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Does the useful life of the bulb shorten when it's on Icecap ballast?

I'm thinking about upgrading to a IceCap 660 ballast on my Nova Extreme Pro 6x54W fixture and have few questions before I order anything. -I'm sure it's ok to only overdrive 4 out of 6 bulbs, but I better ask -can I use stock endcaps or do I have to purchase new ones -does the ballast fit...

Water level in the sump is always between 8.5" and 10.5", but most of the time its around 9".

Well, it's been about 3 months now and I still don't see any improvement in its performance. I only get about 1/2" of wet green skimate every week and I think I should be getting more. I've played with adjusting the water level and moved it around the sump without any results. I don't have...

Thanks, that helps. Did you keep him in a reef? They won't bother any corals, I hope.

I purchased this crab today at my lfs. It was marked as a Red Reef Crab and I was told that it's reef safe and wouldn't grow much bigger. It's about 1 1/2 inch right now. Before I put it in my tank, I want to make sure it's ok. Does any one have any experience with these? Is there another...

I didn't know that the break-in period might be that long, but it's good to know that it probably hasn't reached its potential yet. thanks.

Two weeks ago I upgraded my Coralife 125 skimmer to a new Octo Extreme 160 mainly because I've read so many good things about it. I must be doing something wrong because so far I'm not to happy with its performance. It's on a 72g tank (heavily stocked) and currently I'm using the soft needle...

According to many sources Powder Blue Tangs are reef safe, but mine just keeps picking on some corals. First, it ripped apart a large green flower pot that I bought and now it's picking on my Duncan, but it doesn't bother anything else. Does anyone have this combo? How are they doing together?

Originally Posted by Statto All equipment will have a 'leakage' of a greater or lesser degree Even tank lights can induce a voltage into the water It doesnt really matter how much stray voltage is in your tank as long as it is reduced to zero when you fit a grounding probe. Basically if you...

I'm in Streamwood, IL. Suburb of Chicago.

I test for stray voltage every two weeks and now and with all the equipment I get a reading of about 12-15v with the grounding probe out of the water. With the probe it's at 0v, so I should be fine, but I just want to make sure. It seems every piece of equipment adds between 1-2v. How much of...

Does it depend on lightning if they "bubble" or not? I have a 6x54 Nova Pro on a 72g bowfront and I thought the light was ok.

I purchased this anemone from SWF in June. I ordered a bubble tip anemone and this is what I got. The first two months it was really small and not having any experience with anemones before, I didn't think that I had a different kind. Then I started feeding it with silversides once a week and...

Right now I have two Koralias, but I wouldn't mind switching to a different PH. I can't afford to buy the Koralia wavemaker system for $400, but is there a PH that does ok with wavemakers. Are Tunze any better with starting up or are just as noisy? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Has anyone had any experience with controlling Koralia powerheads with the Aqua Controller Jr. or ReefKeeper 2? They both have the "soft start" feature and I was just wondering if they start up better than with a regular wavemaker. Are thay still noisy? Thanks.

I think I'm gonna stay away from angels for now. I haven't had much luck with grammas, so I added a dottyback. I also have a bicolor blenny, so I think midas is not an option as they would probably fight. I know there are some wrasses that are red, but I've heard that they're jumpers and I...

Originally Posted by NEreef someone told me the other day that when running fresh carbon, you should turn off your protein skimmer. the reasoning is that carbon dust might coat the reaction chamber, making you lose skimming capability. any truth to this? I run carbon 24/7 and only replace...

My Flame Angel is one of the first and favorite fish that I got when I started my tank about a year ago. I just started to get into corals and unfortunately I got a bad boy that nips at everything. One of the reasons I liked that fish is it's beautiful red color and now I have to take him out...

Originally Posted by zanoshanox it looks like its receeding. what do you feed it? I tried mysis few times during the day, but I'm not sure if it actually got eaten. Would it be better to feed at night? I also add some phyto to the tank every few days, but only a small amount as I don't have...