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This is true LPS/Softies do like some nutrients in the water. However, if you feed constantly or supplement coral food like marine snow that should be enough to keep them happy with the larger skimmer. You also have to consider your tanks future bioload when choosing a skimmer. I am not sure...
I am actually thinking of supplementing my fixture with T5s too haha, I'm thinking of using 4 bulbs. 2 ATI True Actinic, ATI Purple Plus and ATI Coral Plus.
I believe those are the same ones that Feng sells at his store. From what I see every time I visited his store, those things worked great. I believe they use Epistar LED chips.
May I suggest these lights TaoTronics 141w LED Light and TaoTronics 212W LED Light too? I like the fact that they have...
give him a call and see if he will be around, I was there a couple of weeks back and he was still setting things up. I am not sure if he has gotten any new shipments in.
the starfish will eat the remains of any fish that died, they are nocturnal scavengers. the starfish could of gone rogue, definitely a possibility. any other potential stress inducing fish or animals in your tank?
I have two of these in my 90 and they have been good citizens, may i ask which fish disappeared? I know the green serpent starfish are known to hunt fish but that doesn't look like the green variety.
Definitely agree on this, the exact reason why I downgraded my sump from a 30 long to a 20 long. I needed more room for media reactors, dosers, etc.. Definitely keep that in mind when choosing the size of your sump.
I've been contemplating on getting a sand shifting goby for my 90 but whole sand in the water column situation worries me. I already get bothered when my powerheads pick up some sand. lol I will probably eventually give in and get one. sigh..
as far as any ill effects of sand being in the water...
i use a 20 long for my 90 gallon. usually the bigger the better for increased water volume but if the 20 is the biggest you can fit under your tank then you're kinda stuck with that size. remember the main purpose of a sump is for a place to put your skimmer, heaters, reactors etc...
You could of gotten a bad batch or expired bottle. I've used Bio-Spira with my very first 45 Gallon tank and my 90 Gallon tank that I have now and never had issues. I let the tanks sit for about a week and test. Not saying that these things are 100% but they do work.
i still need to pick up the frags i asked you to hold for me, if i find sometime this weekend. ill take them this weekend, if not definitely next weekend!!
I was there last night, he is still working on a couple of things and waiting on shipments. He said 2 weeks is when he will expect to have everything set up.