Live Rock Bleaching

[mrhasan]

I have always wondered how can people run metal halides over pico/small nanos. Do you use chiller to keep the water from boiling? Just curiosity

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

Yeah constant levels of calcium are very important with healthy coraline growth, as well as intensity of light, not the photo period.

I would get some better lights on there. I have a 7g Fluval Edge Nano with a 150W Metal Halide and LED suppliments... and I have pure purple rocks, with coraline growing over coraline. I also dose calcium into my ATO resevoir.

Do you have any corals in there yet? And have you done a water change since the setup?

[FishyFishy!]

No chiller, and I have never had a heat issue or swing. Things that may contribute to this:

I have A/C in my house
It has a 15g sump underneath
Fluval Edge has almost a totally enclosed top
The light is 6" above the tank

All of those things put together make for a stable temp.

[mrhasan]

Still 150w sounds like a lot for like 20 gallon of water :| I use 62w T5HO lighting over my 20 gallon long and I feel like like it is responsible for the rapid evaporation.

BTW sorry for hijacking the thread :P

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

No chiller, and I have never had a heat issue or swing. Things that may contribute to this:

I have A/C in my house
It has a 15g sump underneath
Fluval Edge has almost a totally enclosed top
The light is 6" above the tank

All of those things put together make for a stable temp.

[FishyFishy!]

light over tank


And you can see how purple the rock is...


Sorry to hijack the thread too! haha.

But I have definitly found that keeping calcium up with strong light is the key to coraline growth.

[mrhasan]

You painted those rocks HAHA :P

You will have hard time taking people's eye off those rock and more towards the corals :P

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

light over tank


And you can see how purple the rock is...


Sorry to hijack the thread too! haha.

But I have definitly found that keeping calcium up with strong light is the key to coraline growth.

[miuYH]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

Yeah constant levels of calcium are very important with healthy coraline growth, as well as intensity of light, not the photo period.

I would get some better lights on there. I have a 7g Fluval Edge Nano with a 150W Metal Halide and LED suppliments... and I have pure purple rocks, with coraline growing over coraline. I also dose calcium into my ATO resevoir.

Do you have any corals in there yet? And have you done a water change since the setup?

I have several softies that are doing well. Some finger leather, xenia, mushroom, and zoas and palys.

I have also done 10% water change every two weeks since day 1.

Perhaps my last batch of water was bad, as I only noticed the bleaching after the last water change. All corals are opened and happy thou.