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Unread 09/08/2014, 02:55 AM   #226
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Hi sk8r

Have just gone the lights out for 3 days route, could you please tell me if this is OK, reason I have done it like this'd is we have windows at both ends of the living room where tank is.











Hope everything will be OK, have both fish, corals and inverts in tank

Corals arer

Pulsing Xenia
Green star polyps
Various ZOA's
Various leathers
Mushrooms
Candy cane

Bubble tip nem

Inverts are

Snails
Hermits various
Mithrax crabs
Sea hare
Tuxedo urchin

Please advise

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Unread 09/08/2014, 01:11 PM   #227
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Unread 09/10/2014, 03:37 AM   #228
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Do you have after pictures?

I recently showed that lights out may not kill red slime but it certainly disrupt the mat.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2440077


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Unread 09/10/2014, 09:11 AM   #229
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You have to do the lights-out thing once a month for several months, plus have your skimmer working well to try to export the die-off.


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Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.
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Unread 09/25/2014, 12:05 PM   #230
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when doing the lights-out scenario, do you keep feeding the fish ? Do you maintain/increase/decrease flow ?


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Unread 09/27/2014, 11:16 AM   #231
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I have a brown fuzzy stuff that i thought was dinos , i did the lights out for 3 days and its still there, oxygen bubbles starting again , but my turbo snails have been chewing on it for 3 weeks and no casualties, so any ideas ? Once i scrub rock it turns from rust powder stuff to what looks like hair algae. Really weird. I will try to post pick when i get home from work.


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Unread 09/27/2014, 11:20 AM   #232
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Need professional help:possible cyno

I have a brown fuzzy stuff that i thought was dinos , i did the lights out for 3 days and its still there, oxygen bubbles starting again , but my turbo snails have been chewing on it for 3 weeks and no casualties, so any ideas ? Once i scrub rock it turns from rust powder stuff to what looks like hair algae. Really weird. I will try to post pick when i get home from work.


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Unread 09/27/2014, 12:26 PM   #233
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Weird. If a turkey baster puff alone won't blow most of it off, it's not cyano. It COULD be a combo of cyano with other algae.


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Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.
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Unread 09/27/2014, 01:32 PM   #234
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Sweet i love a challenge lol... So should i be hitting craigslist in search of a microscope to look for the tale of dinos? It comes off but the rock is stained brown, i can remove rock and scrub in rodi water good for a couple weeks then right back on the rock. Really weird.


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Unread 09/27/2014, 02:39 PM   #235
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Tank rock tends to go brown...or grey; or pink. It rarely stays pristine white. But dinos are another matter.
Here's a thread with some pertinent info. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1620464


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Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low.

Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.
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Unread 09/27/2014, 04:32 PM   #236
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Thank you very much for your help .sometimes pulling my hair out seems like the only option. Nevertheless this is by far the coolest thing i have ever done.


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Unread 09/27/2014, 10:43 PM   #237
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Let me add---for those of you doing the 3-day dark, do it with room ambient light, not blacking your tank out totally. Light from windows with blinds closed or curtains drawn is quite ok. This way your fish will stay awake, eat, and those that sleep on or in the sand will be awake enough to move should snails move in on them.


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Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low.

Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.
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Unread 10/01/2014, 06:56 PM   #238
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Let me add---for those of you doing the 3-day dark, do it with room ambient light, not blacking your tank out totally. Light from windows with blinds closed or curtains drawn is quite ok. This way your fish will stay awake, eat, and those that sleep on or in the sand will be awake enough to move should snails move in on them.
oh man good thing I read this..

started my first day of the 3-days lights out. my room is pretty dark. I have a black curtain that blocks almost 100% of the light.. I guess the tank got no light at all. when I got home just now, every coral was closed and none of the fish came out to eat. now that I turned on the room light, some zoas are opening and the fish are out.


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Unread 10/04/2014, 01:27 PM   #239
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Just shy of my tank's 1 year anniversary, BAM! red slime all over. No real changes that usually contribute to the condition. I saw this thread and decided that I had nothing to loose. I just turned the lights back on this morning after taking the 3 day challenge. All I can say is WOW! What a difference. Just finished a water change, will do it again in 30 days.

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Unread 10/13/2014, 10:05 PM   #240
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I did the 3-day thing and it looks as if the cyano has receded quite a bit but not disappeared. However, my sps started to get some necrosis soon after lights back on and I was wondering if this was a consequence of the lights off or not. So a few questions:

- how do you bring your lights back on ? Slowly over time or BAM as before full 100%
- is there special care required if you have sps ?


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Unread 10/13/2014, 10:25 PM   #241
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i have found that a tank temp of about 103 clears up cyano really well..... how ever nothing but a few snails survived the temp hike.


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Unread 10/14/2014, 05:44 AM   #242
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After adding GFO and biopellets it went away on it's own for me..


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Bumping this up.


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Unread 06/14/2015, 01:29 PM   #244
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DO NOT block all the light. Bad things can happen with fish and snails. Go on ambient light only, ie, just don't turn the tank lights on.


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Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low.

Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.
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Unread 08/19/2015, 01:23 PM   #245
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I'm having a cyano problem so I want to try the 3 day lights out method but I have a couple questions.

1 - I have 2 clams. Will they be alright without lights for 3 days?

2 - Can I run 2 small LED moonlights or leave those off as well?


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Unread 08/19/2015, 02:54 PM   #246
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I'm having a cyano problem so I want to try the 3 day lights out method but I have a couple questions.



1 - I have 2 clams. Will they be alright without lights for 3 days?



2 - Can I run 2 small LED moonlights or leave those off as well?

I did mine for 24 hours cover the tank well with blankets or towels and no lights at all or it won't work, I was to scared to do it for 3 days but after one day it was all gone and never came back


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Unread 09/13/2015, 03:50 PM   #247
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I've got a cyanobateria problem as well and after talking with a few friends who have been in the hobby for a long time i was advised to use API EM erythromycin.I'm following the directions on the box as instructed and after the first two treatments and a water change the cyano is almost completely gone.Few spots here and there as well as some still in the sump. Will be doing treatment 3 tomorrow night followed by treatment 4 the following day and then on day 5 another water change.

All fish,coral,snails and few crabs i have don't seemed bothered by it at all.


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Unread 09/13/2015, 04:10 PM   #248
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I just finished a lights off period for two days while the center was closed to take down and send out a traveling exhibit, all I did was switch off the overhead LEDs, that part of the exhibition hall has a little ambient light from windows on the other side of the room. Even though it wasn't 3 days, it did seem to take care of the problem for me.


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Unread 09/13/2015, 04:14 PM   #249
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It may come back but just keep after it once a month.


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