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Correct. You should be fine with that.
Nice find... Congrats. :) You can definitely keep whatever you want with that unit. You may want to start with a 4-hour lighting schedule for the...
I'd like to say first that you should try to find the cause. Apparently you have a "dirty" rock, or detritus built up between the rocks or in the...
+2 I know first-hand that they can and will take large bites out of corals. They're also very messy eaters which doesn't work well in a reef tank.
Yeah, I'm kinda hoping for your sake that I'm wrong. :) However, one species, Terpios hoshinota, is threatening south pacific reefs and appears only...
A UV filter? No. In fact, that is the only sponge known to grow on rocky shorelines and in tidepools where they are exposed to full sunlight. They...
Appears to be an encrusting species of sponge. Typically they use calcium for their skeleton; they're also considered aggressive as they don't care...
I'm a little baffled at how the numbers tend to get kicked around, but technically, "K" refers to color spectrum according to the Kelvin chart. A...
Agreed. Because the color and growth of all photosynthetic corals is dependent on their zooxanthellae, they all should benefit from the same...
If you add a nem, he'll most likely take up residence out in plain view. Without a nem host, they tend to be more reclusive.
Here's another article that includes a wattage/flow rate chart for proper setup. If the unit is not set up correctly, yes it can be rather useless....
Agreed. Also, per Gabby's post, I, too, would not run 2 separate systems with their own return pumps from one DT; you'd definitely be asking for a...
Blue corals most definitely do have zooxanthellae; otherwise, they would not be photosynthetic and couldn't survive in a low-nutrient environment....
+1 Exactly. UV can kill the ich parasite; however, the flow rate would have to be so slow that you wouldn't pull much into it. And as already...
+1 That would be the quickest way.
Beautiful shots, Holly. Tank looks great!
It's not nice to trick the better half like that. You need to come clean before she finds the receipt you thought you destroyed. <jk> :D Surely it...
For FO or FOWLR, unless your tank is in a dark room, supplemental lighting is completely optional. Yes, but then again, it's not "high noon" for...
+1 110% Polyps, mushrooms, leathers, etc are not affected by cal levels as they do not use it to build a skeleton.
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