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11/19/2016, 03:21 PM
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light for 57 marco algae tank
just wondering what light you guys suggest for a marco tank.
looking to grow marco algae in the tank, not just cheato want to go led if possiable |
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11/20/2016, 02:59 AM
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My suggestion would be either a plant grow led which will be more warm white and red rather than cool white and blue, or any aquarium led that has more than 2 channel control so you can 'dail in' more white, red and green spectrum.
I just started a 50g cube as a 'display refugium' and I'm running a new Reef Breeders Photon V2. It does warm white white red and green quite well, but it also matched up well with the Photon V2 over my mixed reef. 
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11/20/2016, 11:24 PM
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Nice someone recommended kessil a160 whites. Do you like your light and the growth
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11/22/2016, 03:50 AM
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I had a VERY similar fixture over my old reef tank and it grew sps & lps like crazy. Both these fixtures are over new tanks and the macro algae has only been in the display refugium for 6 weeks, but in the past couple of weeks it seems the macro is starting to grow pretty well. I've been a bit surprised at how well the leather corals are doing in the refugium, but the green branching leather has lost some color to a pale green. They may need to move back under a blue and cooler white spectrum.
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11/22/2016, 08:22 AM
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My Marco tank won't have any corals in it
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11/23/2016, 04:09 AM
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I didn't intend to put corals in mine either. But the leathers are bigger and I have a smaller reef tank now (125g vs. 180g) so I put them in to see how they'd do. Once the macro algae starts to really grow I'll probably pull them out and put them in my shallow reef.
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11/23/2016, 07:35 PM
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yes you never know, i was told by the guy who set up my tank he would sell me the kessil sun for 200. think its a good deal. just my 57 is 3 feet long, thought the spread on the kessil is 24, but i could be wrong. basically was going to set up the 57 with a deep sand bed. no fish just marco algae to feed my main tank with pods and use up nutrients
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11/23/2016, 11:44 PM
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I use the Home Depot LED for Chaeto in the sump. They love that
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11/24/2016, 09:28 AM
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Yes but my 57 is 24 inches deep. Plus I want to grow more than cheato So do anyone know it that's a good light for the other Marcos plus a deeper tank
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