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First bristle worms are not a problem, they are good things to have. What is happening right now is you have some cyano bacteria growing in your...
I have not used that bulb, but the specs on it say it should be fine. 23 watts 6500K color temp... Have you tried dosing a small amount of iron?...
Yes it would be enough light. Just be careful the odysea units are not known for high quality. Kim
The aquatic life unit is pretty good. Don't know much about the others to be honest. Kim
A mini fridge will not work. It does not have a large enough compressor to move enough heat. The least expensive chiller though is a fan blowing...
You are welcome. I just wish I had better info for you. Kim
I have had some live for years to be honest. Tell us about your system, what is in it currently, what your water parameters are and what you dose...
Good question. To me rapid spread is the possibility of doubling in size in say 2 months or so. Your polyps, zoanthus and xenia could all double...
I will send Aqualung a PM and see if he/she will let us know at what distance and if there are any other bulbs to add to the list. There are a lot...
I would completely disagree on water changes being necessary. There are many items that build up that we can not test for and some that might be...
Even with water changes, most reef tanks need to have alkalinty (buffer), and calcium dosed. Not all need much for magnesium, depends on the setup....
I think that skimmer would be the same or possible a little better skimmer than your CSS The PM skimmer is 4.5 inches in diameter, CSS125 is 5...
It will corrode. I would not do it myself. Titanium, Gold, really good stainless, and a couple others will be ok, but for the most part no metal in...
I try to change out 10% twice a month..... Kim
I mean a setup like Sanjay's MH charts, with PAR values for all bulbs. Kim
Good bulbs. ATI, Geismenn. I keep hoping somebody puts together a good list of par values for T5 bulbs, but so far nobody has been able to...
Without knowing what corals you want to keep, and your budget it is hard to give you any firm advice. Most 4x54 watt T5HO setups would be fine on...
I have kept a lot of sps under both a 4x54 and 6x54 watt setup. With the 4x54 on my 75, I kept the sps in the top 1/3 of the tank with great color,...
It is actually pretty hard to have to much total flow in a tank. If you look at any reef in nature there is lots and lots of water movement. Now if...
If you have any calcifying life in your tank you will have problems with ALK dropping. Coraline Algae will use up alk (as well as calcium but alk is...
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