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you added more water volume to the tank. Was it mixed to match the existing water in the system? how about the temp? did you pre-heat it?

Originally Posted by 2Quills The blue seems really instense...does it really look like that in person? Even more so. Picture a blacklight in a room. They are a 460nm wave length, just like the blue LED's. On my next build Ill do a 60/40-B/W ratio. The blue is so amazingly pretty. Its the main...

They are corals, not fish. I get home and dump em in after about a 20 min float. As harsh as it sounds, this method has proven itself to me to be the best, get them out of that bag and into your tank as soon as you can. That said, of the methods recomended, this was the best: Originally Posted...

They've been up for a little over a week now. 10days time. Ive seen no negative effects. The only difference is the polyp's on half my corals have grown. I now see polyps on corals I didn't know had polyps. I haven't encountered the legendary "Burn" that is often associated with inital use of...

quote: ** 75.00 ** Eshoppe sump/refugium 30" by 14" very nice worked well with my set up. very clean and holds water well. Over flow will come with it as well. I dropped it when I first got it and had to repair. Works beautifully, I have the airlifter that goes with it as well...

Originally Posted by GingerFish Next question: For a 55gal tank, how big would my sump tank need to be? whatever you want. You dont NEEEEED a sump. or a fuge. Its just something nice to have. Rule of thumb says about %20. I happened to pair my 125DT with a 55sump because thats what stumbled...

They are right. On the bright side, your getting in with a couple years of practical application already laid out before you. The Cree XRE series and more recently XPG, and Q5's are really top of the line LED's. I dont see the tech getting much better till they come out with 50k blues(ive heard...

Originally Posted by dsmccain I am not 100% sure on what those ratings mean, I only really understand the wattage. Those ratings are the light spectrum. In your case the 12k is for Growth. 6,500 is an orange. 10k is more like a yellow. 14k begins leaning towards white all the way through to...

Sounds like your going to be ok. Especially with the frozen RO already. Great move!

Originally Posted by dsmccain alright peeps, back on the subject:) with a 200-300 dollar budget, what is the best light my money could buy. taking in interest that i would like zoos xenias and mushrooms for starters With a 300 dollar budget you can go with a T5 fixture or a single MH(250w...

from that setup, drill is the only way to do it reliable. Siphon and pumping both lead to problems. since you are now forced to try to equalize the water exiting vs the water draining in. Drill a hole and that will solve it. Or you can fasion a rim to raise it all around, and leave a small mouth...

Oh, btw: I just got an orange digitata a couple weeks ago. How much difficulty is yours to care for? Got anything in particular you prefer feeding it?

Yep, that's why I said its doable, and most likely the SPS will be midway or higher. Because you are on the edge. But it still wont compete with MH, and now LED's.

Alot. I never actually measured, but a 10:1 ratio would be a conservative statement.

Whats your depth on the clams and SPS?

So you want to use the drain water as well? Its waste water for a reason. (sorry didnt open the file, thats not good internet safety) Im just going off what it sounded like you were saying.

Dendros are pretty awesome non-photosynthetic corals. In fact they don't like much light at all.

Originally Posted by dsmccain The planned corals will be starting with zoos, mushrooms, xenias. And your pretty much going to end there. T5's can do corals, but your really pushing it if you want to do SPS. If you want SPS, consider LED or MH. Now people can do SPS under T5's, Im not saying...

Well Neptune, your pessimistic views left me not wanting LED's. Worry not! I have a recomendation: Check out rapidled. I just ordered my second kit from them. Here is my first: https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/vb/s...tom-LED-system. Its got panels #1,#2 out of 4 done. I have independent dimming...

Problem with those LED's is you don't get to dim white or blue. Also they aren't telling you what LED's are in them. Not a good thing. Ive experimented with a couple LED arrays already. My experience has is that store bought pre-made Arrays suk. Now I havent had any experience with your...