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I did not like the look of Aqua Blue Special at all. It is very washed out white for me. As far as temp goes, I have the lights inside a canopy and I run 18 bulbs. That is a lot of heat.
Ha!
They heat up my tank. I cannot keep TEMP down. I have to change bulbs and I cannot do it alone. They are not as bright as I want them to be.
But ... They do the job. It is like the love and hate relationship I have with my other hobby - "golf".
I am in the process to try a new bulb combo...
1.022 is not in any ways low for corals to die. I use RO water for calibration and have done that for years. As a matter of fact most store do not keep their salinity at more than 1.020 no matter what they claim they do.
If corals are dying with 1.022 there is something else wrong that you...
Mods
I think you should cleanup this thread and move all the posts under Paul's 90 gallon build? At least it will be clear that there is a powerhead for sale :D
Sunny
Rant -
So I added a new frag tank about 4 weeks ago. I have black egg crate in there purchased from BRS. There is now a ton of brown algae over running the egg crate. I mean layers of it with bubbles. No it is not cyano nor it is dino. It is dia-atoms. Ugly looking stuff. What is weird is that...