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There have been some successes with that, but they are few and done by people way more experienced than I am (such as Robert Fenner). Sand sifting...
+1 to this. They eat the microcrustaceans that inhabit the sand bed. They will quickly devour a system and slowly starve to death. Regrettably we...
Round one
Very nice! We saw some similar when in Hawaii on our honeymoon last October. I'll see if I can find the pics.
Thanks. :) When they have been on all day they are appreciably warm, but considerably less than the stock CF lighting. The evaporation has...
Forgot to mention above...I had to attach the LEDs to the reflectors on an angle so that they would fit within the confines of that clear plastic...
Here are a couple of shots of the tank with the new lighting. After I put the scraper to good use I will take more. 1. quick overview 2. zoas...
Sorry for the lapse in posts. I have been busy over the last week (had some relatives over from out of town). The gutting of the tank was...
Here's the mushroom, a pic of the zoas and company, and a better shot of Daphne. :)
While I wait for the other lights to fully cool, here are some pics. The boxes, packaging; lights on (and now I'm blind); side shot of the tank...
We just received a couple of Panorama Pro Modules (one 12k white/445 nm blue and one 445 nm blue) with a dimmer and all the associated cables and I...
I have two 1050s in our 52 gal and encountered the sand mound issue initially. I like to leave them in the same place for a day or so then observe...
Presumably to remain at 2-3 mm in size and not be harmful to tankmates, unless you're a 'pod (or a very small fish). :)
Set amongst a multitude of copepods so plentiful it reminds me of a starry night.
We had hundreds of them in our tank. They seem mostly harmless.
Ironically, I'm actually in the process of curing some Premium Figi LR from LA. Attached are pictures from today's water change. It has been curing...
we're going to be building a 40b stand for use with a 20L sump underneath. Went to Lowe's and picked up pine 2x4s cut to size yesterday. Those will...
I bought some from there for a previous tank and it (no pun intended) rocked. :) I love the porosity of it..as do the various 7-legged stars...
I thought it was pretty dense too, but I'm going to put it with some base rock from RC. That should balance things out nicely. :)
Live rock curing Here's a few shots of the Figi Live Rock after the first scrubbing and water change. Haven't seen any hitchhikers yet...though I...
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