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Originally Posted by nuro i disagree. no way he can grow monti in a 55 with his current light amount. his is much more diffused then yours is. nova even with the lack of individual reflectors is no less diffuse or potent then pc. pc lamps CANT be reflected directionally and are ALWAYS diffuse...

your basic capricornis (orange, green or purple cap) will EASILY grow under that and maintain color if placed relatively high (probably not even required to be that high, just under the lamps). I put a couple frags at the top of my biocube for kicks (24wx2 pc one 10k and one actinic). both...

Originally Posted by 9supratt4 What is this supposed to mean?? the part I quoted and put in bold was because you said "just back up and running" (which I was just contributing the algae production to not uncommon trials and tribulations of restarting. that usually works itself out all other...

well there's a difference between zero and immeasurable. the latter is nothing unusual. I doubt zero ever really happens. its being produced all the time. there has to be some transient time between being produced and processed however small that may be. If everything is healthy and looks good...

all the shifting in the world is not going to cause algae problems without other contributing factors. wether its 6500k, 20k or shifts anywhere inbetween there's already plenty of light for excessive algae. that comes with reef lighting so the other limiting factors have to be kepted in check. I...

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Originally Posted by dedecv3 What about 250w x 2 over a 75 gallon with an open top?? Sorry to thread jack but I just set up a 75 gallon and am going to look at a 250w x 2 tonight that I found on CL. Didnt know if that would be too big. they will work fine over a 75g. besides 4" theres no...

If you use single ended bulbs unshielded they have ZERO disadvantage in PAR all other things being equal(bulb brand/kelvin and ballast). It really comes down to space. If you have limited space (want to use VHO supplements, small tank ect) go with the double ended. If space is of no concern go...

not too much. Depending on the bulb, ballast, reflector combo it could be not enough depending on the aquascaping/coral placement/type of corals. What are the other dimensions? If its 3ft or less the long way and front to back and you plan on keeping sps you'd probably be better off and...

Originally Posted by Xcali1985 Just because your tank is reading 0 Ammo and 0 itrites doesn't mean the rock is cured, it simply means that there are enough nitrites to break down the ammo at the speed of decomp. And enough nitrates to break down the nitrites. well I know what you are trying to...

either you need a calcium reactor or you dont. it really comes down to (eventually) if you want to dose everyday (or automated with dosing pumps) or let the calcium reactor do it for you. Water changes wont maintain an LPS/SPS dominated tank. Not a either or proposition. If you dont feel like...

Originally Posted by rgf1046 Do you think their PAR gives enough penetration for a std. 55gal (2 pendants)? It doesn't look like Radium offers a 175w single-ended option, that I could find anyway. 175w XM15k have enough PAR for a 55g. They basically have roughly the same PAR as XM20k (which...

my fragging kit are the wire cutters, dremel and needle nose pliers (or whatevers in my tool box). they arent dripping with oil or anything but I use rusty ones frequently after a quick wipe down. I guess I should deticate a few to just snapping corals. But no I'd never consider a kit. go to...

are you talking about a plecos? if there are marine species I dont know of them. Ugly Mofo's. I had a few in my freshwater years.

Originally Posted by Rigdon87 Do research on kalkwasser.very cheap and IMO by far the best method to raise and maintain levels in a reef. If you NEED a calcium reactor Kalk will hardly provide enough calcium and carbonates to raise or even maintain a nicely stocked reef. If you dont want to...

there's no coral in those pics.

depends on your interpretation if its normal or not. I had dual magnetic ballast and they hummed very noticeable and it really didn't get quieter once running, we just got used to it until the lights went off and it was suddenly quiet in the room. this was a major brand (sunlight supply blue...

so basically it looks like 90% of shipped rock. If you want coralline covered rock with pods crawling you usually need to buy local cured rock thats been sitting in a lighted curing bin long enough for this to occur (too long). Or you can buy aquacultured florida rock which has little...

hard corals dont eat phyto so dont spot feed it phyto (or anything yet). all you want to do at this point is keep water conditions as prestine as possible. I wouldn't use phyto at all (down the road you can feed it oyster eggs, or rotifiers). you must keep alkalinity stable for them to do well...

Oh I'm pretty sure thats not the color its going to end up. Most likely going to be pink or green.