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Phytoplankton is a major food source for them but so is any particles in the tanks water .. From flakes of food to fish and corals waste.. As hermits...
Not really any need to feed them at all. people way over fed their tanks anyways and is the major problem mos have with health issues in their...
Its 20x5x6 ft in size I have a 250 gall fuge and a 400 gal sump. A ETSS dual tower commercial pro skimmer and a 15,000gph hr pool pump for the...
I should have not mentioned sump I was on nother board and talking or thinking about somthing else.. On A say 100 gal main tank a fuge in total...
OK we are back was busy all week redoing a system for some who got a tad ahead of themselves (: On a 100 gal tank and looking at a large fish load...
Nope sorry I'm no camera guy But I can get some of how I'm setting the 180 up here and as I put the fuge together.. I'll be drilling the 15gal for...
Isleeper are you asking me why I don't add the sub floor ? If so all I'd say is why Not me buddy I know what I have and how it works so I'd ask why...
I hear you on that totalt redo Otty. The flows do matter and if you can slow them down you will see a difference unless you are relying on the cheado...
Yes if all you want to keep just LPS and softs then the VHO will rock I ran a 90 for many yrs with the very same set up I used and would recommend...
I found it I was looking for a name on the thumbnail like many there had.. O'well what he is saying he discovered is just what us old timers have...
Not sure who a Shawn Wilson is and did not see a video by anyone But if benthic means what I think it does its nothing new you need a slow flow area...
Yes you just want the volume of the refugium to just trickle through the fuge 1 x per hr. say a 10 gal fuge you want just a 10 GPH trickle through it...
yes that type of flow is way to much IMO what i have found is 1x the fuge total volume per hr. I never found the grass balls the newer guys are...
First off a simple spike of say from 8.00 to 9.00 is nothing the spaz out about and if that is an issue for you best thing to use is Club Soda aka...
I would agree with what Coralreefer said but I also use a RDP and I like to kick my fuge light on about an hr earlier then my main tank lights go off...
All you would really need is a 5.5 gal tank as a fuge for a 55 gallon main tank. Its always they method I have used and when i see all the Rube...
Its just another way to separate you from your money..
Good happy you got it fixed up.. As they say stuff happens (: I know you feel better .
ZooPlex is just mostly a vitamin product and cod liver oil will do a better job. Its supposed to have some larger planktons in it ? I'd assume it...
With proper water flows and all the Vine plants will doa far better job then the cheado stuff will .. The cheado is a open water tumble weed type As...
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