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Posted by Les Johnstone on June 24, 2005, 5:16 pm
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Hi all,
I'm setting up a new tank after a wipe out last year. I never had yellow
Algae before and wondered if this is a good or bad sign?
My set up is 70g with 60lbs of Crushed Coral, 20lbs of arragonite sand, 12kg
LR (more to be added) 4 x 55W T5 lights (7K) and 40W Actinic tube salinity
0.022 at the moment, temp 25.5 - 26C
Put the water and salt in two weeks ago, put the LR in 1 week ago. Today i
suddenly have yellow algae on the LR and not so much purple algae. Got the
LR (cured) from LFS. The algae seems to be mostly were the powehead pumps
the water onto the LR and some on the bottom?
I've also got a seaclone 100 and a vectrom 15W UV neith switched on yet.
Is thi yellow algae a good sign?
Les
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Posted by Marc Levenson on June 24, 2005, 6:24 pm
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I wouldn't think so. Since the tank is very new, only run
your lights a few hours a day for now. Adding some snails
and hermits will help control any algae growth.
Turn on the skimmer immediately. That isn't a really good
one, to be honest. It would be better for you to shop
around for a good skimmer that will care for your future
bioload.
What is your water source? Tap water, or filtered?
Marc
Les Johnstone wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm setting up a new tank after a wipe out last year. I never had yellow
> Algae before and wondered if this is a good or bad sign?
>
> My set up is 70g with 60lbs of Crushed Coral, 20lbs of arragonite sand, 12kg
> LR (more to be added) 4 x 55W T5 lights (7K) and 40W Actinic tube salinity
> 0.022 at the moment, temp 25.5 - 26C
>
> Put the water and salt in two weeks ago, put the LR in 1 week ago. Today i
> suddenly have yellow algae on the LR and not so much purple algae. Got the
> LR (cured) from LFS. The algae seems to be mostly were the powehead pumps
> the water onto the LR and some on the bottom?
>
> I've also got a seaclone 100 and a vectrom 15W UV neith switched on yet.
>
> Is thi yellow algae a good sign?
>
> Les
>
>
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Posted by Les Johnstone on June 28, 2005, 3:51 pm
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Hi Marc,
Many thanks. I'll take your advice on those points. I'm keen to do this tank
right and get it established. I'm using tap water - here in the UK the RO
are too expensive for now, but i do have Phosphate and Nitrate removers in
the external filter. The Yellow algae is now brown, but it seems to have
settled and not got worse. I got 10 hermits from the LFS, I'll get more next
week when they get stock.
Regards
Les
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>I wouldn't think so. Since the tank is very new, only run your lights a
>few hours a day for now. Adding some snails and hermits will help control
>any algae growth.
>
> Turn on the skimmer immediately. That isn't a really good one, to be
> honest. It would be better for you to shop around for a good skimmer that
> will care for your future bioload.
>
> What is your water source? Tap water, or filtered?
>
> Marc
>
>
> Les Johnstone wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm setting up a new tank after a wipe out last year. I never had yellow
>> Algae before and wondered if this is a good or bad sign?
>>
>> My set up is 70g with 60lbs of Crushed Coral, 20lbs of arragonite sand,
>> 12kg LR (more to be added) 4 x 55W T5 lights (7K) and 40W Actinic tube
>> salinity 0.022 at the moment, temp 25.5 - 26C
>>
>> Put the water and salt in two weeks ago, put the LR in 1 week ago. Today
>> i suddenly have yellow algae on the LR and not so much purple algae. Got
>> the LR (cured) from LFS. The algae seems to be mostly were the powehead
>> pumps the water onto the LR and some on the bottom?
>>
>> I've also got a seaclone 100 and a vectrom 15W UV neith switched on yet.
>>
>> Is thi yellow algae a good sign?
>>
>> Les
>
> --
> Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
> Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
> Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
>
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Posted by Marc Levenson on July 1, 2005, 9:34 am
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If I could ever figure out a way to ship you guys RO units for a fair
price, I'd be rich. I can't believe it is so hard to get RO units out
there.
Can you buy distilled water at your supermarket? Here it is about $0.40
/gallon. That might be your best bet vs. tap water.
Marc
Les Johnstone wrote:
> Hi Marc,
>
> Many thanks. I'll take your advice on those points. I'm keen to do this tank
> right and get it established. I'm using tap water - here in the UK the RO
> are too expensive for now, but i do have Phosphate and Nitrate removers in
> the external filter. The Yellow algae is now brown, but it seems to have
> settled and not got worse. I got 10 hermits from the LFS, I'll get more next
> week when they get stock.
>
> Regards
> Les
> -----
>
>>I wouldn't think so. Since the tank is very new, only run your lights a
>>few hours a day for now. Adding some snails and hermits will help control
>>any algae growth.
>>
>>Turn on the skimmer immediately. That isn't a really good one, to be
>>honest. It would be better for you to shop around for a good skimmer that
>>will care for your future bioload.
