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Very nice tank and welcome to 3reef.
Beautiful fish, congrats. Glad you had fun for your birthday. Hope you haven't created a local emergency with the fire.
It is quite difficult indeed. At 2.5W per gallon you have very high light for a planted tank. The fixture can be raised to about 2 feet above the...
It is kind of surreal when you start out at how things appear timing wise.
You could do both. T5HO produce a lot of energy and you will need to add the supplements I suggested to get the healthiest plants. I use all of...
Buy some nitrate fertilizer and dose it. You may need to do the same with phosphate fertilizer. I suggest also getting a good iron and...
Yes do a nitrate test. Also test the phosphates. Goals are 10ppm to 20ppm for nitrate and 1ppm to 2ppm for phosphates.
Might be depending on how much is in your tap water.
Looks like a sponge
Very pretty. It will need to grow out to tell if it is a curvata or furcata species.
Lower temperature bulbs have been associated with a more brown colored coral and faster growth. Higher temperature bulbs tend to give better colors...
Make sure you acclimate your coral to the new lighting or they may bleach/lose color.
Thanks much guys
400W MH will run your power bill sky high since they will heat up your fish room and are good for tanks around 3 feet deep. You will be keeping them...
Thank you
Thank you, I spend about an hour a week on average trimming. I do not do a buzz cut as many planted tank keepers do.
Happy Birthday Ryan, may you have a great day and get some good stuff for the tank.
I have had for over a year. Had some real bad luck with equipment, ended swapping everything at least once and still could not get it to properly...
Your growth will be very good.
Yeah mine will swing if the cord it not in the right position on the end where the probe connects to the controller.
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