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I just looked for and found the receipt for thos MH Bulbs.
They were shipped to me on 10/9....so I probably got them and installed them in the fixture and were using them by 10/20. I got my new fixture and stopped using yours on 12/21 so the bulbs you have are 8 months old at this point. But...
I don't remember exactly...I can dig up the receipt though to find out when I bought them...they are probably around 6 months old at this point as I've had my fixture about 6 months.
I'm also with Hawk...the actinics won't really fuel algae growth...it's the daylight T5 bulbs and the such that...
Ok...then IMO...what you want is to replace the Halides with 20K bulbs...they are the most blue you can get in a DE Halide. Then you can always run the actinics all day if you want as well, which will give you a much deeper blue.
I know the MH Bulbs in there now are under a year old, but the...
Be careful with that Buffer!! I know a lot of people use them, but I've also heard of a lot of people having problems with them.
Getting the test kits is perfect!! PH has a lot to do with your ALK levels!! Keep up the good work!! Post some new pictures too!!
Tanks a 180 with about 30-40 in the sump.
I calculated 145 Net Gallons, which is what I dosed at. I'm at 15mL and I think my Nitrates have started to drop!! They used to be around 50....last night 25!! So I'm planning on staying with 15 until I hit 0, then starting to scale back to find my...
My readings as of last night are:
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 25
PH - 8.3
Alk - 9.0
Mag - 1140
Calcium - 350
Phosphate - .03
I dosed extra Calcium and Magnasium so those numbers are probably higher now since they were last night.
I was trying to stay away from the MB7, but I may add...
I've been dosing my tank for quite some time now. I have not yet made it to my maintenance dose, but I am now dosing at 15mL a day. Over the past couple months my once gorgeous Ora Green Birdsnest's have been slowly dying. And now my once gorgeous bright green Candy Cane coral has it's tissues...
I've realized that I've never introduced myself to the club...and now that I am a GB Manager and I have met a bunch of you, I figured I should do so.
My name is Steve and I live in East Hanover. I got into the Saltwater & Reefing hobby about 3 years ago. Before that I had Freshwater tanks for...
I have a bunch of frags that I am looking to get rid of as they have been sitting around way to long!! They are priced between 5-10...and everyone who buys gets a free Ora Elkhorn Montipora frag.
I have:
German Blue Polyp Digi
Orange Monti Cap (I have one BIG piece for $20)
Come get 'em!!
Definitely hasn't stopped flowing...unfortunately. The latest report is that it seems to be working and they are cautiously optimistic. If you go to the video site, you can see the oil still spewing out! :'(
They started the top kill at 3:00 our time...they are giving it a 60%-70% chance of working. I've been watching it myself...it's unreal how much oil is coming out of there!!
http://globalwarming.house.gov/spillcam