>>
>>What is your water source? Tap water, or filtered?
>>
>>Marc
>>
>>
>>Les Johnstone wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>I'm setting up a new tank after a wipe out last year. I never had yellow
>>>Algae before and wondered if this is a good or bad sign?
>>>
>>>My set up is 70g with 60lbs of Crushed Coral, 20lbs of arragonite sand,
>>>12kg LR (more to be added) 4 x 55W T5 lights (7K) and 40W Actinic tube
>>>salinity 0.022 at the moment, temp 25.5 - 26C
>>>
>>>Put the water and salt in two weeks ago, put the LR in 1 week ago. Today
>>>i suddenly have yellow algae on the LR and not so much purple algae. Got
>>>the LR (cured) from LFS. The algae seems to be mostly were the powehead
>>>pumps the water onto the LR and some on the bottom?
>>>
>>>I've also got a seaclone 100 and a vectrom 15W UV neith switched on yet.
>>>
>>>Is thi yellow algae a good sign?
>>>
>>>Les
>>
>>--
>>Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
>>Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
>>Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
>>
>
>
>
--
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Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
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Posted by Steve on July 1, 2005, 10:23 am
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Reasonably priced RO units in the UK...
http://www.ro-man.com/shop/index.php
Example...
4 stage 50 Gallons/Day with DI = 70 UK Pounds (120 USD)
or
6 Stage 100 Gallons/Day with DI, Pressure Gauge and Digital Inline TDS
Meter = £145 UK Pounds. (250 USD) This is what I have... works great.
Input TDS = 260, Output TDS = zero!
They also do a pressure storage tank, drinking faucet, filters,
membranes, etc.
No affiliation, I'm just a very satisfied customer !
Steve
> If I could ever figure out a way to ship you guys RO units for a fair
> price, I'd be rich. I can't believe it is so hard to get RO units out
> there.
>
> Can you buy distilled water at your supermarket? Here it is about $0.40
> /gallon. That might be your best bet vs. tap water.
>
> Marc
>
>
> Les Johnstone wrote:
> > Hi Marc,
> >
> > Many thanks. I'll take your advice on those points. I'm keen to do this tank
> > right and get it established. I'm using tap water - here in the UK the RO
> > are too expensive for now, but i do have Phosphate and Nitrate removers in
> > the external filter. The Yellow algae is now brown, but it seems to have
> > settled and not got worse. I got 10 hermits from the LFS, I'll get more next
> > week when they get stock.
> >
> > Regards
> > Les
> > -----
> >
> >>I wouldn't think so. Since the tank is very new, only run your lights a
> >>few hours a day for now. Adding some snails and hermits will help control
> >>any algae growth.
> >>
> >>Turn on the skimmer immediately. That isn't a really good one, to be
> >>honest. It would be better for you to shop around for a good skimmer that
> >>will care for your future bioload.
> >>
> >>What is your water source? Tap water, or filtered?
> >>
> >>Marc
> >>
> >>
> >>Les Johnstone wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi all,
> >>>
> >>>I'm setting up a new tank after a wipe out last year. I never had yellow
> >>>Algae before and wondered if this is a good or bad sign?
> >>>
> >>>My set up is 70g with 60lbs of Crushed Coral, 20lbs of arragonite sand,
> >>>12kg LR (more to be added) 4 x 55W T5 lights (7K) and 40W Actinic tube
> >>>salinity 0.022 at the moment, temp 25.5 - 26C
> >>>
> >>>Put the water and salt in two weeks ago, put the LR in 1 week ago. Today
> >>>i suddenly have yellow algae on the LR and not so much purple algae. Got
> >>>the LR (cured) from LFS. The algae seems to be mostly were the powehead
> >>>pumps the water onto the LR and some on the bottom?
> >>>
> >>>I've also got a seaclone 100 and a vectrom 15W UV neith switched on yet.
> >>>
> >>>Is thi yellow algae a good sign?
> >>>
> >>>Les
> >>
> >>--
> >>Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
> >>Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
> >>Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
> Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
> Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
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> I'm setting up a new tank after a wipe out last year. I never had yellow
> Algae before and wondered if this is a good or bad sign?
>
> My set up is 70g with 60lbs of Crushed Coral, 20lbs of arragonite sand, 12kg
> LR (more to be added) 4 x 55W T5 lights (7K) and 40W Actinic tube salinity
> 0.022 at the moment, temp 25.5 - 26C
>
> Put the water and salt in two weeks ago, put the LR in 1 week ago. Today i
> suddenly have yellow algae on the LR and not so much purple algae. Got the
> LR (cured) from LFS. The algae seems to be mostly were the powehead pumps
> the water onto the LR and some on the bottom?
>
> I've also got a seaclone 100 and a vectrom 15W UV neith switched on yet.
>
> Is thi yellow algae a good sign?
>
> Les
>
>