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  1. geoj

    Aqua Illumination Led Light?

    Here is a good read that is related to this topic. This does not always apply to corals but for the most part it does because the Photosynthetic proteins are the same. What I find of interest is that not all colors provide the same energy nor do they penetrate water equally. Blue and green light...
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    To dim or not??

    Now here is the thing The LEDs we are talking about in this thread are not Cree XP-E. The whites LEDs may not have as good of light charts as the Cree LEDs...
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    To dim or not??

    Shawn,  Can you clarify more on this?  You know that I have great respect for your electronic know-how, but I want to ask an honest question....and maybe I'm just not seeing the "big picture," so I'd be grateful for your thoughts on this.  How is it that LED fixtures that are Blue and White can...
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    To dim or not??

    I would use a dimmer for each color LED, on all fixtures.
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    Nitrates won't drop...

    It should clear up as the tank ages. If not, that would indicate over feeding.
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    Coral Feeding: Cyclop-eeze?????

    Spot feed after dark with freezer bar of Cyclop-eeze Also try Nutramar Ova Prawn Eggs
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    Reducing Phosphates in a 500G reef .

    i have green hair algae problem , my PO4 is high . how can i reduce PO4 in a huge tank fast? and i know the root of the problem so i know ( overfeeding) .How much PO4? In your attempted to kill off hair algae by lowering phosphates you will also kill off many corals, or at lest make them look...
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    Cycle Confusion, Possible false reading

    If you used a dechlorinator that likely is giving you a false ammonia reading. If this is the case then I would just start ghost feeding to prove the tank is cycled, adding a small amount of fish food to see if the nitrate goes up.
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    Nitrates won't drop...

    Sounds normal it should start to fall off in the next week if not then have it checked with a different test kit.
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    help reef octopus 1000 sss

    I thought I had it all worked out but sadly no.  Does the water level have to stay at a constant level?  If the water drops an inch or more it stops producing bubbles so do I have to move it to another area. Yes, the level of the water should stay the same. Put the skimmer in 6 inches of water...
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    help reef octopus 1000 sss

    It should be sitting in 6 inches of water.
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    Can anyone id this

    Don't worry it looks dead already
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    Can we get out of the Middle East, plez!

    The people of South Korea, Japan, Philippines, France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, Italy, Guam, Mexico, Iraq and many more were?
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    30 Gallon SPS Reef Build

    ReefkprZ, It seems smart to me. Lubeck, Have you started Algaefix?:evil:
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    30 Gallon SPS Reef Build

    Nice :t^:
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    30 Gallon SPS Reef Build

    Ok, so when I had the bacterial bloom it clouded the tank reducing the amount of light that reached the corals. When the tank cleared up it happened faster then the corals liked. The Frogspawn, Trumpet Coral and a Brain Coral started to bleach. So I cut back on the light. I will see over the...
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    lighting

    I would not use them. Without basic information on the emitter I have no clue as to how they would perform.
  18. geoj

    How to keep a QT tank up and running?

    Well first, I did not write the book, and many will not agree with me. None the less, I too have pondered this problem. What I do is set up a QT cheaply with LR and sand or CC and feed the little shrimps, snails and algae each time I feed the DT. Testing it for nitrate so as not to over feed...
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    Tiny pest snails?

    Baby cerith and rissoid snails look very much like pyramidellid snails, because you don't have clams you will not likely have pyramidellid snails.
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