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DNA · 05/15/2015, 10:02 AM

I did three more tests.

Doubled the CO2 bubble rate for the Calcium Reactor and the flow for about the same.
A week later the dinos don't seem to mind, but Cyanobacteria is on the rise.

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My dinos like to stay in half shades so I placed an 80W fluorescent bulb next to the front glass increasing the light in their favorite spots on the sandbed by a lot.
For three days the dinos just did their usual thing and didn't care about all the extra light.

Perhpas it's UV from the halides they were hiding from.
They have a glass cover, but who knows.

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For the next three days I deprived the dinos of their favorite spots with current that blew the sand around.
I also added two more stream pumps to see how the nighttime free swimming dinos did against a lot of current and frequent trips through the stream pumps.

The dinos just relocated to new spots they have not liked so far and adjusted to the change.

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The impact from these three tests:
Not a dent.

05/15/2015, 10:02 AM	#1087
DNA Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Iceland Posts: 1,516	I did three more tests. Doubled the CO2 bubble rate for the Calcium Reactor and the flow for about the same. A week later the dinos don't seem to mind, but Cyanobacteria is on the rise. --- My dinos like to stay in half shades so I placed an 80W fluorescent bulb next to the front glass increasing the light in their favorite spots on the sandbed by a lot. For three days the dinos just did their usual thing and didn't care about all the extra light. Perhpas it's UV from the halides they were hiding from. They have a glass cover, but who knows. --- For the next three days I deprived the dinos of their favorite spots with current that blew the sand around. I also added two more stream pumps to see how the nighttime free swimming dinos did against a lot of current and frequent trips through the stream pumps. The dinos just relocated to new spots they have not liked so far and adjusted to the change. --- The impact from these three tests: Not a dent. Last edited by DNA; 05/15/2015 at 10:57 AM.