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ATI SunPower T5 / NanoBox LED hybrid 60" x 4 + 8 NanoBox v3.1 arrays It can run 4 T5's along with the LED arrays. I also have two BML LED strip lights running just blue and violet channels. The 3.1 arrays have Lime and white, I run mostly Lime for the white channel. Lime is similar to white without the blue spike. In my opinion at least some T5's are needed for better color and coverage, but it's not a simple answer because it will vary coral to coral as far as how they respond to the light. Heavy blue is key, with the trick being getting the tank to look whiter to our eyes without flooding the tank with a spectrum the corals can't handle. T5's are good for this because they have a very narrow spike in the green wavelength which our eyes are sensitive too, making the tank look much whiter than it really is. An even combination of Blue+ and Coral+ are perfect for this and that's the combination I used for years (BigE uses this combo exclusively and you should check out his thread). I stopped using coral+ and instead use a combination of white and Lime LED's to try and simulate the same visible color. It seems to be working as the coral colors have remained good, which means I have managed to keep the actual spectrum in a good range and also make the tank appear whiter. It's not perfect, LED's frankly suck at this, but it seems I've lucked into a good combination. If you use LED only and want good results I think, and this is just my opinion, you have to go with mostly blue blue, violet, and more blue with just a touch of green and maybe a little red. For the green and red (white) the new Mint LED's do this better than Lime's and look better to the eye. I have a newer Nanobox fixture over my 40 gallon that use Mint LED's for the white channel and no White LED's. Using only LED the look is very pleasing compare to either white or lime. It's still very blue because it has to be for coral health, but it's less of a Windex look than the typical LED fixture. This tank looks like a toilet bowl running only LED with the Lime and White channels turned up. There is more opinion than anyone ever wanted.
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Had time for a few top downs.
Calcium and Alk ran low again, fixed both yesterday. kh 6.1 calcium 355 mg 1340 Took 410 ml of calcium to correct, added all at once. You can see most of the montis, except that damn purple cap, showing some skin loss or thin skin. Acros look pretty darn good though.
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This is a neat picture. Made my brain hurt for a minute though. Was trying to figure out how the corals were growing sideways and why you took the picture upside down...
Do you know the name of the mint green acro in the middle? I really like that one.
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Search for Wild orchid on the R 2 R forums and you'll find a picture of it.
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12/04/2018, 08:03 AM | #1884 |
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The rest of the top downs.
Horrida Lokani The little red number.
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A. horrida is one of my all time favourite corals.
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Very good to share, thank you Mark
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12/10/2018, 12:20 AM | #1888 |
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I just chiseled a few corals off a rock I had brain corals growing into Acro’s growing into a setosa into fruity pebbles, etc.. Poor planning on my part The pics look like your colonies are about to do battle? How often do you get the cutters out?
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I took a afternoon to browse the post. Maybe the translation is not very good. I am sorry that my English is not good. I want to ask what is the last method of green cyano treatment.
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I never chisel, or I haven't had to yet.
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But I feel that my water is not fat enough, the coral feels a bit bleached, feeding the size particles 3 times a day redsea a+b 4ml/2ml tm A+ K+ 2ml The green algae of the rhizomes have no fish on my reef to forage. Current water quality No3<0.5 po4 <0.04 kh 7-8 (Consume 1 per day) ca 400 mg ? |
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Not sure, I've read a lot of studies but I don't remember one on organic matter.
I added an acro. I know! First new acro in a year, 25% Bayer dip for 15 minutes, 5 rinses, scraped with a scalpel and superglued part of the base I didn't like. It's a Cali tort, I had one a long time back and have wanted another for a while. The slimer helped pay for this one. Another funky stag. I'm also giving brownie another chance. This is a maricultured piece that I had trouble keeping alive. Saved two small frags, both settled in and grew rapidly but never colored up. I put the largest piece in the sump under a cheap LED and let it sulk down there for a year. I cut a frag of it and brought it back up. Can I color it up this time? I doubt it. lol The larger frag of my beloved Lokani Katropora frags #2 and #3 under 100 to 125 PAR and while straggly still looking really good. If one is to have shrooms, these should be it. Finally reproducing. So when my calcium started to get too low this Acan (micromussa) suffered the most, losing all but half a head. I didn't do anything because, well, it's not an SPS. I suspect now this is a good one to watch for water quality issues as it started to die before my yellow and red acro showed any stress.
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I say just blow the cyano around and learn to tolerate it until it fades.
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