Stomkat
05/16/2011, 07:21 PM
I bought copepods today for my "empty" tank. I added them into the Chaeto in my fuge, but quite a bit made their way to the DT. A multitude attached themselves to the front glass. I wanted a closer look.
It struck me that I have a strip light that I bought to grow my garden seedlings. It has plant lights in it. I put it on the tank, and discovered this wonderfully clear (when there is no light on it) tank has a nice film of algae on the glass. I scrubbed it off the front and now the copepods are elsewhere looking for their meal.
Is it ok for me to use this light on the tank until I buy the LED's I intend on (distant future), or am I setting the tank up for an algae outbreak?
This tank has nothing larger than a copepod in it currently ... well, except a couple asterina stars, a few tiny feather worms and a couple bristle worms.
I will be doing twice a week water changes for a bit to lower nitrates (wavering from 80-160), because I'm at the end of the tank's cycle also.
It struck me that I have a strip light that I bought to grow my garden seedlings. It has plant lights in it. I put it on the tank, and discovered this wonderfully clear (when there is no light on it) tank has a nice film of algae on the glass. I scrubbed it off the front and now the copepods are elsewhere looking for their meal.
Is it ok for me to use this light on the tank until I buy the LED's I intend on (distant future), or am I setting the tank up for an algae outbreak?
This tank has nothing larger than a copepod in it currently ... well, except a couple asterina stars, a few tiny feather worms and a couple bristle worms.
I will be doing twice a week water changes for a bit to lower nitrates (wavering from 80-160), because I'm at the end of the tank's cycle also.