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Originally Posted by Kazalla
I lost a RBTA, a condy anemone and a sarcophyton soft coral after 3 and a half days lights out. Though I'm not sure it was the lights out itself or low oxygen levels because my tank is cube shaped (bad volume to water surface ratio)... It has three powerheads (2x900litres/hour and one 1600litres/hour) and 13 gallons volume but the powerheads have nylon socks around them (for anemone safety) so efficiency is reduced.
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If I recall correctly you were dosing phyto? Did you add pods? Your tank is small enough that a cup of live sand from someone might really kick start the ecology. What's your nitrate/phosphate like?
You know your cyanobacteria; will Calothrix spp stain alcohol red? User here had visual/behavioural dinoflagellates that turned out to be microscopically no such thing.
Spirulina's a common 'health' additive to drinks and other foods here. It tastes terrible.
ivy
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28g cube, CF 105watts! Tunze 9001. Tiny frags: Euphyllia, blasto, ricordea and a rock flower anemone. Lost fish and inverts due to ongoing outbreak of dinoflagellates.
Current Tank Info: 28g aio, 105 watt CF lights, no sump or skimmer. 2 sexy shrimp, tiny frogspawn, tiny toadstool, tiny lps. Started Feb '15
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