lighting replacement

[brandonmason]

T.anton0283;1080764 wrote: jbadd- wow those are nice. what do mean "when" my tank was stable, did something happen.

brandonmason- well the proof is in the pudding lol. what do you have yours set to? do you have any supplemental lightning or is the tank lit solely by LEDs?

snowman- lol I hear that. what is the ideal range for alk and cal? I can take my water to a LFS and have them test it also. I will try to increase my flow also.

I never took into the size as a factor to growth.

I do have 4 t5s, however they were added just a few weeks ago so the reaction from the add hasn't hit yet.

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[t_anton0283]

brandonmason- oh. what are your boxes dimmer set to?

 

[brandonmason]

90% blue 20% white

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[brandonmason]

They are 8" off the water

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[t_anton0283]

It's safe to say I should gradually lower the light closer to the water level, correct?

 

[brandonmason]

The manufacturer suggest 12" but with our cutting my canopy I can't do that. However on my softie tank and my lps tank they both are mounted 12" above waterline and they do fine.

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[t_anton0283]

okay I'm just going to leave mine in the same spot then. did you change the hanging kit with yours?

 

[brandonmason]

Yep

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[t_anton0283]

to what if you don't mind me asking? I was thinking about those little chain links but not sure if they would be strong enough to hold it up

sorry for all the questions

 

[brandonmason]

Zip ties

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[jbadd99]

T.anton0283;1080764 wrote: jbadd- wow those are nice. what do mean "when" my tank was stable, did something happen.

I got a bad case of dino, which did a number and then I moved. I rebooted when I moved it, so it's been running this go round for about 9 months - should be stabilizing out and growth taking off any time now.

 

[civics14]

not sure what the ideal range is, but I keep my calc at 430-450 & alk 7.8-8.4 throughout the day. I dose alk at night and calc during the day. my PH ranges from 8.2-8.45.

Its all about stability. No drastic changes. Let your corals adapt to your parameters and let it take off eventually.