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You starting a cold-water tank?
Looks good. Am I reading correctly though that you are using a 4 bulb T-5? 4 bulbs will not have the spread to light a cube. You would probably...
Protein skimmers make bubbles. Spending lots of money won't make better bubbles. However, if your looking for the 'best' because you can, then go...
They're not too bad. Tough to get all of them out though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Except you said it's dry rock. This means it was live rock and therefore all the die-off will be a source of nutrients. You may want to soak in...
Man some of those shots are awesome. Established macro algae tanks really can look great.
What kind of nem? Assuming you're capable of providing the right environment, most anemones get large fast. Once they do, they will take up most...
All you need to cycle is the filter media. I am not sure what they are using, maybe bioballs or something. They are building fish only tanks, so,...
Yes, we have discussed and I see what your saying now. Good point :) Although, I'm not sure how much accumulation would occur, after all, the...
Adding copepods isn't practical long term. They eat too many, it would cost a fortune. Plus the ones sold to us live, tend not to reproduce well in...
Didn't you read Randy's article? Disagree? I add 1.5ml of sodium silica a week. Does a lot of good IMO and I haven't seen any negatives....
To grow SPS near or at the bottom you'd need 40 degree. If you want SPS higher up, you can probably get away with 60 degree. If you went with...
You can have two displays off the same sump. That is no problem. You can have sump -> 125 -> 75 -> sump or sump -> 125 -> sump and sump -> 75 ->...
+1 nano skimmers really don't work well. Save your money and just do water changes....
How deep is your sand bed though? 3"? If around 3, for example, that would be 21" so near the bottom would probably be the 18-20" range.... No?
The lower the number, the better the penetration. I think 80 degree is only recommended to about 12". If you want to keep SPS to around 20", then...
Should be okay, usually 60deg gives good PAR to around 18", but will depend on water clarity, spectrum etc..
40 degree would penetrate better, unless you do not want SPS near the bottom. Probably 125 to 150, 40 deg 3W LEDs should be good though.
Awesome goal. I do really like the idea. Are you planning to run GAC though? A lot of toxins and metals do get bound up in organic complexes though...
The bacteria in a sealed bag is all dead by the time you get it. Bacteria can not survive in a sealed bag for any period of time regardless of their...
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