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[qasimja]

ShanePike;939522 wrote: BAHAHAHA. I'm reading through this thread and go, "Wow! His tank looks just like mine."

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"Oh, that is</em> mine."

According to Ecotech's calculator, two MP10s running at 100% are just enough for SPS. They did well for me. I supplemented a little bit by making sure the return pump was very powerful.

And if you're fairly comfortable with basic wiring, I have two outstanding LED units that are plenty strong enough for SPS in a 90 for $500 total. They're great DIY units, but they are</em> DIY, so you have to have a basic (very basic) idea of what's what.

yea i was searching the forum for a photo of what i was looking for and your tank came up lol and thanks i'm good on lights i bought this setup yesterday below, just needs some bulbs and i will probably end up getting 2x wp25's everyone seems to recommend them

 

[shanepike]

T5s are terrible. Don't listen to Brandon (SnowManSnow). Have you seen</em> his ugly corals? They're all big and colorful and grow fast and stuff. I guess maybe if you're in to that :tongue:

 

[qasimja]

ok so im cycling my tank for the last week i put a large uncooked shrimp in there to start the cycle last monday its a 90G with a sump im not sure of the sump size maybe a 20G long could be bigger bought it as a package from another member on this forum anyway i left last thursday for some business in new york i returned yesterday and check the perimeters and the ammonia is only 0.50PPM nitrite is 0 and nitrate is 0 should i add another large shrimp?

 

[qasimja]

oops sorry also has 70 lbs of dry rock and 80 lbs of sand

 

[shanepike]

I've never used the shrimp and dry rock method, but it's my understanding (and I could be wrong) that it'll take much longer than a week to really get started. I know Jenn always recommends supplementing with Stability from Seachem.

 

[destineyfoster]

We used the shrimp and dry rock method. Our 90 long cycled in two and half weeks. We added Stability to it as well.

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[hnguyen]

I know I'm kind of late on this but I'll throw my .02 cents out there anyways. I use to have LED lights, I had the AI sol blue, AI vega and the radions. Guess what I'm using now?...... T-5's and my corals are thanking me for it. As for someone saying the two MP10's aren't going too enough for that tank, well it is enough. I have two of them in my 90 and they are only running at 75% and my SPS are happy with the flow. No dead spots anywhere because I can see food fly all over my tank when I feed frozen. Oh and that picture you used of Shanes tank for the loc lines, well that's no longer his tank. IT MINE NOW!!! lol

 

[qasimja]

lol thanks for all the replies guys the ammonia is rising so i guess its on track i ordered a bottle of that stability stuff guess it couldnt hurt