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probably thought it was feeding time and mistaken the goby as flake/frozen food and just went for it. I mean the general rule usually is if another fish can fit into another fish's mouth, it could be treated as food.
I would grab 4 of the eBay black boxes and then add T5s. cheap enough to mod for apex dimming and wouldn't take a major pocket hit if anything goes wrong.
or can grab these:
Aquatic Life Expert Series XS-UV Aquarium Light Fixtures
$215 for each fixture.
i'll be using the 46" version over my...
problem with the Ocean Revive is it's controller, I have a fixture and it's purely a timmer. it does not have a sunrise/sunset functionality or be able to adjust intensity on a time bases, it will be set to whatever you set it at for the duration you set the on/off time for each channel. you...
can someone cross-post this on r2r/mr/nano-reef/rc? invite some local NJ reefers who might not be NJRC lurkers. could potentially get some new members and active people on here. would do it myself but i'm on mobile.
I'd say extend getting the frags and getting pictures up for the whole month of April, 2-3 weeks isn't going to be that much of a head start for growth. give people time to grab it without having to be burden of finding time.
To Answer @MadReefer, you'd want to aim for the basic water recommended water parameters for coral reefs. Zoas will be more forgiving in terms of swings but SPS will require stable parameters to really thrive. keep nitrate and phosphates low, not 0, but barely detectable.
Zoas:
Light Level...
do you plan on keeping any corals? if so, I wouldn't recommend these. for color supplementation, maybe but don't expect to grow anything from these besides softies.
probably won't be able to get my tank wet till late April but i'll set up the frag tank separately for now just for this contest. lol looking forward to this!