Western_reefers Non-Photosynthetic tank Diary.

[Western_reefer]

Hello everyone!:wavehand: I decided to make a Non-Photosynthetic tank. Its going to be the 8 gallon biocube. I took out all of the corals, and fish from there and put it in my 28 gallon HQI nano cube. The filtration on this tank is: around 6 lb of LR in DT, some LR in the back chambers, chaeto in the middle chamber, 14 lb of live sand in the DT, and weekly water changes of about 20%. I covered up the tank with towels and am only going to be turning on the PC lights for 30 min a day for the Coraline algae. The chaeto light is going to be on 24/7. I'll explain alot more later today. I have to go do my homework right now, so when I finish all my homework, I'll explain some more. Here are a few pictures of the tank.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/CoralKeeper111/Picture209.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/CoralKeeper111/Picture211.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/CoralKeeper111/Picture212.jpg

[nate82]

ha why are you showing us pics of it covered up? how can you enjoy it covered up? why not put it in the basement where it won't get much llight and you won't have to cover it up?

[Western_reefer]

Ok, I just finished my homework. This is what I'm going to do, cover it up for a full month, add 7 ml of phyto everyday-every other day for one month, do 20% water changes every week in that month, then on November first I'm going take the towels off and there should be TONS TONS of sponges/feather dusters/filter feeders and the hair algae will be gone.(got a small 2 inch rock that is covered in hair algae) So that is why I'm covering the tank up with towels for now. I'm not going to leave the tank covered in towels for ever. :lolspin: :lol:

[Western_reefer]

Here is a link to my 28 gallon Nano-Cube HQI diary. :D
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1406392&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

[xenon]

Keeping live rock in the dark is called "cooking" and it’s a great idea to allow bacteria to consume all the algae.

I have done it with great success!

[Western_reefer]

Thanks for the info!

[Western_reefer]

Here are a few pictures that I just took. I took these so everyone can see a before and an after. :D
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/CoralKeeper111/Picture278.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/CoralKeeper111/Picture267.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/CoralKeeper111/Picture271.jpg

[paintballer768]

CoralKeeper, I found you! haha

[Western_reefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13502883#post13502883 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by paintballer768
CoralKeeper, I found you! haha
You found me! Yay!!....and I found you!! Yay!! lol

[paintballer768]

Hahah

[Western_reefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13503416#post13503416 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by paintballer768
Hahah
:P

[E.intheC]

very interesting.. do you have any updates?

[Western_reefer]

Yeah. My larger tank got too crowded with corals which I had to move corals into this tank again.