cycling tank?

reefer96 · 05/14/2008, 09:25 AM

i have new uncured rock cycling in my display, if i turn on the halides will it bleach any developing coralline algaes. Has anyone heard of this happening?

landlord · 05/14/2008, 09:36 AM

Chances are the new uncured rock with bleaching coralline is caused by something that happened to the rock prior to you beginning to cure it. Like coralline covered rock left out on deck of boat for extended period of time (days maybe) before getting put into a bin, and subsequently your tank. I doubt your halides will cause this issue, mine never did.

Just an opinion --landlord

Playa-1 · 05/14/2008, 10:13 AM

My experience is that most of your corraline algae will turn white as it dies off during the curing cycle. Then new corraline will grow over time.

reefer96 · 05/14/2008, 10:33 AM

PLAYA-1 thats what i thought, but a friend had suggested that running my halides while the tank was cycling would bleach out any coraline algae that would be on the rocks. now i was only running the halides to see how much temperature fluctuation i will have running 3-250w pendents which happen to only be 3in
off the water. so it looks like i'll be building a taller canopy to raise lights 5-6 more inches.
my temp went from 79-84.8 over 9 hours.

05/14/2008, 09:25 AM	#1
reefer96 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: lake st louis Posts: 834	cycling tank? i have new uncured rock cycling in my display, if i turn on the halides will it bleach any developing coralline algaes. Has anyone heard of this happening?

05/14/2008, 09:36 AM	#2
landlord Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Alexandria, KY Posts: 1,937	Chances are the new uncured rock with bleaching coralline is caused by something that happened to the rock prior to you beginning to cure it. Like coralline covered rock left out on deck of boat for extended period of time (days maybe) before getting put into a bin, and subsequently your tank. I doubt your halides will cause this issue, mine never did. Just an opinion --landlord __________________ Forget the Turtle Man, you got the Coral Man Live Action Fragging! Current Tank Info: 90 Gallon SPS Reef (Sump, Fuge, Skimmer, CX reactor, Chemical filtration, Overflow) by Lifereef, 2x400W 20K Radiums on IceCaps, 2x39W T5 "For fun", RK2, 4x Tunze 6055, Aqua Logic 1/3 HP Chiller, DIY RO/DI ATO 2-Part via Litermeter. Lotsa Clownfish

05/14/2008, 10:13 AM	#3
Playa-1 Moved On Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA Posts: 7,497	My experience is that most of your corraline algae will turn white as it dies off during the curing cycle. Then new corraline will grow over time.

05/14/2008, 10:33 AM	#4
reefer96 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: lake st louis Posts: 834	PLAYA-1 thats what i thought, but a friend had suggested that running my halides while the tank was cycling would bleach out any coraline algae that would be on the rocks. now i was only running the halides to see how much temperature fluctuation i will have running 3-250w pendents which happen to only be 3in off the water. so it looks like i'll be building a taller canopy to raise lights 5-6 more inches. my temp went from 79-84.8 over 9 hours.