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    Bioballs outcompeteing LR?

    humm this sounds like the exact talk back when the berlin system first came about.
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    percula clown question?

    the one i have doesnt like his home either.
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    lol my tank eats up about 3 gal(2.5ish) top off a day too. do you have a acrylic? they are more like insulaters. acrylic dosent use convection and radiation as well, because the top is not open like glass tanks but does use it (3gal a day worth). also in a cool room glass uses conduction rather...
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    thanks. a little luck goes a long way in this hobby. yeah the thermal shock is nice going from outside to in, but visa vera aahhh. i always think of that "good dog" commerial. will try to adjust it when the main lighting goes on and have been thinking of getting a clip on little plastic fan for...
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    any difference with what? 54watt T5's yeah. the 80watts are 60" thats almost my tank but mine is 72" long. i ordered 6-80watt. i mixed the bulbs different than the TOTM, i dont really like his lighting to blue for me. i went with the 1sun 6000k ATI, 4 aquablue 11K and 1 atinic/blue plus...
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    i did exaclty that. :cool: about a month ago this is a hot summer here its been 85-90+ all last week couple. passed 2 days much better but now we have thunderstorms popping up all over. and september is the hottest month. i think its been 100+ in the valley. i have four 4" fans in there right...
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    ooppss for the fist page on those this the first page http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ratgeberaquarium.de%2Fmerfa_ati.html&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    yeah they worked
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    mikes, i will try to give those links again. my thinking is they dont burn the phos. as fast because it uses less wattage per lumen than pc's or VHO's. its just more efficient. ok try these...
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    i live in so cal. the tank i am setting up now is 150gal setup and with just 2 T12 40watt bulbs (just growing coraline for now) the tank temp is 80 and this is with 4-4"fans. the T5's will be much cooler than the T12's. halides i would no dout have to buy a chiller. for lets say $1000ish plus...
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    lol i keep thinking of more stuff. the other thing is we have (i) have been talking about the 54watt bulbs, but they now have 80watt T5 bulbs. i am geussing these will penetrate even more than the 54watters. i actually just ordered the T5 80watters from fishgeeks. last week. going to have test...
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    this is what he had to say about his T5 setup: Lighting: After getting good results with T5 bulbs in my previous 30-gallon system, they were the natural choice for my current 110-gallon setup. While the 24-watt T5s did a decent job maintaining SPS color at shallower depths, I was pleasantly...
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    o and you can play with different lights an very the look and spectrum. MH not to much to choose from. plus no start up delay(just a little bounus)
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    the thing about the pc's is a,for example, a 36watt pc is about the same in everyway when compared to a 18watt T5. these are the only pc and T5 test i ran. this was my sump lighting. i switched from pc to T5 after. look wise the 18watt T5 is brighter than the 36watt pc. the pcs loss half the par...
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    Calcium and pH

    oopppsss my bad did not even see that.lol. samething though just adjust up.
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    Calcium and pH

    yeah i think your right there. that and what the corals have used up. IMO the best salt is instant ocean. the reason is because of the consitancy. most vary alot bag to bag. hard to get a pattern for supplementing. what type Ca+ and how much did you add? wow. yup salinity should be 1.025ish...
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    percula clown question?

    dont be sorry we are all learning here. and your still talking about clowns anyway. i think they will pair up. but i also bet my clown is cuter than yours.hehehe
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    percula clown question?

    me too learning a lot, thanks great info. never knew there was so much info on a clown.not sure if he is tank bread or not. i feed him a mix many kinds. i am going to move him the bigger tank and hope he stays small. just love this little guy. i wish they all were this size full grown. i would...
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    T5 lights fact or fiction?

    ok here you go here Penetron 41 HO watts 54, lumens 5000, and PAR 69.5 uE/s Halide 250 watts 23000 lumens PAR 310 uE/s so: T5} 54 x 5 =270 watts, 5 x PAR 69.5 =347uE/s, and 5 x 5000 =25000lumen MH} 250 x 1 =250 watts, = 1 x PAR 310 uE/s, and 1 x 23000 =23000lumen close huh. however i did actual...
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    percula clown question?

    hello everyone. i have this False percula clown (Amphiprion ocellaris) in my 20gal nano. i have had him for about a year now. he is not that much bigger than the day i bought him. right now he is about 1 1/4" got a good measurement on him. he is eatting very good, swimming around being a normal...
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