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All my SPS are up high. Within 12" of the lighting fixture. Nitrates 0 Phosphates 0 (Ro/Di water) Mg 1300 Cal 450 Ak 11 dkh PH 8.3 8.4 Flow -awesome, 3 maxijet 600s Feeding - brine shrimp, zooplex, and feed the fish flake and mysis shrimp to make them poop for food. *iodine and strontium are...

Where do I find these things (mainly the Red)? Might be a stupid question... but they say use the freshest available... 10 g of Red Algae (Palmaria palmata; Bisck uses Julian Sprung's brand) and/or 10 g of Spirulina, 10 g of Nori (spirulina is what Bisck prefers) Erik

I know. Wrong spot. Sorry about that. Please add it to the SPS forum. Thanks, Erik

What's it called again? Something with a "P"? Where do I get it? I talker to someone about this before... Was it you Jrod?

Thanks Brett. That helps alot. I thought that my lights were too strong! ;) Maybe I stare at the tank too much! Erik

Guys, anyone familiar with hairy shrooms and how they expand, contract, then expand again? Is this normal? I have then at the bottom of my 90 Gal with 2-150 Hqi and 2-130 dual actinics. Please let me know that you think. Thanks, Erik

OK Guys, If IrradiatedReef is gaining 1/4" per month off of only PCs, I have a serious growth problem... See the pictures above of my tank before adding the 12 SPS Frags that I have added in the past month on a half or so. They are growing in the "base area", as I was told they would "first"...

OK, I found some more information on my fixture. According to Current USA, the T-5 are brighter (as some of you have stated) at 108w VS my 130w with compact florescents. In addition they will last two years. I cannot convert the compacts to the T-5s and I personally feel that it "is not" worth...

In my particular case I have an Current USA outer orbit lighting fixture with 2-150W 10K Hqi, and 2-130w PC Dual Actinics 420nm and 460nm. *Current now makes the same fixture now available with 4-60w T-5s instead of the 2-130W PCs (on my unit). I was just wondering if theres a significant...

Thanks M_Shannon. Erik

Fellow Reefers, I need some education on the above topic. What are the differences in performance between these two bulbs? I have 130 Watt PC dual Actinics, and the newer release of my system has 2-54w T-5s, what's the big difference? I've herd from a local retailer that the t-5 have more...

Hey guys. I've been noticing a slow growth on a couple of my rocks that seem to some type of algae that looks gold when growing. When formed it almost looks like a Monti cap. Any idea what this is? It's almost amber in color. Erik

Here it is.

Don't get me wrong guys, the corals are fine. I just wish that I went with the 250s from the door... I could have spent the same amount of money on the 250s and set myself up for future growth. I want a 180 now... If not I'll just get a 90 Gal cube that will be SPS only! I'll just throw a...

I just started playing with SPS about a month ago. They seem to be doing fine under my lighting, & my water chemistry is perfect. I just can't help but to wonder. You know... What if?

OK, after visiting Jrods house a couple of weeks ago, then dropping by camz28's house yesterday, I ask myself one question... Why didn't you get the good ol' metal halides in 250w??!!! But Noooo... I had to go "space age, and go for looks and design", and get the sleek looking Current outer...

petsolutions.com should have them for you. Standard shipping will take two days or so. They are located in Ohio.

I considered swapping my 10K HQI for 14K but I figured I'd use the bulb for the life of it (1 yr). Sometimes I just want more blue (to jump my Coraline growth)! Then again, I could just go for true blue actinics. It that 420nm or 460nm? On my dual bulbs of them is blue, the other is more...

Yeah, that's them alright! Cool. Thanks for the information guys. Erik

Hello again fellow reefers. Who can shed light on this subject? I'm referring to the many tiny snails that suddenly appeared in our refugiums, then our main tanks, and how they came about. Are they harmful? They seem to eat algae like turbo/astria snails they just don't have a shell. "Seek...