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Conchs(fighting is best) eat diatoms of sand, which is a plus as most snails do NOT eat algae of sand... Nassarius while they stir the bed they eat...
Mattheuw, with finicky fish you need to try things a few times in a row to see anything. Heck I would feed your tank fish eggs everyday for a week or...
The diamond gobies are not going to do much as far as detritus is concerned... They are bethnic invert eaters and when they stir the sand they are...
Matteuw, don't think you answered me on the WRS... Have you tried the fish eggs? Those tend to work, it just takes a few days for them to catch on....
The MH/T5 combo Aquactinics makes will fit the bill perfectly, thin, MH/T5 and LEDs but its not cheap. Ever think of a Solar Flare, also by...
On ND ballasts Workhorse is probably the most commonly used... Many people still say that since they are Instant start ballasts it will burn out...
Different ballasts will burn MH lamps differently!
Yeah, was pretty confident that they were 2.5"... Its a shame only Aquactinics makes 2"ers, wouldn't mind if they made them 60" long! :) Would...
Its a fragment of a coral. Could be a piece of an acro or other SPS, could be a mushroom or two on a rock, could be zoos on a rock or plug... softy...
1 and 2 are anacaris aka elodea, the last one looks like a sword of sorts 4 looks like it could be a green bacopa or type of hygrophyllia
Friend... Its a filter feeder thats name escapes me at the moment.. If inwall is on he'll get it right away. If not I will go get my book to jog...
Honestly I would just go topless... Fish are most prone to jumping when they are first acclimated into the system. If you have had them a while I...
Any lamp really is fine on IC ballasts... Some people just don't always like the way they look when overdriven. The spectrum tends to shift down in...
The FJ will put out more PAR... But PAR is not the only factor in growth, species, amount of available food, water quality/params and flow are all...
Radium lamp per chance? That will be blue.
What is the coral in question? What is the problem? The FP puts out more PAR than the UVL lamp does, and will pick up more of the red pigmentation of...
All PCs to my knowledge are actually T6 lamps not T5... Thats where many people get goofed up. If the wattage is the same for CLOSE the ballast...
Said it once will say it again.... FLOW! Flow is one of your biggest factors with erradication of cyano. Limiting nutrients, this means cut back...
You are planning on using a 50/50 lamp to replace 2 lamps or want to have 2 50/50 lamps? Also are you planning on only running 2 lamps over that...
Without going to much in depth... I agree with above statements... It is less strain on the components to have on cycle on and off in stead of...
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