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Lets bring this thread back for a while in lieu of the interesting T5 lighting developments!!
Speaking of literature that is wrong/outdated, most places say zoanthids are low light liking corals but all the best zoos I have ever seen were...
You bet!! Happy debating!
MH and PC degrade much faster than T5 but proper cooling also determines age of bulb as well... Happy lighting!
Yeah I have 270 in the dead center 24" down, capable of growing SPS rather quickly!! I have seen SPS grow in levels under 200uMol/m2/sec, James...
A quantum meter tests the level of photosynthetically available radiation or PAR values. PAR is what plants and corals use to grow.... An Apogee...
I recently had a member of my local club come over with his quantum meter to check my PAR levels. I knew they would be decent even with all the salt...
My pH is low my alkalinity's high.... That might not be the best song but it is in the top two!! Now it will be in my head all week!!
PO4 with a good reactor and media such as GFO can decrease fairly rapidly. If you are looking for an exact time frame I can't help you with that but...
Most LPS unlike SPS has no way of regrowing old dead tissue, goniopora is one that can "reclaim" dead area. Branching hammers or frogspawn or the...
Well lets start here, how old is the tank and what is in it? How often do you change water? List all other equipment or cleaning regimen thats not...
Baking soda lowers pH jed, we talked about this at length already.... You need to drive the CO2 out of the baking soda by baking it first if you want...
Granular ferric oxide is great and ferric oxide hydroxide(Phosban) is even better...But many commercial PO4 removers do a good job as well and have...
They have reformulated a WHILE ago, recently they just changed packaging and also introduced a 200 gal box a more economical version. According to my...
rodsreef.com Good luck!
Occelaris will ALWAYS pair up, they are all born males.... Rods Reef will have them, he is a major breeder in the Onyx.. Also makes Rod's food!;D...
Do you ever feed the brain? Frozen fish roe works great!!
What size tank do you have? Overdriven bulbs for softies and lps equals overkill in my eyes!! Are you planning on SPS in the future? Happy...
Yeah some pics of zoos you fragged would be nice... Also using a small flathead screwdriver works well to get under the stolon also or even a...
How old are your test kits? Otherwise what type of filtration are you using? Have you dont a major overhaul to the tank lately or like stated did...
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