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Thanks. I will, just been dragging my feet about pulling it out. Should I do some kind of dip after manually removing as much as I can?

What's the best way to get bubble algae mixed with some cyano off a large colony of trumpets (soft ball size). Has a dead patch right in the center maybe the size of a silver dollar. Happened slowly after i switched to a bigger led light, i have since reduced my light schedule and stopped the slow melting. Dip? Clip? Crabs? Any advice.

Pulls off easy with a large pair of good tweezers, like 10+ inch kind. Pull near the base and entire stalk usually comes right off no problem.

Thanks. How long do you think they will survive in my tank before something eats them or they starve? I have other fish, crabs and shrimp in my tank. Will I even have a chance to see them after they hatch?

Excited my clown fish are now a breeding pair. They both went through copper treatment about a year ago too, I thought that was supposed make it impossible to breed later. This is my first saltwater tank and its been running almost a year and a half. I think the eggs are about a week old now. What can I expect? Will they just immediately get eaten upon hatching?

I have an evergrow it2060 for sale, same as the photon 24". It only has about 7-8 months of use before I upgraded to the it2080.

Cool thanks for all the feedback. I am reducing my schedule for a few days, then I'll ramp back up

My concern is some previously shaded portions are totally white, and now in direct light.

I just fragged a bunch of sps. Should I reduce my lighting schedule for a few days to let the frags/colonies heal? If so what do other ppl normally do? Some large portions of corals that were previously shaded are now fully exposed to high light. I have a evergrow 2080 about 4in off the water over a 65gal tank, same foot print as a breeder. Thanks

Package says its 75w equivalent (website lists 65w) but uses 16w, and outputs 700 lumens.

Update - I added a 65w equivalent daylight (5000k) r30 cfl flood light with $8 metal clip reflector to light my fuge, and still has the cheap 3w LEDs which have some blues. Now instead of watching my cheato slowly wither away, it is growing like a champ. And the bits of keyna tree that I've banished to sump seem to be happy as well. I'll have to try Xenia soon. So I am very happy with this cfl light, total cost with reflector was under $20 at home depot. At this rate, I will have to harvest some cheato in a few weeks for the first time ever. Nirates are zero (or undetectable) and I am over due for a water change, its been over a month since the last one.

Thanks for the advice. I think I will just add a cfl with my cheap LEDs since it has blues and whites.

Thanks. I am thinking of getting a 75w(eqv) 5000k cfl flood light bulb. Anyone use something like that?

I have a 20 gal sump with fuge middle section. My cheap 3w led light from China is not cutting it, won't even grow keyna tree. Anyone have recommendations for a good light that will grow cheato and left over Xenia and keyna I toss down there? Pref a small foot print with goose neck and less than $50 or so. Would a cfl from home depot work? I can't justify $200+ fancey red LEDs for my tiny fuge. Thanks

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To be clear, your amazing diff as in less than 30% whites has given you better results than what? What LEDs do you have? How high off the water? I have evergrows about 3in above the water line and I peak at 57%b 37%w I think. Thanks

Thanks for all the helpful advice, I will clip the tips. Question - are the tips the most sensitive part? Could other variables affect the tips as much as an alk swing? I want to avoid this in the future. I cut back my lighting a Lil, but it was doing well for 4+ months in the same spot under same lights and same flow, so do you think it was most likely due to an ALK swing? Are alk swings particularly dangerous for corals in higher light? Why is it always the just the tip? I need to test phos but i don't think that its high nutrients being the main issue, since I have no algae anywhere else in the tank and low bio load low feeding, tank looks pristine as its ever been and I've been keeping alk and calc stable now for the past 3 weeks.

I like the blue to white ratio around 2:1 roughly. Pick whatever looks good to you. Set the schedule to ramp up and ramp down everyday. Once I finally set the schedule(was lazy), I saw much better results. I peak at almost about 60%b 40%w. But that might be too strong, I've been cutting back duration and intensity alil. But mine are only about 3 or 4in above the water.

I will have to clip like 20+ tips then. Might loose 20% of it, its have multiple branches and is about the size of my palm. I was hoping there was a better way.

Its under it2060 evergrow LEDs. Its high up, should I try placing it lower? Also, its kinda under the return, but not in the direct path. In don't get it, it was doing great for like 4 months, then one day it was no longer happy, no real pe. I think I burnt the tips with unstable alk a couple months ago, and then it just never recovered? There is enough algae in alot if tips that WC and improving water quality alone doesn't seen like it will cut it. Is it a lost cause?

I have a trip color sps (looks kinda like a blue cali tort or r granulosa) with algae on some of the tips. What's the best way to try and save it? The rest of it is alive been like this for 1 month plus, slowly slowly getting worse. Almost no PE but slims up when i feed. Bicolor blenny nips at the algae sometimes. I dont want it to happen to any of my other sps. Will it spread to other sps? It looks like tiny clumps of brown hair algae.but there is no hair algae anywhere else in my tank. I tried blowing it off, barely helps. Should I clip off the tips? Dip in something like revive? Put it in a dark spot in the sump? Move it to lower light? Thanks

Quantum reefs will drill it. At least they used to.

I'll try to post one this weekend. Kinda hard best its a hard angle to see. Looks to be staying the same, can't tell if its improving or getting worse. But the rest of the coral looks better after I did a water change. I am going to try to do better at keeping my alk stable.

I grew it from a little frag. My alk has be unstable. I recently got the jebao doser. I'll try to set that up soon.

Yea I think mine has freshly flaked off. I guess I'll just keep an eye on it. I need to frag it soon anyways tho as its about to grow into a Monti. Thanks for your help.