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07-19-2007, 12:08 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Hello i am new to 3Reef. I have had saltwater tank for 2 yrs. and convirted to reef about three months ago. We have a 10 gallon nano reef. We have a large colony of red star polpys and three colonies of zues and one small colony of yellow polyps and many feather dusters. The lighting is 2 standard floresent lighting, 30 watts, one marine-glow and one coralife. Is there any thing else you would recomend with this lighting. | 
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07-19-2007, 12:34 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Apr 2007
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welcome to 3reef. check out t5. as far as floresents what kind of fixture and what kind of bulbs are you useing. like i have a tek light 4x54 t5ho 2 antinic 420nm and 2 10,000k by coralife. that is what i have on my 60 gal tank. and what do you want to add to your tank. _________  and yes those are my zoa's in that pic.
60gal salt water tank. live rock yea i got that.(not sure how much) live sand im guessing about 70lbs natulas proteenskimer uv filter sumptank w/ bio bio balls eheim canster filter 2 heaters 1/10 chiller firefish 2 scissortail dartfish a yellow and a blue tang watchtower goby coral beuty red wrasse tomato clown bicolor blenny and some coral | |
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07-19-2007, 02:37 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Welcome to 3reef. Metal Halide....there is not substitute.  _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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07-19-2007, 03:00 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2007
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I have 2 standard floresent lighting, 30 watts, one marine-glow and one coralife
i would really like to add a devil's hand
and a kenya tree
metal h. is out of the queston, on a 10g evaportation would be murder, and i don't want to invest in an auto top off, at least not now | |
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07-19-2007, 03:36 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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The lighting should be ok for some species of coral, though, there are better options available that are better for your corals you plan on keeping!
Yes, Halides are cool but for your small tank, even a 70watt halide is not really worth it til you get a bigger tank then go with halides. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well>
"IF THE PHONE DOESN'T RING...IT'S ME"  jb  | |
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07-19-2007, 04:52 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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welcome to 3reef! _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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07-19-2007, 05:43 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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 To 3Reef!!!
Gosh, thought I already sent "welcome" to this...guess I forgot to hit "submit reply" or was to another Newbie post.
Anyway, glad to see you here. Post pics and feel free t ask any question, or submit your 2-bits on anything! _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott") | |
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07-20-2007, 07:34 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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hello and welcome to 3reef _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock Mandarin Goby, Zoanthids(orange and yellow) Hammer coral , red and blue coralmorphs.  Got Questions? Need Answers?
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07-20-2007, 07:40 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 630, IL Age: 23
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Originally Posted by Otty  Welcome to 3reef. Metal Halide....there is not substitute. | i dunno l.e.d.s are coming up strong with new technology and require much less power and maintenence especially on a small tank. oh yea and welcome to 3reef | |
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07-20-2007, 10:55 AM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Plankton
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Thnks
crappyballer, do you really recomend those clearly LEDs, LEDs was what i was looking into | |
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