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No, I am not. Some bottled water and or bioled water at the moment. I will be getting a gal of RODI from my LFS soon.
Once the silicate gets used up the diatoms will dissapear. Until you can get RODI I'd do smaller water changes or even use distilled for the time being. RODI should be the goal long term. That light looks nice.
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I picked up new lights and did a 50/50 water change...
After my water change, this happened.
I think it's a diatom spread... And it's getting worst. I picked up 2 snails to help out, but it doesn't look good. Is it my lights? Or do to my 50% water change?
How old is your set up? The rocks don't look like they have much coraine on them (and likely not all the bacteria and othe microscopic life that is indicative of a new tank and keep algae off.
nuisance algae, cyano, diatoms are typical in new tanks.
Are you using RODI water? If not, you might be adding nutrients into your tank that will feed diatoms.
as for coral colors, one big difference between budget LEDS reef lights and high end LEDS is the the higher end tend to rely a lot less on white LEDs creating daylight by mixing blue red green and some violet. Think of lights serving 3 roles. One is to provide the energy for the zooxanthellae to perform photosynthesis. White LEDs certainly can do this. The second is the spectrums that trigger the corals defense mechanism to reflect harmful rays which provide color. Then the third is the light that we see. White/Daylight is not a color - it's a blend of colors. this is a perfectly healthy coral can appear brown in one tank and then be fluorescent in another. You might not think it's healthy in that first tanka and then think it's doing great in the other when in fact the only think that changed is what light reached our eyes.
diatoms could vert well be a result of the lights . but if you light are making your coral happy, IMO, focus on keeping good water parameters for your corals and proving an environment where your corals and microfauna out compete the nuisance stuff.
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good. boiling won't strip the water of the stuff algae like and bottled water is loaded with stiff. distilled is better.
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Thanks. Will keep that in mind. Will pickup distilled water as soon as I get in from work in the A.M.
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GSP can come in all different shades. I have some GSP (on the left) that came on some live rock that has very little color except under blue lights. It came on some live rock and was completely gone at one point but has returned. 
The GSP on the right is more of a toxic green under blue lights. It started as a quarter size frag for $5. It does spread fast. ;Nailbiting
This picture is under white lights.
The GSP on the right is more of a toxic green under blue lights. It started as a quarter size frag for $5. It does spread fast. ;Nailbiting
This picture is under white lights.
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Beautiful... Love it natural. I would love to see more under different lighting if you can. Great job! Cheers!GSP can come in all different shades. I have some GSP (on the left) that came on some live rock that has very little color except under blue lights. It came on some live rock and was completely gone at one point but has returned.
The GSP on the right is more of a toxic green under blue lights. It started as a quarter size frag for $5. It does spread fast. ;Nailbiting
This picture is under white lights.
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Lol. So far it's growing slow.. my Kenya on the other hand, is growing fast and stinging everything... That's why I placed her in the corner. She was being naughty. Lol
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Here is what my tank looks like today... More Diatoms.
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Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics. All I have at work.
This is a Biocube with a CF White, CF Actinic, and then all LED slots filled with blue LED's. I believe these photos are taken with the actinic and led's, no white.
This is the one with very little color. I have fed some Reef Roids and it did help it color up a little.
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@ NS Mike D: Yes, I picked up distilled water... As soon as that jug is empty, I'll take it to my LFS for RODI water. Thanks again, dude.
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Only distilled water. When it's done, I'll fill it with rodi
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Ok, guys... I picked up the RODI water from my LFS for .50 cents a gallon. This is 3 days after the RODI water change (20%).
I'm also thinking of getting another tank, maybe a 3.7 or 5 gallon cube. More room for aquascaping a better looking tank and would make the new addition (peppermint shrimp) happy.
