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those radions have been winning me over. particularly the xr15 blues. the 30 is a beast, but with a tank this size (36"w) i can stagger the 15s out to alleviate some of the shadowing
yeah i was also looking at the orphek just for a minute. i'll try to look further into the phillips and maybe ati straton. even at 1100 they are cheaper than 6 a360x
yeah i was thnking kessils cause they got that shimmer and they are a very wide light, but the thing is that they arent that strong. if i doubled up down the line and used 6, they might be good enough for anything i want to put in there. of course the xr15 are stronger and 6 of them would get me...
its 72lx36wx27h but the rim definitely takes up a couple of inches and I can maybe lower the water in the tank an inch. so really its about 24 deep. plan is to buy 3 lights now and maybe 3 more later or maybe go with some other kind of lighting. was even thinking to do 3 radions and 3 kessils...
tsm fish are gold. buy it and drop it immediately. but i have been doing my own qt lately. i do not buy and wait cause if that fish has something thats it. i recently bought fish from a guy, they came with ich, velvet and brooklynella - no extra charge. the fish i started qt immediately lived...
i have simplified my qt for new fish as well. if they are eating, i just do a 90 minute rally bath and start the ttm @ 36 hours as outlined on the HF page. for the tank, i just use an air stone and heater and a bit of prime every 12 hours (no biological filter). if things are going south, i will...
lots of stories about ppl getting infected after getting vaccine. just keep in mind single shot is not that effective and in fact doesn't become effective for weeks afterwards.