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There is a guy on manhattan reefs that builds custom sumps/ato containers for people like you were room is very important. If you can't have something made custom, then yeah smaller containers.
+1 to nothing in the ato container, not necessary.
BRS teamed up with MACNA to bring all the speaker videos free to everyone. Here are the first couple speakers on the BRS Youtube channel. I will try and keep an eye and update as they are posted...
I might be biased because of our work with ken, but I can't think of a better charity related to our hobby to donate too. Or you could donate to us lol.
Easy answer, 100% without a doubt yes. Our Sps have better color and growth and our LPS looks a lot happier. There was an adjustment time, but we seem to have everything dialed in pretty well now. I liked my last lights a lot, but IMO I just like T5s. Happy to have the best of both worlds.
Paul yes the ban would include and captive bred clowns as well. Thy are also talking about banning all species of a coral if only one group is in trouble. For example if one type I acropora is banned, they ban all acropora. That includes importation and interstate transfer.
I have the 5 foot 8 bulb fixture and love it. My electric bill did go up but it is hard to judge in the summer time when air conditioning factors in. Also I run my leds at 30% and the T5s at 60%, but you can obviously change that if you are worried about electricity. Geismann is coming out...
I have had the Reef Octopus XP5000 external and have had no issues with it. I know havingt the skimmer makes it easier, but something you might want to look into. Glad to hear things are coming along.
Best LED's is like trying to answer the best salt question, there is no right answer and you will get a bunch of them.
As jgraz said above, what current LEDs do you have and what was your system like? If your water params are off, I don't care what LEDs you have, you will not be able to keep SPS.