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sparky has a great point here. matt also has a good point above.
HQI lights don't have a built in UV shield as the SE bulbs do. The UV rays are extremely harmful to coral and fish alike, so they must be shielded....
I agree with pack. I'm not sure I would try to mod it either. The only reason I don't like to mod hob skimmers is chance of overflow. (floods...
hqi is metal halide. There is hqi and single end along with other types. The only reason I don't like hqi is having to shield them. I like to leave...
as if your decision wasn't hard enough here's another. It's a pretty nice one too. Dunno about the pumps tho
marco rocks
nice. I still have the ghetto sump setup on my 150 with 2 sumps tied together with pvc.
I do have to agree here.
I have a red ricordia yuma that is doing the same thing. 11 babies in 3 months so far.
yeah I think you will be happy with it, especially in a 55 gallon tank.
Oh that blue is my blue sponge. I have had it for about 2 years. I killed 3/4 of it when I had to do an emergency water change when I had my 55...
the octo is a great skimmer. IMO the biggest bang for the buck skimmer.
I would stack the rocks as loosley as possible. This will help get "flow" in between and maximize the surface area that your bacteria colonies are...
you laugh but it worked. It was instant ammonia. He couldn't get ammonia to spike with the "shrimp method" which is what I recommend but he tested...
I would absolutely go with the 150 watt fixture. If you do that with nice bulbs, there's nothing you can't keep and grow.
that's hillarious cuz I know a guy who actually did it to give it a whirl
nice tank bro. Keep it up
thank you guys so much
he is a flame hawk
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