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on average at 10 hrs per day a life span of about 10 to 12 months is max or 4,000 hrs depending on who made the bulbs also not all are as long lived...
I would not keep one in a coral reef community tank is a species specific tank they are fine I have never heard of one crashing a well established...
I told Bogie to get his camera fired up last Saturday when we where sinking holes in his new glass (: Bogie is like me he doesn't do pictures . ;)
Main misunderstand is L/R is all about the stuff on the rock its the bacteria that is all L.R was ever used for in the first place then it went to...
Sounds like red pest disease as a rule blood streaks on the body and fins thats 90% of the time the problem if its in the fins or at the base of the...
Its not a rumor (:
Having used the Phoenix and after seeing a Aquamax in operation I'll still say you would have to go a long ways to beat the SPS bulbs , Now I'm sure...
Its simple just remove the rock and snap it off put rock back and cut off a head or two of the coral and sell the rest.. like a prunning a bush or...
Why would you add live bacteria at all ? Not to mention at double the dose to only have it to die off from lack of a food source , if you are not in...
No if you understood what L/Rock is then you would understand what will happen , I have posted a million times about the cycle of de-nitrifying...
460 is the purple looking stuff and again spectrum run the gamete from manufacturer to manufacturer a 100% Blue Spectrum lamp Peaks at 420NM this is...
Add the rock allow it time to spike and mess with the water and allow the bacteria to die off and recolonize to proper levels and then in 3 weeks or...
I would say you have room for a few more fish the Rams get what 2 " maybe 3 tops and the D/G may hit 3 " and the pleco is the largest fish in there...
Its the best light to grow it under but it has to be true 420nm not the purple 460 many new guys like to use.. Thats about a total waste of glass and...
Just a bacterial bloom looks like someone poured a little milk into the water. It will pass in a day or two , you disturbed the bacteria balance with...
a 1/4 Horse on a 180 is about past its ability when brand new and as close to perfect as it can get .. Is the air flow in and out unobstructed ? has...
Yes 5 narrurius will be a good start and they will breed I have had them go crazy in a little tank we had here for a couple of yrs.. put in 10 took...
LOL what can a bull dozer do that a car can't ? A skimmer will remove stuff that mechanical filtration can't touch as what a skimmer get is...
Did it smell ;D you know when all this was dragged out of moth balls after 20 /25 yr's I was shaking my head and when I asked every new guy jumping...
must have over fed it ? cut the air inlet or water inlet feed flow down you have it foaming to wet and not dry enough ..
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