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Well they look very nice, i am running 6 watts per gallon (power compacts 1 atinic, 1 daylight and 1 50/50) hang on prizm skimmer and a fluval 404 canister filter do you think this will support sps coral. My Lps seem to be doing very good.
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I used to run vho's but switched to 96 watt power compacts because i was under the impression that they were alot brighter
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VHO's put out more lumens than power compacts of a comparable wattage.
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Do you still have the VHO's? You could run both the VHO's and the power compacts and probably be reasonably successful at growing SPS corals. |
no i wish i did but tank seems brighter now than before. Does anybody here know about location of auction in Tucson AZ.
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First off welcome. I hope that you can get a great experience from this forum. Second nice photos. Third... :D Find those VHOs for the SPS. J/K I know of a fellow reefer that only uses PC bulbs and grows PC, but his success I haven't been able to reproduce at my home. On my reef tank I'm currently using MH and T5 bulb combinations.
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Look like you have very nice coral, if you decide to frag i would love to get some!! In one pic i see a blue piece what is it and is it expensive.
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The blue coral is an ORA blue tortuosa. Here is a thread with some growth photos of this coral. I got a good deal on mine but generally it is more expensive than other corals because it is highly sought after. Here is a pic I took yesterday. |
nice coral
how long have you had it |
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Blue coral looks amazing, nice color to add to any tank. What kind of conditions does it need.Maybe if i behave i will get some frags (after i setup my tank of course).
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Thanks!
The conditions that the blue tortuosa requires are basically the same as most other sps corals - high flow, low nitrates/phosphates, bright light, stable water parameters, elevated and consistent calcium/alkalinity/ph levels, etc. |
Did water check tonight all Ok, 6 watts per gallon, stillfeel like i should get a sump and better skimmer.
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Definitely want to upgrade your skimmer if you are going to start keeping sps corals. You may want to look into a refugium as well.
It is possible to go sumpless and run a closed loop and an external skimmer but if you have the space then I would recommend a sump. Having a sump will increase your water volume and increase your water surface area which will increase your evaporation rate to help cool the tank. Not to mention give you a good place to house extra equipment. How big of a sump are you thinking about getting? |
Dont really know im gonna do some reading.Ithought a sump and refugium were kind of the same.
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If you add some macro algae and create an area for pods to reproduce then you basically have a refugium. A sump can be as simple as a container of water that the overflow from the tank is connected to and a return pump that pumps water back into the tank.
A popular design is to have something like an acrylic sump or glass aquarium that is sectioned off with baffles where the refugium can be contained within a compartment within the sump. |
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Or you could always buy a big oversized chiller to cool the water down and prevent too much evaporation. :D |
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