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The reason I am looking at them is my fixture has 2 250w MH and 2 PCs. I was debating on changing out the PCs and replacing them with T5s but if these are as good as some people are saying I may just stick to PCs and go to the UV bulbs. I know they may not be as bright as T5s but I am only using...

Has anyone tried the new power compacts with the internal reflectors made by UVL? I am thinking of switching to them but wanted to get some feedback from people that had used them. Thanks, Brady

I just did what you are wanting to do other than my rock came from and established tank directly to mine. I made up water for a 30% water change and pumped out that same amount of water. I took all the rock out of the tank and put it in the water I just took out. I moved my fish to the sump...

I am have 4 CFs 2 actinics and 2 12000k total 260w. I am looking to uograde next month. The coraline is growing well on my rock. I mainly want to make sure I am not cleaning it off the glass before it has time to show itself.

I have coraline growing on a lot of my LR and I would like to get it to cover my back glass. I have what appears to be brown algea groing on my glass that is easily removed with a mag float. How can I tell if this is brown algea or coraline? If it is coraline I want to leave it alone and let it...

Thanks for the info but I am ok. The window is on my covered porch on the north side of the house. It gets little to no sun on it.

I am beginning to get parts together to build a sump/fuge. I have looked at a lot of pictures online and noticed there are a lot of ways to filter the overflow into the sump. I know filter socks are very popular. I also have noticed many people do not use a filter at all. My current setup runs...

I think I figured this out. I am going to use a 20 gallon long tank (30x12x12). There is a window behind the tank that runs almost to the floor. It looks like I can go out on the porch open the window and put the tank in thru the window. Is that creative enough?

Kurt, you are correct. I meant Iodine. It was much too late for me to be thinking when I wrote the reply.

Thanks Kurt for the info. Should I also be checking for Magnesium or iron?

My tank has been up and running for a month. My Ammonia and Nitrites are at 0 and Nitrates were close to 0 but went up so I did a 30% water change yesterday. PH and temp are staying consistant. I have live sand, approximately 60lbs of dead LR and 10lbs of current LR. At what point is it safe to...

The rock was in a well established and well maintained tank for several years. I am not sure about copper. The rock has been out of water for about 3 years.

Don't feel bad. I got a Koralia 3 for Christmas and the next day was moving it and my ceramic stem also broke. Luckily I was able to pull the piece out of the powerhead and had enough left on the mount to reinsert it into the powerhead.

I am also very new to this hobby and am having a great time already. I can tell you there is no way I would have never even thought about getting into this if I had to buy everything at the LFS. I purchased my tank, stand, sump, pumps and a ton of other stuff used from someone that had moved and...

I have 50-60lbs of live rock that has been out of the water for several years. I am using it as base for my reef and mixing it with new live rock. I know after a while the rock will become "alive" again. Does anyone have an idea how long this takes. I am not looking for the number of days or...