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I would take a look at the Marineland, great price and are really designed for FOWLR applications that are looking for LEDs but don't need the power of the more expensive models. If you wanted to pay a little more but really bring out the colors of some of your fish, I would look at the...
I thought you were finally going to pop the question to Olivier.
I have a friend who works at Bentley Diamonds down here in Wall that I went to for Nikki's engagement ring and both of our wedding bands. They also set some pearls for Nikki in a necklace and did a fantastic job. Let me know and...
Nikki and I went down to the Baltimore Aquarium last summer, this was lost in the site crash so I figured I would post it again. The other thread on public aquariums spurred my memory as to why this thread was no long available. Don't have to many descriptions as I forget a lot
Non Saltwater...
The tank and setup looks amazing. It really shows you took your time and planned it out well which really will let you enjoy your tank. Can't wait to continue to follow this build.
Been a long time since we updated this thread. The tank is doing very well, we did some new aquascaping with some really really nice branch we got from Trop:
Got this scoly which I love:
Some random fish shots:
A favia just because:
Yeah you do want to continue water changes especially when carbon dosing. The keys to carbon dosing is good nutrient export through a skimmer and water changes.
Alk can affect all corals including softies. With mushrooms it seems the ones you don't want to grow multiply at an incedible rate while those you actually want to reproduce never do. I am not a ric expert so i really have no help there.
The accepted levels is between 7-12, I think the sweet spot is 8-9 (and I know others who agree). The benefit of having alk a bit higher is is keep your PH steadier.