Also- mold..?

[Brooke24]

So the clowns have a sleep cycle so I would say if your lights are dimmable to dim them down so they still come on and go off at a certain time so the clowns know when to sleep wake up and what not. If they aren't dimmable I would use the light in the room they are in. Turn it off at a certain time so they know to go to sleep. No one wants grumpy clowns!!! They made a movie about that called IT. Imagine if he had the correct lighting could have saved some lives!

Also we want to see the clowns or make a build thread with them in it.

Lol thanks!! I will post a pic in a second

 

[Brooke24]

I read back a couple of posts, since you started with live rock and dry rock combo. The live rock super started your tank cycle and will help tremendously. Dry rock tends to have a bacteria die off and can leech alot of stuff into your tank as bacteria starts to colonize on it. Dry rock is more prone to algae growth compared to live rock.. (from what I've seen and read) your tank may still have a mini cycle to get through and will probably develop algae at some point during the "ugly" phase which is roughly about the first 4 months or so.

You can certainly leave the lights on a normal cycle but you may have to deal with the self induced algae problem if it happens. Leaving the lights off or at a minimum will certainly help reduce the algae

Thank you very much!!!

 

[Brooke24]

They’re tomato clowns.... haha. They came in a bonded pair already. I’m am about to put the lights on my tank, dimmed down then ramp up over the next few days

 

[Brooke24]

Some better ones:

 

[Brooke24]

Here is my biocube

 

[CrimsonTide]

The tomatoes look good! The dimmed lights should help with algae a bit but also let the clowns know what is going on in their new rock garden.

 

[Brooke24]

The tomatoes look good! The dimmed lights should help with algae a bit but also let the clowns know what is going on in their new rock garden.

Lol, for sure. Thanks! I cant put my lights up tonight since I won’t be at home, and my canopy is broken so I don’t want my lights falling in the water. My canopy will be fixed by tomorrow

 

[CrimsonTide]

Lol, for sure. Thanks! I cant put my lights up tonight since I won’t be at home, and my canopy is broken so I don’t want my lights falling in the water. My canopy will be fixed by tomorrow

They should be fine. I would just say have someone turn the lights off in your room at whatever time if you'll be out late. If you won't be too late then you can do it.

 

[Brooke24]

They should be fine. I would just say have someone turn the lights off in your room at whatever time if you'll be out late. If you won't be too late then you can do it.

I’m going to a friends house for the night, and work 10-6 tomorrow. I’m just gonna keep my blinds open so that when it becomes day out my animals will all know when to wake up lol

 

[Brooke24]

I promise guys, I have done my research. There isn’t much info on specifics- when should I turn on my skimmer finally?

 

[CrimsonTide]

I promise guys, I have done my research. There isn’t much info on specifics- when should I turn on my skimmer finally?

You can turn it on now that there is fish in the tank and you're feeding them. Just isn't much use for them when cycling bc there isn't anything to skim. And some people don't turn them on right after their first fish bc there still isn't much to skim with their being so little bioload. But yeah you can turn it on whenever you want now.

 

[fishguy242]

hi,yes agree ,skimmer anytime,fish,also a piece of live rock in there.

 

[CrimsonTide]

How's your new tank going?