canister filters tend to do more wrong than right when it comes to a reef tank. They have been coined the name 'Nitrate Factories'.

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i disagree with you on this one lots of people are using cannister filters to polish the water and run CArbon and floss to help clear up . I have know some to run rock in there in smaller tank to help out with the Bio load. That is depending on the size of the cannister filter of course.

[wmcinnes]

Originally Posted by Skimmer King

i disagree with you on this one lots of people are using cannister filters to polish the water and run CArbon and floss to help clear up . I have know some to run rock in there in smaller tank to help out with the Bio load. That is depending on the size of the cannister filter of course.

youre right, it just depends how you run it!

[KevinK]

Gust step by step.

You talk about the. Tank,

-what size is it ?
-what sand do we se on the bottom, and how old is it ?
- you tell you try to fix it froth your friend, did you move the tank? And thus moved /stirred the sand

- why where the lights off ?
- during lights off for a month, was everything Ells running ?
- what pumps douse it have and how manny to move the water ?
- ar there fish ? And do you feed anything ? And what and how often do you feed.

-is your live rock new and cured, or existing

For now my 2 cents would as mentioned by others be that some how your phosphate is way up.

It's because green water means lots of food for algae to grow, lots of food means lots of phosphate.

So when the lights where off for a mont, and now on, the tank got a shock, and things did not had. Time to settle when you put them on, and a algae bloom is poising you now.

But it is of most importance to find what is feeding your algae.

Lets not talk about bad hardware or good, lets first put everything o the table, so we can se what is all inf.uancing the operation of your tank

It could e gust a little thing, that you gust did not know, or something little you have to change.