Not sure why it just hit me, but ever since I switched to Kessil LEDs, I basically don't have much coralline algae growth. I only have some in the shadows. Anybody else have the same experience?
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What are your parameters? I notice that I couldn't grow coraline until after I started dosing 2 part to keep my calcium and alkalinity up. Started that and now I have a back wall and bottom covered in coraline.
What kessils are you running and what are your settings?I dose 2 part as well. I have a 55 gallon mixed reef tank. Calcium is approximately 450 and alk is around 9 to 10.
I'm also getting a lot of brown nuisance algae on my sand, and I need to scrape the front glass every other day. My tank is 3 years old. Here is a video.....
What kessils are you running and what are your settings?
I have only ever had LED lights in my tank and when showing pictures to the owner of my LFS.... and to others, they have commented that it looks as if my rocks are fake that I bought them with the purple coloration on them. I have only had corals in my tank since April-May of this year so I’ve never dosed anything previously into my water, but my Coraline growth has always been off the charts. I have no clue as to why.
Coralline algae will grow luxuriantly under just LEDs, and definitely does not prefer low light levels. These are both easily demonstrably true. If you're not getting coralline growth, the problem lies elsewhere, most likely either too many nutrients so other algae outcompete them, and/or insufficient calcium/magnesium/alkalinity for adequate growth.
I disagree.depends on the corraline color. Also the Light led.Coralline algae will grow luxuriantly under just LEDs, and definitely does not prefer low light levels. These are both easily demonstrably true. If you're not getting coralline growth, the problem lies elsewhere, most likely either too many nutrients so other algae outcompete them, and/or insufficient calcium/magnesium/alkalinity for adequate growth.
However, it's possible that Kessils may be a special case, given that the way they function is fundamentally different from most other LED lighting brands.
Coralline algae will grow luxuriantly under just LEDs, and definitely does not prefer low light levels. These are both easily demonstrably true. If you're not getting coralline growth, the problem lies elsewhere, most likely either too many nutrients so other algae outcompete them, and/or insufficient calcium/magnesium/alkalinity for adequate growth.
What is NSW with esv?I changed back to io and also NSW with esv and BRS alk and mag and the corraline retreated.
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Natural sea water from the ocean dosing with alk and calcium from ESV. I keep my tanks at 8 alk.What is NSW with esv?