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[gregzz4]

Hopefully the 'Mr' calms down a bit more and gives her time to relax.
About the new rock ... you knew it would leach when you put it in
'Bah, I'll just toss it in, it'll be fine'
Although you do have a lot of water, so I'm sure it will clear up soon.
You are using reactors aren't you? Forgive me for not remembering or looking back through the last 50+ pages.
I do plan on fully cooking whatever rock I end up with, regardless of how nice it looks/smells or where it comes from.

[lastlight]

I run a pair of the BRS single chamber reactors. They're basically RO canisters with cartridges. Love'em! Carbon and GFO changed monthly.

The rock with algae sends up a shower of microbubbles throughout the day. I always hate this phase of a new setup lol.

[gregzz4]

I thought you had reactors. I'll be using a pair of TLF 150s for the same purpose, thanks to Myka's recommendations.
The micro bubbles are free oxygen, aren't they? Good for the water and all that

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I thought you had reactors. I'll be using a pair of TLF 150s for the same purpose, thanks to Myka's recommendations.
The micro bubbles are free oxygen, aren't they? Good for the water and all that

Yeah they just get pulverized by the powerheads making my water look less clear otherwise I have no real problems with'em.

[lastlight]

Here's a pic of a funky bit of algae from Melev's ID site...

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/annulata.html



Apparently somewhat rare (I had a few isolated pieces in my first tank that didn't last long). I have as many if not more than shown in the picture. Only growing on the 3 massive pieces I picked up from Big Als. Can't say I really dig'em plus they use calcium!

[gregzz4]

Wow, Algae Anemones
I take it the 'somewhat rare' and so on is from Mark's site, and not your purchase from Big Al's
So I commented on it being free oxygen, but I guess that also means it's unwanted CO2 during the night

[gregzz4]

Did you see my PM?

[Delphinus]

I've had that kind of algae come and go over the years .. it likely won't stick around forever.

Interesting about the new rocks, eh? You just described my last 8 months. Hopefully your phase will be shorter since you have less new rock though.

[riceboy]

Just do what I did with my algae lol have about 8400 gph in flow going in my tank and IRS only 82 gal lol. So u only need 40000 gph going through ur tank lol

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

I've had that kind of algae come and go over the years .. it likely won't stick around forever.

+1 just as you decide they're not so bad, they'll be gone