Lighting question

[c.hill1100]

Is a 55x3w LEDs enough to sustain a 46 gal reef and anemone tank?

 

[TJ's Reef]

Wattage or output wise it is enough, but depends on tanks dimensions as for coverage.

Cheers, Todd

 

[rako1]

what are the demensions of your tank LxWxH and what optic's

 

[c.hill1100]

36"L x 16.25W x 20"H

I have the light hanging about 12-14 inches above tank

I'm just worried bout my ultra rose bubble tip nem I know it's probably due to my high nitrates due to a fish I lost to freakin brookynella or ich so I'm doing everything possible to lower them but it doesn't explain why she's at the top and I don't want to increase intensity and bleach my sps
She's all the way at the top shrunken down to the size of a hockey puck with very very short tentacles I've posted a pic below

 

[Reefing Madness]

Yea its enough, the Nem will find a spot. 2 of those units your tanking about would cover the tank for you, and you'd be in good shape. But one will more than sustain a Nem who is under it.
They don't however like Nitrates or Phosphates, so you might want to get those outta there.

 

[c.hill1100]

Everything I do doesn't seem to work I'm bout to do a 100% water change

 

[Reefing Madness]

100% will tick everything offf, including bacteria. I'd opt for doing 25% water changes every other day, until you see improvement, or start carbon dosing, or using pellets.
What have you tried, and what are you battling?

 

[c.hill1100]

I'm battling 40-50ppm I've done countless water changes started feeding less which resulted in my emerald crab dying or nitrates did that idk I'm just really stressed over this stupid nitrates!!!

 

[Reefing Madness]

Ok, no worries, either Pellets or we can have those Nitrates down in 2 weeks using Vodka. Your choice.

 

[c.hill1100]

What is vodka dosing

 

[Reefing Madness]

Vodka Dosing by 'Genetics' and 'Stony_Corals' - Reefkeeping.com
Dosing Vodka: Why? | Melev's Reef

 

[c.hill1100]

I might just want to do the pellets lol not sure if I want to put vodka in my tank just yet

 

[Reefing Madness]

I Vodka Dose still.

 

[c.hill1100]

It just sounds like if u mess up in the slightest it's all over

 

[Reefing Madness]

Not in the least. You'd have to dump in the bottle to mess up your tank.

 

[c.hill1100]

So essentially it's going to grow bacteria that eats nitrates then eventually eat phosphates?

 

[c.hill1100]

You drip it into the skimmer?

 

[Reefing Madness]

I just drip it directly into the tank. It eats out Nitrates first and foremost, will take come Phosphates out, but not as much as everyone thinks it will.

 

[c.hill1100]

How long have you been running vodka dosing and how are your corals and fish?

 

[Reefing Madness]

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/reef-chemistry-forum/154253-vodka-dosing-something-i-can-do.html
Anyone can Dose, start out with the norm 1ml for the first week, then bump it up to 5mls, keep raising it 5mls a week until your nitrates start to fall, this is your daily maintenance dose, until they fall to the range you want to keep them, then you cut that dose in half. Most make to much out of this, where you can actually ste the thing up on a drip system once you've figured out how much your using and what it will drip out in a day. Its really not that difficult, and most make to much out of it.