34 Gallon Solana build
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bang guy
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Live rock starts to decline after 24 hours or so after it has been pulled.
That said, most live rock has been out of the water for several days to a week before it even gets to a store. It still has a ton of good stuff on it if it has been kept warm and moist.
I still prefer the Gulf aquacultured live rock. It's more dense so you pay more even though it's less perpound (if that makes sense). The advantage is they can pull it in the early morning and ship it one day air and get it to you that afternoon. It's not nearly as shapely and as I mentioned, more dense, but the amout of life on it is incredible.
That said, most live rock has been out of the water for several days to a week before it even gets to a store. It still has a ton of good stuff on it if it has been kept warm and moist.
I still prefer the Gulf aquacultured live rock. It's more dense so you pay more even though it's less perpound (if that makes sense). The advantage is they can pull it in the early morning and ship it one day air and get it to you that afternoon. It's not nearly as shapely and as I mentioned, more dense, but the amout of life on it is incredible.
patrick8929
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okay cool, good stuff to know! They have great prices at this store! $4 a lb. thats the best i have seen anyway. i got about 12 lbs. a few pounds of it was dry rock because that was even cheaper but the rock i got was mostly purple all over. Picked up a redsea reef testkit and some stuff that the LFS owner says will cycle the tank in 7 days. it was only 5 bucks so i figured why not. i will obviously still test the water and not just start throwing stuff in it after 7 days. pics to come in a bit
patrick8929
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okay so i found thee speqs for one of my LED fixtures. if someone can explain that would be great!
lmforbis
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The wavelengths are pretty good but I'm not sure about the other graph that looks like a airplane tail. What brand is the light?
In my experience the lights with only blue and white are not powerful enough if you want coral and without a little bit of the other colors things in the tank just don't look the way I want. I use Kessils on mine.
In my experience the lights with only blue and white are not powerful enough if you want coral and without a little bit of the other colors things in the tank just don't look the way I want. I use Kessils on mine.
patrick8929
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the brand is wave point. Someone on RC said its about like having 3 T5 lights, one white and two blue. I dont know how acurate tht is but i think im going to end up buying tthe AI prime LED light. I was looking at it last night and am very impressed for the price of 199
jay0705
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How big is your tank
jay0705
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Sorry its length
patrick8929
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It's 20x20x20
patrick8929
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I think I am going to go with the prime LEDs anyway. I'll hold on to the ones I have until the cycle is over. May use them for a sump or something at some point. Although I wasn't planning on setting one up..
patrick8929
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are you able to keep any corals you want? those would hang off my tank pretty far as well...
patrick8929
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okay guys i need some help. I guess i messed up putting the water and sand in. the sand said no rinse but i think i should have rinsed it. there is a layer of dust on everything and anytime i turn my power heads and pump on the whole tank is cloudy and wont go away at all... should i take out all the water and start over? after all this build up im upset that my tank is just a big cloudy mess...
patrick8929
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its been a full 24 hours and there has been 0 change. but i guess ill let it go! and yea i just looked them up. theyy have a size that would fit my tank. hey look great actually. they are definitely on the list now!
patrick8929
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its running, no grinding sounds. Im going to pick up some different filter material this afternoon