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    After the nitrate battle. How long before color fully returns?

    I changed from 10K Ushio's to 14K Pheonix about 2mos ago. Went back to the pheonix.. :) A little update: I have continued to see improvement in growth and coloration of my corals since my nitrates have dropped to < 4ppm, almost zero... I will also say I think my zoanthids prefer...
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    A few updated SPS pics

    Very nice corals 220.. Hopefully your reactor issue will be resolved and your corals will return to their amazing coloration. I've had the same sort of thing happen for various reasons but most recently my nitrates got a little out of control. They are really starting to recover quite...
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    After the nitrate battle. How long before color fully returns?

    I've got 250DE Gieseman Eco 48" fixture with 14K Pheonix bulbs over a standard dimension 90 Gallon tank. I've been doing 20% changes with Tropic Marin salt almost weekly for several months now. Every once in a while I miss a week due to my busy schedule. I will say seeing the diff in my...
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    After the nitrate battle. How long before color fully returns?

    Hey there I have a question for you guys (and ladies!) I battled high nitrates for a while and finally got them down to a good level. < 5ppm sailfert.. Anyways I'm curious how long it will tak for my colors to come back fully if ever. Its been a few months now and new growth on my corals...
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    Anybody use the Giesemann 14.5 coral DE 250W bulbs?

    Hey Thanks for the Info Rob. I ran 20K's and all my greens and blues were sick but growth was a little on the slow side.
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    Anybody use the Giesemann 14.5 coral DE 250W bulbs?

    Hey Rob, Did you notice any difference in coral coloration or adverse affects when you switched from Pheonix to the 14.5K giesemann? Did color improve or stay about the same? What did you notice when you switched? Anything at all? If the bulbs were the same price which ones would you...
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    Anybody use the Giesemann 14.5 coral DE 250W bulbs?

    What bulbs were you using before the 14.5? What differences if any did you notice? How long have you been running them?
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    Anybody use the Giesemann 14.5 coral DE 250W bulbs?

    Yeah I have the Giesemann Eco fixture. Came with the 13K bulbs as well. I thought they were too bright white light and opted for the 14K Pheonix bulbs for a while. Then for kicks I decided to give the 10K ushio's a try since I sold the 13K Giesemanns. I stuck it out for about 5mos or...
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    Anybody use the Giesemann 14.5 coral DE 250W bulbs?

    So I heard good things about them but curious if any of you have been using them and what if any diff you noticed when you switched. What bulbs did you have before? I have 14K Pheonix bulbs about 3mos old now and switched from 10K Ushio's and my color is returning back to where I prefer...
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    what works the best for you

    I started to have some problems a while back after I sortof got lazy with the maintanence (water changes etc) and I will tell you since I have been changing 15 - 20% of my water every week and changing a generous amount of carbon every two weeks my corals are really starting to look much better...
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    Any negative effects if changing carbon 2x/month?

    OK thanks for the response Kevin. Next time please take a laptop with you ;)
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    Any negative effects if changing carbon 2x/month?

    Thanks for the help.
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    Any negative effects if changing carbon 2x/month?

    Hi everybody. So over the weekend I went to a local reefers house to see his setup. I was told by a friend that his reef was spectacular and I still wasn't prepared for what I saw. After I composed myself I started asking him his regimine, feeding, waterchanges, parameters, lighting, you...
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    Do you believe in chemical warefare with softies?

    OH man!!! I've got GSP as well. I'm trying to eliminate it or atleast keep them from spreading all over the place. I mix up kalk paste and apply around the edges of the GSP to keep them from spreading too much. Well I think I found a major issue with my tank recently. I found that...
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    Do you believe in chemical warefare with softies?

    Hey there. Its been a while since I've posted on here. OK well here's the situation. I've had a mysterious problem with my SPS corals all of the sudden. I've lost several corals that gradually started STNing and never stopped until there was nothing left. I'd say the process from...
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    Pods crawling all over RTN'ing coral...

    Yeah its a frag I got from a friend. I think its several generations in captivitiy. I've had something strange happen recently in my tank actually. In the past few weeks I've done a few things to the tank. These include: 1) Replaced the carbon with same amount and same brand 2)...
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    Pods crawling all over RTN'ing coral...

    Ahhh yes. Thank Kevin I will try the glue trick. ;) Yeah I know they are tough to keep... Bummer because they are sooo nice looking. Thanks, Chris
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    Pods crawling all over RTN'ing coral...

    Hey there. I've got this small table frag that is having an RTN issue on a small part of a branch and I'm noticing that pods are crawling ALL OVER IT noticably more than other corals. Has anybody noticed this behavior before? Is the bugs causing more of a problem or??? I've had a few...
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    Question for Kevin Po... Growth

    Another thing to think about with frags is as the coral gets larger it seems to grow faster if that makes any sense. Atleast that is my experience in the corals I have grown from frags. It may be due to the fact they have been in the tank for a long time and acclimated to the conditions as...
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    top down

    Kevin those are some crazy SPS you have.
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