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It should be sufficient. Mind you, you may not be able to grow some of the most light demanding Acroporas, but you should be able to grow most everything else. I bought a 36" 6-bulb T5 HO light for my 36" long 40 gallon breeder, and six bulbs is just a little too much light. I only run 3 of the...

It is no bother. That's what we're here for. I would take Jay's advice and look on ebay or Amazon for a cheaper fixture. My first search on ebay shows the same light for less than half the price. The lights that come pre-packaged with those lights may not be the best choice. I'd use the savings...

Hmm... I would think that spelling would have a great deal of importance in the world of chemistry. Just saying... :rolleyes: Sorry, I'm a little rambunctious tonight. I couldn't resist! I apologize for that... :oops:

I caught my mistake after re-reading your post. If you had posted FOWLR, instead of FOWLER, I wouldn't have been confused. LMAO!!! :p

The only thing you'll need that doesn't come with the kit are replacement reactor pads. These are the coarse foam pads that come with the kit, but they get pretty nasty pretty quick... especially the pads in the carbon cartridge. I've washed mine several times, but they never looked clean, so I...

Choosing the right lighting for corals can be quite confusing, to say the least... lol! When I decided to get serious about keeping corals, especially hard corals, I had to make the same decision. I studied LED's extensively, and soon realized that they aren't all created equally. To get a...

Clean filters and good DI resin will ensure 100% pure water. There should be absolutely nothing to promote any kind of unwanted growth. If your mag, cal, and alk levels are good, but you're not seeing any growth from your corals, there's a good chance it's the lighting. I change roughly 17% of...

Thanks, Kristin! I noticed I was starting to get a good dusting of cyano on the sand, and yesterday I found out why. One of the outlets on my wavemaker isn't working anymore, so one of the front power heads isn't pumping. Low flow is an open invitation for cyano... :(

I use the BRS brand High-Capacity GFO and ROX .8 carbon. As I mentioned earlier, the MJ-1200 isn't strong enough for high-capacity GFO, so I bought a Mag-Drive 3. It's a bit strong, but the control valve that comes with the canisters allows me to adjust the flow so it's just right. If you get...

Yep. That's the one...

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Throw a skunk cleaner shrimp (or two) in and see what happens. If one of them cleans it, he may not ever consider shrimp as food. ;)

I wish macros had worked for me. I was harvesting about half my chaeto every couple of weeks, but phosphate levels never would come down to acceptable levels. If it weren't for my SPS corals, I probably wouldn't have been too concerned. Then again, I did have a hair algae outbreak, so that was...

I have those growing on every rock in my tank, but the place they seem to love the most is the dark area of my skimmer chamber. They've covered the sides of the chamber, and quite a bit of the bottom. I guess the heavy flow brings them what they need to survive...

While the boys talk about making their guns go "bang", I'll answer your question. I went through a ton of Chemi-Clean, and all I accomplished was to deplete my bank account. I finally broke down and bought the BRS dual GFO canisters and a Mag-Drive 3 pump. They sell it with a Cobalt MJ-1200...

Awesome! It's so nice when things finally start going in the right direction... lol!

It's not necessary to limit your flow through the sump to match your skimmer pump, as it will never cycle all of the water going through the sump. The key is to turn over the tank water several times per hour. If the sump has a refugium, you'll want to slow the flow a bit to allow the live sand...

Some tanks cycle much faster than others. It's not uncommon for new tanks with live rock and (certain) live sand to suppress the ammonia cycle. It would be best to wait a little longer just to be safe. If it holds, you should be able to do a large water change and start (s-l-o-w-l-y) stocking...

I hope you have better luck than I did. I paid $200 for my fixture, kept it less than a year, and tried to sell it for $100 on ebay and Craigslist. No one seemed interested in it, so it's in storage. I'd suggest over-buying on the T5 and get at least a 4 bulb fixture, just in case you want to...