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white all over rtk 04-28-2006
Posted by rtk on April 28, 2006, 6:18 pm
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I changed lights (4x96) a week ago. I am guessing that is
the cause of a nasty outbreak of whiteness on much of the
live rock and some of the coral in my 55 gallon tank.
Perhaps I should only change 1 white and 1 actinic bulb at a
time. Am I right in shortening the daylight cycle
drastically for a few days? Or maybe I should cut out all
light for now? Or have I made a wrong judgment altogether
and there's a more likely cause of the bleaching.

rtk

Posted by Wayne Sallee on April 28, 2006, 6:31 pm
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There's a more likely cause of the bleaching.

Check calcium and alkalinity levels.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets
Wayne@WaynesPets.com


rtk wrote on 4/28/2006 6:18 PM:
> I changed lights (4x96) a week ago. I am guessing that is the cause of
> a nasty outbreak of whiteness on much of the live rock and some of the
> coral in my 55 gallon tank. Perhaps I should only change 1 white and 1
> actinic bulb at a time. Am I right in shortening the daylight cycle
> drastically for a few days? Or maybe I should cut out all light for
> now? Or have I made a wrong judgment altogether and there's a more
> likely cause of the bleaching.
>
> rtk

Posted by rtk on April 28, 2006, 7:55 pm
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Wayne Sallee wrote:
> There's a more likely cause of the bleaching.
>
> Check calcium and alkalinity levels.
>
> Wayne Sallee
> Wayne's Pets
> Wayne@WaynesPets.com

Thank you. I'll do all the tests tomorrow. It's been a
while since I've done any although I'm dutiful and add the
weekly capful dose of calcium when I make my small weekly 6
gallon change of water. That's in addition to about a 1
gallon daily topping.

rtk

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