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Ok knowing that, here are my experiences at more depth. I had a full blown reef for years in my 135. It was a very successful sps tank, but I got tired of the maintenance costs and decided to go back to an "easy" freshwater tank with some live plants. Boy was I dead wrong. From the get go I was...

Oh, I was asking salty2fresh about his tank. I just noticed his ph is at 8.4. When I converted my tank from reef to fresh I had a similar high ph and high alk, and similar cloudiness issues. It ended up being that hidden coraline algae in the overflows and plumbing were breaking down as I...

By chance, was your tank previously a reef or marine tank?

Let me start by saying I was a successful reef guy for 15 years and go sick of the constant battles with nutrients vs algae growth and the balance that reefs need to look good or grow coral. I decided to get into the freshwater side again and figured it would be simple. Boy was I wrong. It's...

I just closed down my reef and since I have a gallon of gfo and my reactor, I thought about running it to keep down the phosphates. Anyone out there do this? Will the freshwater cause it to leach metal or cause any other issues. Hate to throw a gallon of gfo away.

Hey guys, I had a reef for the last 15 years and just shut it down. Tired of all the excessive maintenance, high cost and constant battles with issues. I'm going back to freshwater. I've had many freshwater tanks in the past, but I've always had hang on back filters or sumps with bio balls and...

Don't use a brute trash can. They leach a ton of phosphates into the water as I learned first hand ( the hard way). After the experience with the brute, I decided to try and find a "leach free" storage container and came to the conclusion that there were only two materials that were safe. Glass...

Yes ro di will do the job.

If you're dosing both alk increaser and calcium that often on such a lightly stocked tank I would check your magnesium. I would bet you're low. Magnesium is a interesting element in the reef. It's not that it is important because your corals use it directly (they do use a tiny amount though)...

Are you adding calcium to or just alk increaser?

I've removed a lot of problem fish with one of these traps over the years. Usually works within minutes. Just put some food at the back and the fish will come in, especially a wrasse. I just caught my lunar wrasse a couple months ago, it took probably less than a minute...

I don't have experience with shaving brush, and from reading the testimonials it sounds good. My only concern is that Halimeda Plant (Halimeda sp.) also has good testimonials. That particular plant caused a lot of problems in my fuge. Much of it died and droped leaves on the mud (probably due...

Hopefully others will learn from my refugium mistakes. Specifically, choose your micro algae cautiously. I've had my fuge for a couple years, and I've been battling a type of red (furry) looking algae the whole time. It blocks the water flow, light and eventually trys to make its way into the...

Carey, I've been using the new ati coral plus bulbs for a month now. My corals including my Sps have responded very well. Currently I have a four bulb fixture with two coral pluses and two blue pluses. Love the look to the eye way better than the aquablue specials. A couple of my purple...

I have a larger system (total of 120 gallons) and I add one drip of lugols every other day. I use a salifert test kit, and this dosing regiment keeps me at nsw level. Skimmers remove iodine.

Hey Leo, what do you think of the wave-point coral wave Optimum color enhancer bulb? It seems somewhat close to the KZ Fiji Purple. I have a new one that was given to me a while back that I've never installed or tried. http://www.wave-point.com/images/LampMain2_enlarge.jpg

I tried an ati purple plus, but my Sps seemed to like the 6500k / 10,000k whites better. I noticed in an earlier post of your's that the Fiji purple seems to have a different (better) spectrum than ati purple did. I think I'm going to get a Fiji and give it a shot. Thanks for the info. I'm...

Zooxanthellae is an algae / plant and under what spectrum does algae grow best under? Full spectrum with lots of red and green. That's why many people don't like to use 6500k or lower bulbs anymore. For a while I tried ati's 15000k bulbs, but found I had better results with Sps under a mix of...

Where did you purchase the GE 6500K bulb?

How high are your t5's mounted above the water line?

Those concerns plus all the spelling and grammatical errors in the description of the item........

If its the same dimensions as my 90, 48 x 18 x 24, than I think the perfect freshwater lights are three of the ecoxotic panorama pro 8000k modules. They spread light amazingly and are very bright. They also look great for freshwater. At 18 watts each, they're pretty efficient as well. I am...

Just a quick note on the quality leds comment. One MAJOR thing I learned when going through the led experience was be careful with spread. Go with a company or build a diy that uses high power leds with no optics or wide optics like the radion's 135 degree optics. Even though I would consider...

Mr. X, you are dead on. I've been there, done mh for years, t5's and ai sol leds. Ultimately, the t5's are by far the best, especially when I use good bulbs like ati's. I would never do mh again, especially when t5 works better in my experience. I been able to keep any coral I want on my 27"...

Do you think the purple puts out good par numbers, or is it mostly for looks? Also it sounds as though the aquablue special and blue plus are pretty equal from your post. Why are you in favor of more blue plus's, is it for looks or because of higher par possibilities.