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The amount of water flowing through the fuge. You want no more than 40 gallons of water flowing through the sump per hour. 10 gallons per hour...
Very nice write up Mike, thanks Can't wait to see what you do with it. I like the garden concepts.
What a cutie, great name
Great concept, will be cool to see what design you think will work.
Very nice
Go with the first option with the overflow from the fuge going to the return section of the sump. Also run the fuge at 1 to 4 times it volume per...
Good info, looking to see what you think after a year or so.
Very good article Mike.
Anthias tend to be very shy so don't add the trigger until they are adjusted.
Either will work fine but the 6 bulb is overkill. I think the white LED need to be a much higher Kelvin temperature than currently offered before...
Congrats, very pretty fish
It is turning brown because it is not getting enough light. Move it toward the top to get more red. The green should return also depending on how...
Bummer would have loved to see the set up. I agree it is quite fun planning and executing these projects.
I agree on a softie/LPS tank that fixture would be sufficient. And quite economical.
Glad to hear you found the goby. Hope the two pair up.
Buy sand in the 1mm to 2mm size range. No need for live sand; see if you can get a cup or two from local reefers or maybe even you LFS.
Which ever you get make sure it has individual reflectors or at least a molded reflector that looks similar to individual reflectors. You will want...
Tail slapping is a dominance thing.
You would have most likely seen anything by now but there may be some surprises on the way. You may get alga and coral provided the rock came from...
Purples generally seem to like lower level light IME. Brown out can be from two things not enough like or from too much lower Kelvin temperature...
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