Best first time SPS... new fish question for this tank page 3

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  1. Ant

    Ant Flamingo Tongue

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    agreed x2
     
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  2. greybeard

    greybeard Skunk Shrimp

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    On my 55 I'm just using 2W54w t5's.... this would be a smaller tank of just sps corals i'd like toset up.... maybe 4X27w? on a 20 long tank? or something simular.
     
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  3. greybeard

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    Thanks Nor Cal Guy
     
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  4. greybeard

    greybeard Skunk Shrimp

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    and just for the record proper levels are????

    Ca... 440ish?
    Mg... 1420ish?
    Kh..... help?

    what should they be?
     
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  5. greybeard

    greybeard Skunk Shrimp

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    Anacropora, monti, birdsnest, staghorn... all pretty easy as SPS goes?

    I had to look up anacropora... never heard of that one before! LOL
     
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  6. Nor_Cal_Guy

    Nor_Cal_Guy Gigas Clam

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    Kh 3.5-4.2 meq/l

    Anacropora grows like a weed and is branching rather then just plating.
     
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  7. steve wright

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    Grey beard

    a rough way to work out a DKH level is as follows

    360 is the base line
    everything after 360 should be divided by 7

    thus with 440 - you are 80 over base line
    80 divided by 7 = 11 approximately

    so with that Calc level - you aim for between 11 and 12 KH

    Steve
     
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  8. Nor_Cal_Guy

    Nor_Cal_Guy Gigas Clam

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    If you were around here, I would give you these corals...
     
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  9. Nor_Cal_Guy

    Nor_Cal_Guy Gigas Clam

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    Steve, good point with baseline.
     
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  10. EvoCorals

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    Green slimer or pocciliporas
     
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