no lights is definately not an option. To many corals, (did I really say that)
did a 10 percent water change about 5 days before I noticed this. As for fellow tank inhabitants, there are :
2 more yellow tail damsels
1 foxface
1 3 stripe damsel
1 domino damsel ( the jerk of the tank, but he hosted on my haddoni carpet so I just have not had the heart to get rid of him)
1 sailfin tang
1 coral beauty
1 naso tang
1 lawnmower blenny
1 copper banded butterfly
1 banner fish
13 types of zoo's
red, green, and purple mushrooms
4 colors of toadstools ( pretty small still)
3 peppermint shrimp (can't yet catch em' to take them out)
1 coral banded (blue)
few other corals and my 2 anenomes.
ammonia - 0 nitrite - 0 nitrate - 5 temp - 75 . I use R.O.D.I. for top odd and water changes, specific gravity is 1.024.
Also lost my clown 2 weeks ago:?: And I still have an algae problem occasionally. Oh yeah its a 250 gallon with a 50 gallon sump. set up for a year. Coralife 1270 and 2 Rio 1700's for circulation. Compact florecents for lighting. Sorry to be so long winded. Thanks !!