[Bob 1000]

You know guys,,, I was thinking and my closed system differs from the ocean and the sun a lot... The oceans parameters change a lot slower than a closed system no matter how pristine your water... Just by adding food.. The sun doesn't come out at 400watts either and stay lit for 4 hours or 12... So these studies really don't hold much water compared to my closed system... I do think some of these facts can be transfered to the closed system, but maybe with some differences.. My Po4 did go up in july and my purple with green polyps acro turned purple all the way down to the base which it wouldn't do before with a 12hr light cycle... But I can't tell if that was because of the increased meaty foods or the light cycle????
I am now dropping my Po4 to nearly undetectable levels using multiple methods.. I will see if this acro will hold these deep blue/purple color all the way down or not..

[Deanos]

I want to see the milli of yours that grows 1" every 3 weeks

[Bob 1000]

That's the superman milli.. and it table tops... Multiple tops come up as I break new ones off of the mother colony, but a frag won't grow that fast.. It also doesn't take a good pic,, but I'm expecting some good shots to be taken by next week.. I'll make sure that one of the pics I post first for all the skeptics,,,lol..

[Deanos]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bob 1000 but I'm expecting some good shots to be taken by next week.. I'll make sure that one of the pics I post first for all the skeptics,,,lol..

Before and after please

[Bob 1000]

Not a problem.. The problem is getting someone with a good cam,,lol... Jonathan said he didn't forget me but I guess he's been really busy..

[ILikeFish]

If you wanted to increase the time your lights were on I wonder if turning them off for several periods throughout the day would be a good idea. It would be as if they would get 2 days in one day. Would this help even out swings in water parameters that naturally result for the day / night cycle?

[CyanoMagnet]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bob 1000 That's why I'm starting a grass square in the middle of the dis[play to ready my tank for a 24 hour lighting cycle for about 3 months.. If no one can tell me it's bad...

My understanding is a coral will only photosynthetise for part of the time, and the rest will just raise your electric bill. But let us know how it works out.

[Bob 1000]

Update on the 24.. I manage to let something go along the way and ended up grow some hair and feather algae.. The colors on the corals are all great still... But I need someone with a hanna to test phosphates Salifert says 0.. That's Nitrates also... Mind you I've been using my phosphate option for the last 2 weeks which cycles phosphates down to 0 every 4 hours.. I also have been running 2 phosban reactors also.. This almost killed my supergirl monti by lowering to quickly causing RTN...
I even had a 1 day out break of ich on the 2 new orange shoulder(juv) tangs 1.5"... Totally covered but only for 1 day, now totally fine.. Go figure..

I think this is a conclusion to this experiment.. It did no harm in a 1 month period to corals or fish, but didn't do any good either... As far as algae growth way to much I pulled so much out in the last 2 weeks.. I would think it absorbed everything..
Nothing grew faster except bad algae...