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The good thing though, is if it kills the corals, my dogs like to chase it around the floor. So, it will still get some use and hey it was only a...
Now this thing rocks! I measured 468 PAR @ 24" and it's only 5mW! Maybe a little red for my liking though ;D [IMG] :P [IMG]
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How old is the sand? Diamond gobbies will stir things up, they eat microfauna in the sand. As a method to keep sand clean, they are sort of like...
haha, so true... rocketmandb congrats on the adds though :)
I do the same on my cube. I have a 30x30x24, with a lumen-bright mini-wide. It really only covers about 2/3 of the tank well, so, I have some T-5s...
What sized tank and how old? The diamond gobbies need a lot of well established sand. They can starve to death relatively easily without. Not sure...
Cool, but what is "high" light, or "extremely high" light? Some people would call 200 PAR high and others 300 PAR low. I think most would agree...
Agree, it will punch down, just not down and out so much. For what you describe, that should be fine.
By definition, heterotrophic bacteria can't fix carbon so, they need a source of organic carbon. Not necessarily organic nitrogen or phosphate....
Again, bacteria is a result of inorganic nutrients and organic carbon. Phosphate is also an inorganic nutrient. It generally goes hand in hand with...
Visually I think it will be okay. Our eyes aren't good at perceiving differences in PAR. Honestly, I doubt many people could "see" the difference...
Most likely if the GSP is going to release anything it is just typical mucus. This is almost entirely carbon based. Some corals, especially if not...
None of the other things you mentioned should add enough organics to be a concern.
Lots of places - some of the most common: -Food -Decay, such as dieoff on liverock -Growing and/or dying Algae -Some salts are high in organics -...
It's sort of a small tank for a PBT. IME tangs can go stir crazy and become destructive in smaller tanks. Sort of hit or miss, but not sure if...
Water changes aren't pointless if they are your only means of removing organic carbon (of course it depends on the salt, some may will add more than...
Yes, it does. You primarily need two things for a bacterial bloom, inorganic nutrients (such as nitrates) and organic carbon. So, if you have...
All the pieces can potentially survive. You can super glue the pieces to rock if they are broken off. Just go gentle on the glue, any tissue you...
A single metal halide will generally not light more than a 24"x24" area well. This is the way the reflectors are designed. Something like the...
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