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  1. tak1968

    lighting on a 55 gallon

    the 20000k bulbs that i use are german made and are white bulbs. The 20000k bulb gives off red, yellow, and blue light from the bulb. The 20000k gives off more blue light from the blue end of the spectrum then the yellow end or what most people think is white light. The blue end of the spectrum...
  2. tak1968

    lighting on a 55 gallon

    The higher up the k latter you go the more blue the light and bulb is. Hope this helps. I run 2 250wt 20000k with no other bulbs on my 75gal. with no problems. Tak
  3. tak1968

    Green brittle star

    I feed mine small pieces of shrimp 2 times a week by hand. And it will still scavenge in the tank even if you feed it. If you do not spot feed it will eat your small fish when it gets bigger. Hope this helps. Tak
  4. tak1968

    Lighting system for 75gal.

    I'am looing at a new lighting system for my 75gal. The system is a black aluminum canopy hood. It has 2 175wt. 10k metal halide bulbs and 2 96wt. 7100k blue pc flourescent bulbs. The canopy has two 4in fans built into the hood. First question would this be enough light to run sps corals in a 75...
  5. tak1968

    Pic. of tank

    and one more.
  6. tak1968

    Pic. of tank

    another one
  7. tak1968

    Pic. of tank

    Thank you here are some more pic.
  8. tak1968

    reef moving help

    The way i moved a 75 gal, with rock is i put it all in zip-lock bags with water and the moved it to the new tank loc. I did this to have no die off on my lr. Be sure to put lr in zip-lock bag and then into a tub of salt water, bags will have holes in then. I put live sand into buckets with...
  9. tak1968

    Pic. of tank

    A reef tank. Thanks ya'll.
  10. tak1968

    Pic. of tank

    This is a Pic. of my tank at 3 months. Who do ya'll think I'am doing so far?
  11. tak1968

    when is my LR cured?

    The rock was probly cured when you bought it . When it was shipped from the disrtibutor or the place you bought it from to you. The living things on the rock died back. The living things on the rock spounges, corals died back into the rock where their was still moisture to keep them alive. After...
  12. tak1968

    when is my LR cured?

    When there is no more smell to the rock about 2 weeks.
  13. tak1968

    Mushrooms

    When the rock the mushrooms are on get to over populated with mushroom they will what i call jump off. At this time the mushroom will move around in the tank till they fine a new home they like. Maybe cc bed, sand bed or even a rock. You may move then to a place you want the mushroome to start...
  14. tak1968

    Id please

    can anyone tell me what this is growing out of my live rock. It fills like a mushroom and is all black. Thank you.
  15. tak1968

    Help !!

    The clown fin was that way when we bought him at the lfs. jumped into tank next to him with two bigger clowns and the fight was on.They also told me that the fish had limp something and sold me some methylene blue and told me to put the fish into a gal. of water (salt) and at 2 drops. And to...
  16. tak1968

    crud on live rock

    When i do a water change every 14 days I use a siphon to clean my cc and to take water out at the same time. It also helps remove the crud.
  17. tak1968

    feather duster sealing up shut

    The experiance that I have had with featherdusters is when you add them to your tank that they will dig into the sandy bottem or the rock. They then shead the old head (not use it anymore) and in about 2 weeks tney will grow a new one from the rock or sand.
  18. tak1968

    Help !!

    The fish is acting normal and is otherwise healthy. I do have a digital camera and will try to post a pic. The infected area seems to be into the fishs skin or body of the fish looks like a white cyst. The other fish and invertebrates in the main tank are all ok. The clown fish has been move to...
  19. tak1968

    New 75 gal. tank

    I have a 55 gal. tank that has been up and running for 3 months and this weekend i bought a 75 gal tank with an oak stand. It come with 125 lbs of lr (origin not known) rock is 15 yeas old. Will get into that in a later post and will add pic. A wet diry pump with all hookup and bio balls, glass...
  20. tak1968

    Help !!

    My clown fish has a white spot just in front of it tail. It is about the size of the end of a pencil eraser . The clown seams fine is eatting and actting normal. Can anyone tell me what is maybe wrong? Thank You
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