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Now since i am running all LED, I have two Sunlight Tek 60 inch T5 Retro Kits with individual reflectors for FS.
They each take 2 bulbs and are in immaculate condition. Less than a year old.
They come with two bulbs a piece. Bulbs were replaced in Dec 2012. So they have a lot of...
Nikki explained it very well.
The key to water change is to clean the sand at the same time also. Blow the rocks in DT as well. How often do you do that?
Now, get a maxijet 1200 and have it always handy. Blow the rocks with it (again I have a large tank so maybe you can do it with a nano...
++ 1 on what Mike said. In a smaller system WC are must. You need to do that because of a closed loop system.
You do have more room for error with larger water volume. However if you have a problem then it is also much tougher to fix it in a larger water volume.
WC is essentially for removing...
I was doing 20% every two weeks (100G) on my system.
I plan to do it once a month going forward. I have tested this theory for last 2 months and it looks promising.
I might go to once in two months in next few months. We will see ...
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I like the fact that you have been reading up before taking the plunge into this hobby. Keep it up!
I do not recommend switching the skimmer on and off every day. That will shorten the life of the pump drastically. The pumps that are made for skimmers are not like powerheads that can be...
That is why you might have seen corals happier :) I have noticed that whenever I turn my skimmer off for a day or two, corals look better.
However that is because I think I over skim. In short term the corals like it but cannot do that in long term and risk issues.
So moral of the story is...