This is exactly why I say don't need to. You want those dissolved organics to decompose and get the cycle going... it kind of defeats the purpose if you skim during a cycle.
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This is exactly why I say don't need to. You want those dissolved organics to decompose and get the cycle going... it kind of defeats the purpose if you skim during a cycle.
I would go with Chaeto myself, Culerpa can go sexual if not pruned and looked after. if that does happen it can posion the tank.
Macro algae that looks like wiry green afro. Easy to manage. Goes in Refugiums. (spelling?)
24/7 lights = its going to constantly export nutrients
The other way is to have it lights on when display lights go off.
Highly discourage 24/7 lighting on cheato in a fuge because you will almost be guaranteed to have cyano growing in short order. I tried it for a week and my cheato was covered in cyano. Luckly cheato is easy to take out and rinse in a bucket of old tank water, but still, learned that it isn't a good idea to light a fuge 24/7 because it is hard to get enough flow to counter the constant lighting. In a refugium you want the flow pretty low to give the cheato a change to export the excess nutrients.
I run my fuge light 8 hours during the night, not completely "alternate" to my main lighting because that would equal 14 hours a day of fuge light if I did that, but it is on when the main lights are off.
I run my fuge light 8 hours during the night, not completely "alternate" to my main lighting because that would equal 14 hours a day of fuge light if I did that, but it is on when the main lights are off.
I did the 24/7 thing before to. My problem was not cyano at the time. It was overgrowth and having to prune it too often.
I recall someone posting something on reef frontiers about someone with a Aptasia Fuge.... using a UV sterilizer on the out take end so that it remains in the fuge not the display.
Local dude here uses feather dusters ..a lot of them. Filter feeding ftw.
So many variations out there... I still thought the aptasia way was most cool of them all.
I have also seen "Xenia" fuges and those work very well also, but make a HUGE mess if you overheat your tank one day and they all melt away.
i wanted to put it in the sump so if not lit it would be very dark what do you recomend . is there anything else i should be doing and not meaning to sound daft what is this cycle im waiting for and how can i tell it has done it . i must sound extremely stupid but i dont want to make a pigs ear of setting this tank up
