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Here are a couple links.
Explanation
http://tfivetesting.googlepages.com/bulbs
Suggestion
http://tfivetesting.googlepages.com/combinatio
Par readings
http://tfivetesting.googlepages.com/par
My personal preference for color/par would be.
Giesemann Pure Actinic, Aquasun, Actinic White, Ice Cap...
Re: My Oceanic Tech 120 and a request for input.
Thanks Jim, where besides a reef board would you be pleased by someone telling you your water is clear? ;D
Nope no fighting at all, unless you count tug of war with nori sheets. I have fought the urge to add any more fish even though it is not...
Wow looks great ... you certainly don't need to keep that one a secret from us. ;D
I am sure you are enjoying it, did it come out the way you wanted, I know you were looking for a particular "look"?
Better she decided now then after you have the tank setup at least. ;)
I would bet that if you took a poll 95% of new tanks are in a freshly painted room it is part of the price we pay.
Thanks, you forget there are algaes in the tank during the day, or at least I did in this case, zooxanthellae algae, coraline, and just plain film algae too. No I dose two part for my tank no calcium reactor.
Thanks again your responses are excellent.
Boomer excellent information thanks a ton. I don't want to hijack the thread by any means but can you expand on the last point you made?
I do run my fuge on a reverse cycle to try and counteract it but I still see my PH drop at night. What would be a reasonable drop from say 8.1? Why some days...
I would check out the FS section here ... or maybe at Manhattan Reefers, craigslist etc. At this point people are selling a fair amount of stuff so would think that is the cheapest way to go.
I don't know for sure if you need to do it but as CP lights get older they promote algae growth in the DT that you don't want....could it be the same in a fuge I am not really sure. I would think that more light is fine just harvest more as your cheato should grow more.
Corals look great the Pearlberry and A. Efllorescens in the second batch are my favorites so thanks for adding more pics. Copperband looks fat and happy ;D.
Pretty interesting and frustrating for us at times that you can have such different growth in corals. Even the same coral can go from...
Thanks Mbodell that obviously explains the mechanics better then I could have.
My explanation because I was both tired of arguing and tired in general failed to really get across my point. Bulbs use electricity to produce light. The inefficiencies of each bulb produce a byproduct. In MH as...
WOW...does wow stand for Wendy's Ocean World ;D
Thanks for posting for two reasons; first because it is just beautiful and two because it helps answer what you can keep under T5 successfully. What a great balance you have mamma mia.