Folks, if you've recently upgraded or renewed your annual club membership but it's still not active, please reach out to the BOD or a moderator. The PayPal system has a slight bug which it doesn't allow it to activate the account on it's own.
That is a super nice T5 fixture .... wonder what the corals will do when you switch back and forth. Will there be a bad adjustment period? Just something to think about.
I am cheap old school, clip on light with plant incandescent light.
I took out enough cheato yesterday for about 6 people. I am considering changing during the summer but now the heat is not an issue. CF bulbs you need to find one with a 6500 wavelenght for best results if you are going that route.
I think the way you aquascape is up to you entirely.
I am very happy with my two connected islands one bigger then the other.
Have seen very nice walls too.
Just remember you want to be able to clean the visible glass so if you put a rock too close to the glass cleaning becomes a pain. You want...
Good points Rod....BTW I meant you didn't need a huge volume of flow. A SPS system requires more. You can see if by putting the powerhead on one side towards the surface you can create a circular motion on the surface. What you really NEED is gas exchange at the surface and movement for O2...
I believe, and I could be wrong I will try to remember to look it up when I get home, that it is actually feeding on the gorgonian. I have seen them on gorgonians in Florida back before I knew they were worth something, pre reef days. Don't go and get rid of it until what I said can be...
You could even build a little box around the skimmer on the side as Matt suggested.
Big example
http://reef.diesyst.com/images/Back_Side.JPG
I do 10-15% water changes weekly as normal maintance more if there is something I am trying to correct. Doing a larger water change now is going to do...
Nope just adjusted the salinity....but just wanted to let you know what it was used for.
I also have a cheap power head, MJ1200 knockoff that if you just want it would bring that for you.
If you are set on a K2 to test it out or something I can bring it too just have to pull it out of QT tank.
On Weds I will take a bunch of cheato up to AO I will be in Metropark for the day. If you want I am sure Will would hold a bag for you or I can get it to you directly. I have a K2 you can borrow but you will want to soak it as I used it in my QT tank...might have some algae on it too.
PS no...