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brue102
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Not sure to be honest but they have been in there for about three weeks, a friend gave them to me out of his tank...they all seem to be doing fine. btw thanks for the advise
premilove
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my guess is that your nitrates are high bc of your canister filter. get that sump/fuge in there asap. why do you have ammonia?
as far as lighting goes, buy a used MH fixture, something that isnt so old that it will blow up, but im sure you understand what i am saying. check other forums, check craigslist.. idk how long a 37 gal is but i saw a 5 month old 30inch 250mh watt sunpod (which is prob way more than you need) for 175. cant go wrong!
as far as lighting goes, buy a used MH fixture, something that isnt so old that it will blow up, but im sure you understand what i am saying. check other forums, check craigslist.. idk how long a 37 gal is but i saw a 5 month old 30inch 250mh watt sunpod (which is prob way more than you need) for 175. cant go wrong!
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brue102
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Originally Posted by fishkid13
http:///forum/post/3001070
It is expensive put MH are really good and you can also get some t5 blubs to go along with it. Isn't you nirate a little high for corals?
MH ???? sorry Im still learning...lol
http:///forum/post/3001070
It is expensive put MH are really good and you can also get some t5 blubs to go along with it. Isn't you nirate a little high for corals?
MH ???? sorry Im still learning...lol
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brue102
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Originally Posted by premilove
http:///forum/post/3001073
my guess is that your nitrates are high bc of your canister filter. get that sump/fuge in there asap. why do you have ammonia?
as far as lighting goes, buy a used MH fixture, something that isnt so old that it will blow up, but im sure you understand what i am saying. check other forums, check craigslist.. idk how long a 37 gal is but i saw a 5 month old 30inch 250mh watt sunpod (which is prob way more than you need) for 175. cant go wrong!
Amonia is 0 I went this am to lfs and bought a new kit the one I had was older hand me down. my tank is 30" so it would be perfect...thanks alot...
http:///forum/post/3001073
my guess is that your nitrates are high bc of your canister filter. get that sump/fuge in there asap. why do you have ammonia?
as far as lighting goes, buy a used MH fixture, something that isnt so old that it will blow up, but im sure you understand what i am saying. check other forums, check craigslist.. idk how long a 37 gal is but i saw a 5 month old 30inch 250mh watt sunpod (which is prob way more than you need) for 175. cant go wrong!
Amonia is 0 I went this am to lfs and bought a new kit the one I had was older hand me down. my tank is 30" so it would be perfect...thanks alot...
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brue102
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Originally Posted by premilove
http:///forum/post/3001075
its all good metal halide
thanks...Ill have to go to the bank to take out a loan...
http:///forum/post/3001075
its all good metal halide
thanks...Ill have to go to the bank to take out a loan...
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brue102
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thanks Redsea, I need to take new pics Ive added fish and two more corals its starting to look like a swt...
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brue102
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Hey just wanted to show you my progress, sorry some are blurry. Any suggestions?
mantisman51
Active Member
That's a cool looking setup. I use a Fluval 404 canister and a Skilter 350 gph HOB and have 0 amm, 0 nitrite and 0-trace of nitrate. My xenias, mushrooms and Kenya are growing and spreading like fire, which why I finally posted some pics. As a back up for nitrate removal, I have cheato in the DT on one end toward the back. I have to thin it every now and again, but everything in the tank seems quite happy. Also, I have a huge rock anemone you can see on the thread a put up today. I like a more natural looking reef, so it works well with the rest of the reef.
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brue102
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Just wanted to add some more pics of corals I bought, and see if anyone had suggestions on placement or anything.
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brue102
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Hey guys I've upgraded my light and I'm having trouble with a bright green algae now. I run the t-5's for 9 hours and the antics come on a hour early in the am and stay on a hour after the t-5s go out??
d-man
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it's not that hard to learn what to do on your own and I have had more trubble talking to too many people on the net and there are too many OPINANS there are a lot of ways to do things the key is to not try everything at once and you may want to put your stars up high mine got really good coler when I moved them
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brue102
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thanks for the help dman. I need to update my pics lots of changes and growth ...sad to day my orange sponge didn't make it. Everything else is doing good and growing
