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JUST after reading this....I go downstairs to grab some food. Walk past my sons room and hear the fountain pump running dry, so open cage and add some but really empty. So leave it open, go down making a peanut butter sandwhich and hear a remote crash to the floor. And when I run up the stairs...
My phosphates are 1.62 and 42.6 before my water change last night...
BUT ZERO Algae in the display...
Yello Tang, Tomini Tang and Blue Tang, plus hundreds of stomatella snails and a baseball size of cheato that slowly grows in a 2.5 gallon tank above my sump.
I have had between 3 and 6 ,or 7 and ended up with 3 very bright babies. Ended up getting a little smaller than a quarter and disappeared. So I don't want to trade any away as it may be a good number to have them spawn again.
I have done less, depends on what you were stating with. If it was already dry, probably good. If it was algae covered fresh live rock with Coraline and other living matter. Wanna wait a little longer to remove all the spores and such but no sure of a minimum time. The. Soak in dechlorinator,and...
I had several versions of LEDs and T5s in the past. I picked up some Hydra 26 from a NJRC member getting out of the hobby and have slowly swapped out all of my tanks for Hydra 26s.
LOVE the ease of control!
For my current tanks, they are doing great for my needs.
IF we end up moving in a few...