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Ozone if the way to go.. U/V bulbs decline with in 6 weeks .. A good ozone generator will last yrs with worry free operation..
if you are going to all that trouble then you'd be ahead of the game going with a ocean motion to get a full true oscillating current and gain full...
Take a container and measure the total amount of water that you have form the return from your sump to the tank.. Catch it for 30 second or what ever...
I'm not sure I never noticed that as for expouser to air ?? Maybe temporary heat spike from lamps would be my guess ? I know a few places that...
It was the SPS bulbs that I switched to last winter and the 1.400 K kick and the coral growtt is outta sight. These are the best bulbs I ever ran...
Yes it can be drilled just tap it for a 1/4 parker fitting and that will do you..But don't let the catch can run over, Its been done a few times
It may or it may not eat them we have a 6 line with several different type of shrimps and no problem. But I have had and have seen 6 lines eat clams...
I'd give the tank a 3 to 4 week rest in between new additions to allow time for the needed bacteria to grow in numbers to handle the demand of the...
I have found them as large as a 1/8th of a inch close to 1/4 inch I don't do metric LOL Old school But even the larger ones where hard to see when...
Well these things are hard to see unless you know what you are looking for amazes me there are still so many who have not a clue as to whhat they...
Test for PO'4s aka Phosphates and I'd cut the frozen meat stuff in half and offer them a balanced flake..With no skimmer then you have a build of of...
Nemo you'll be far better off just getting the proper number of snails to do the job.. Most aquariums never have enough. I'd guess the average tank...
What size tank is it going on ? Might want to look at Turboflotor or the red sea Berlin's X-L or classic both are really good skimmers time tested...
I'd also advise you to quarantine all and any new montipora's in the future so you won't get a few of the montipora eating Nudi's as they will wipe...
I'm not sure as to what you are thinking about on the external overflow ?
I was referring to the initial fill up a R/O will take a while for a simple unit to handle.. But it seems you have that sorted out way to go ;)...
LOL something irritated it a snail or fish may have touched it ? What color is the coral ? I have this silver reddish strain but if its disturbed it...
get it closer up under some stronger lighting and watch it turn purple (: We have tons of it as little frags its brown but when I move them up to the...
If you feel you must then I'd stay around 10% of the total tank volume every month or so better to do smaller changes more often then larger ones...
Water parameters look good about where i run mine at as well.. What is it a light tan to brown dusting covering the rocks and sand ? Or is a slimy...
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