fishrule101

My algae problem is gone!! The turn the lights off plan worked! I had an algae prolbem so my LFS told me to turn the lights off and it worked. I'm getting more turbos to make sure they get a really good head start. My LR color is turning red, green,and even blue. Anyways for the question. IF turning off the lights and doing water changes every three days( my water is super clear) helps get rid of the algae what do I do when I get corals?? Should I leave the lights on from 4-8 or 9?? Or from 7-8?? I'm asking this becuase i'm afrais if I turn the lights on to long the algae( which took like a month to find a soultion) will come back. What do you do to have corals and keep algae away??


P.S> This is my plan for corals:
Buy a test kit for calcuim and phost.
If heavly stocked test every other day if moderate every three days and if little twice a week
Is this ok?? What do you use for a clacuim soultion and test method??

nemo addict

well if you keep your phosphate levels down your CUC and glass cleaner should do the rest , some fish need algae to graze off in between feeds so is good to have a little depending on your stocking

sgould

"cuc" ??

nemo addict

clean up crew !!!!!!

sgould

Ah.

fishrule101

So I should buy a CUC and leave the lights on like a normally would??

nemo addict

your profile says you have a cuc hermits and snails are they not doing there job if they are but not good enough put a few more in untill they keep down but not completely gone as they will then starve or kill eachother ,

fishrule101

YEa I think I'll buy two more snials.

nemo addict

and supply bigger shells for hermits as they grow or they will die or kill for the bigest shell