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Observations Multiple tanks one system

Tazmaniancowboy

Tazmaniancowboy

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I have a 120g, 200g and 100g sump on the same system through a manifold. Same sand, liverock, t5 lighting on each no powerheads in the 120(fowlr)even the same clean up crew and I have the crystal clean sand with no algae in the 120 while the "reef" sits there some kind of brown algae in it.

Also noticed that there is much more coralline in the 120, with the Reef not showing much signs of any. I assume my coral are taking up the calcium faster than coralline can?

You would think in one system everything would be equal, but I guess this is not true. Do any of you experience differences in your multi tank systems?

Taz
 
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mr_X

it's the stronger lighting in the reef that is hindering the coralline growth, not the depletion of calcium.
 
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premilove

mr_X said:
it's the stronger lighting in the reef that is hindering the coralline growth, not the depletion of calcium.
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x, i was on rr the other day. i saw ur new lagoon but thenn i saw a thread saying ur moving? wats goin on
 
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john90009

NJRC Member
yeap the lights are whats contributing to the coraline growth- i used to have 15k 250watt metal halides then i move the rocks to a t-5 tank and all the coral bleached- if i throw the rock in the sump with a compact fluorescence bulb it will color back up or leave the rok in some sold saltwater out in the sun- nice colors come out there ll
 
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john90009

NJRC Member
coraline algea is kind of like corals- they need strong but to mcuh will cause it to bleach- i think a metal halides spectrum helps the coraline grow - while the t-5s just puts out to much of somesort of light that they dont like- in my caves theres coraline growing but what ever light hits is basically white.- when i took a rock out of my tank and had it out side in salt water the sun made it turn orange and green looked like it naturally did it was beautiful.
 
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mr_X

coralline grows best in low light situations. not moving now premi...check the dates on those threads.
 
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