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Overall, I am pleased with the look. The yellows, greens and reds really pop out. If anything it might be just a bit too purple...might swap out the purple + for something else next time. I took before pics and tried to take some after pics today. The colors seem to be playing games with my...

I have a some nylon screen over the top of the tank.

Ordered new lights Monday and they showed up today. Wow, what a difference. I didn't notice how dull the old bulbs had gotten until I put in the new ones. Went pretty close to Spanko's first suggestion... ATI Blue + ATI True Actinic Fuji Purple ATI Blue + ATI Aquablue Special Giesemann Pure Actinic

Was looking for these bulbs and could not find the ATI Procolor in 48" for the life of me. Dug a little deeper and found a thread on an unnamed forum that said they were discontinued and replaced with Purple +.

those colors look great. thanks!

I kinda suspected the bulbs were not the greatest, but wasn't really sure. The LFS's only sell these 2 brands. I'll have to check online for some better bulbs. Merry xmas to my fish tank :)

1 coralife 10000 1 coralife actinic 2 glo actinic 1 6700 glo 1 18000 glo

I changed the bulbs out in pairs. The oldest set being around 10 mo, newest is around 7. I guess, its about time for a change, yes?

I received a pink tip bta about 2 months ago and it has never looked very pink. I am thinking that either i was sent a regular bta or it is not getting enough light since it is hiding under a cliff. I have 324w of T5 on a 55g tank. What do you all think?

I have placed it in a small tuperware container with a partial lid and put a piece of screen on top of the tank to block some light. I will see how this works out, I don't think it can make it much longer without some kind of help.

Not trying to hijack your thread, but I have had the same problem for months. I have had my GTBA for about 6 months and it has always been under a cliff where it doesn't get any light. It was about 4" and healthy when I got it, but now it is only about 1.5" and completely bleached. I have...

thanks.

Anyone know what these are? They look like cocoons with a little crown on one end.

The skimmer is visible at all times, it hangs on the back. I am currently battling a couple different algae issues. I am not really concerned about the aesthetics as much as trying to rid my system of this nasty brown algae. I can scrape it out of the skimmer, but it comes back pretty quickly. I...

My HOB skimmer has accumulated a little bit of algae on the top 4" or so where it is exposed to the lights. I was thinking about painting 3 sides with black paint to block the light. As long as I tape off all of the openings, does anyone think this would be a bad idea?

this is the best I can get. the strings are dark brown and up to 6" long.

i dump out the water also. it usually has quite a bit of sediment at the bottom.

So I have had this horrible brown stringy algae in my tank for about a month or so. My trates stay a steady 0 and phosphates very near 0 (hard to tell on my API test). Nothing has changed recently in my tank and I have been stumped. Last night I think it finally hit me. I received one of those...

Give it some time, it should be fine. They will roam around until they find a place they like. If you just got it a couple days ago it is most likely still adjusting to your tank. It may have had less lighting in the tank where it came from.

bubble tip is a common choice. I have a green one, which my clowns host.