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2x150 is perfect for a 40br, i would keep the lights maybe 9+" off the surface though great for SPS, i recommend either a 20k radium, 20k elos, or...
lol this thread is 2 years old
yeah the big cost in lighting is really the bulbs... aquarium lights also have really excellent reflectors (which indeed can double or even triple...
what kind of light you got, unless you've got some good T5's or MH or LED, SPS will grow but you won't get great colors out of them. also no corals...
yeah looks like you are in the later stages of your cycle, that ammonia will drop off to zero shortly, then your nitrite will, then algae will bloom...
Yeah, this is why I went to Lowe's and got 50 feet of 1/2" vinyl tubing and just pump my water from my laundry room where I've got about 20g RO, and...
Idk, I start getting algae blooms earlier than that, depending on health of LR and source water used. CUC should be fine, they won't starve that...
What type of corals did you plan on keeping and what lighting are you using? Did you have a preliminary stocking list or wish list for livestock...
Nah he won't "easily make $ back" by sellin some stuff. good thing about this tank is it has everything you need to get started out of the gate... 2...
yeah as long as your mech filtration is before the bioballs you're g2g. and every 6 months or so clean those bioballs off with just saltwater.
yeah just use straight tap water, dechlorinated if you can. you'll have a large diatom bloom but nbd. this is how i started my tank
mantis shrimp creep me out, but also fascinate me.
just don't let it break your thumbs!
just give it time, those gobies are blowing a lot of particulate matter in your sand bed around, as the sand gets less "dusty" so to speak as they...
i agree mated pair of picasso's and/or one or 3 bg chromis... I had 3 in my 20H they were great... schooled around all the time, they are in my 40br...
zoas seem like they grow in spurts sometimes. 5 months should see some growth however. honestly even if you just started with one polyp, and that...
yeah or you can just get pliers and break up the frag plug, frag plugs are just sand and glue so they crumble under just a little pressure... just...
i think it's big enough, what do you need gloves for? i could understand with zoas... but monti's? maybe something i don't know about. frag away......
well actually i think ALL corals are anemone's technically speaking... just colonial anemones, ricordeas being closer to anemones in that each polyp...
It's totally simple, especially ricordeas. I try to cut it off the rock leaving as much of the "foot" as possible, then cut it into 2 or 4 pieces...
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