New Bulbs

[polarbear1]

I recently replaced the Mh bulbs on my 120, and a toadstole leather in my xenia's are in a meltdown.
Should I cut back the time on the lights?
Open for sugestions.
I am going to replace to atinics this week.

 

[reefreak29]

cut the time in half then gradually come back over a couple of weeks

 

[polarbear1]

Thanks for the sugestion. I will try that. I only had the tank since August. When I moved the tank I didn' lose anything, I would hate to now. I will try to post pics soon.

 

[bonebrake]

How old were the "old" bulbs before you changed them?
:notsure:

 

[polarbear1]

here are some pics

 

[polarbear1]

The bulbs were over 1year old my friend told me I needed to replace the lights when I bought the tank.

 

[copernicus45]

You could also cover the top of your tank with 4-5 layers of Window screen, and every few days take a layer off, that way you slowly allow my light into the tank. and not just 3 hours of extremely intense light while the corals are already in shock

 

[polarbear1]

That is a good idea. But why are the shrooms in my tank doing so well they are spilting like crazy.

 

[copernicus45]

are they on the bottom of the tank? plus shrooms are extremely hardy, they can handle more stress then just new bulbs

 

[polarbear1]

No they are about half way if you look at the full tank shot they are just below and to left of the red mushroom rock

 

[snapperboy]

if your fragging that Grant coral under the hand you can send me some!

:hilarious

 

[polarbear1]

Sorry that is 1 of my favorite pieces in the tank but what you dont see is that there is 4 on the rock that started as 1.