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  1. Milez803

    Help with SPS lighting

    i already switch my 250watts to 400watts..and also from 10k to 20k bulbs..my tank is 22 inch deep but my acro are like 4 inch below the surface of the water...i'm currently hanging the 400watts 2feet above surface water..i might try to move the bonsai a bit lower to the bottom of sand bed and...
  2. Milez803

    help with kalk dripper

    i was wondering if their is a package test kit...i can purchase to test calcium, alki, and also ph...because most saltwater reef test kit only provide carbonate hardness, calcium, po4, nitrate... because my purple bonsai look like the polyp on the brand doesn't fully extend, but it encrusted and...
  3. Milez803

    help with kalk dripper

    another quick question...if i do set up the dripper, do i require to drip the kalk 24/7 ?
  4. Milez803

    help with kalk dripper

    as for live stock.. fish: 3 chromis, 1 purple tang, 1 yellow eye tang, goby, and yellow wrassa coral: sps and lps purple cap, bright red cap, purple rim green cap, red cap, orange cap green digi, orange digi, purple bonsai, green hydro, slimmer, and some acro frag star galaxy, softie: xenia...
  5. Milez803

    help with kalk dripper

    newbie to sps..been trying to maintain sps..but having alot of problem with acropora.. ..i have no problem with montipora cap, but my purple bonsai seem to have brown out..but since i pick up the frag, the coral has encrusted on the frag stone i glue it too.. i have check my water chem...
  6. Milez803

    help with kalk dripper

    i plan to created my own kalk dripper, ...as a college student..i'm pretty much on a budge, was thinking about using a 5 gallon water container, use 2 tube and small flow adjuster....i was wondering if its is okay to constant drip the whole 5 gallon into my 130 gallon tank..even thou..i still...
  7. Milez803

    DYI 400 Watts MH

    oh..okay..because i just bought 2x400watts for 80 bucks..i thought i might have got rip off..because its commerial..but ballast seem so much bigger..at least the container that hold it..
  8. Milez803

    DYI 400 Watts MH

    i'm..as for energy bill i'm not too worry gary..its just i'm scared a commerial ballast might not be good for reef tank...i'm thinking about running 2x400watts on my 4 feet 3feet wide and 22 inch height tank..maybe around 130..and its mixed reef..but trying to mainly use it for sps..
  9. Milez803

    DYI 400 Watts MH

    i was wondering..what would happen if i use a 400 watts ballast that is commerial use..and use it on a 400watts mongul socket and fire up some 20k bulbs that are used for fish tank? would that do anything to my tank or energy wise?
  10. Milez803

    OMG, zoos predator

    anyone ever have the black spiney urchin eatting up their zoos, i just got home and notice my pink lemonade frag just got consume by him..and he was also attacking my red zoos ....first time ever seeing that happen...
  11. Milez803

    sps coral growth rate effected?

    I just bought two new 400 Watts MH gonna switch out the one i got and use for a frag tank, but its currently running 20k bulb...just wondering would it slow down my growth rate by alot?
  12. Milez803

    Help with Zoos coloration

    thanks gary..but from ..you provided..i start feeding my cyclops and remove it from direct light..the blue is starting to come back from the center..also i just pick up some new zoos frags..lemonaid, lunar eclipse, and molehawk..i hope it grows fast..looking to get it to grow and maybe trade...
  13. Milez803

    Need Help! with DYI Trap

    i currently have a mini lobster that i spoted at night..in my tank which i need to build a trap to get out..he already kill my sailfin and yellow tang, now my purple tang fin look very torn up..anyone got a good DYI plan i can use to get this little pest out of my tank? any advice would be nice..
  14. Milez803

    Help with SPS lighting

    another question is...i pick up a purple bonsai acro..which was glue to the frag stone..even thou the polyp doesn't bloom very big, and color faded..the bottom of the section where i glue is starting to incrust onto the stone..is that consider a good sign...same for my orange monti digi..but...
  15. Milez803

    Help with Zoos coloration

    i just add my old powerhead..another 1600gph in my tank..so my tank is maybe running around 2500 with my max jet with the addon.. at this moment..yeah my view is destroy by the big powerhead..but the current is view strong...i hit the current along the wall to bounce off..not sure if that a...
  16. Milez803

    Help with Zoos coloration

    thanks alot guys..maybe i might just buy another flow ..its just i don't like too many cord..in my tank..because my tank has all 4 side as view tank..that why don't want to have any pump to destroy the view...
  17. Milez803

    Help with Zoos coloration

    for tank size..its around 130 something..its a custom made tank..so not really sure ..about the size..i just know its 48 inch long..36 wide and 22 height..with a overflow box right in the center of the tank..about 1 feet long and 6 inch wide.... as for water movement i just have 2 return pump...
  18. Milez803

    Help with Zoos coloration

    yeah..maybe i should hide my blue zoo somewhere in a cave..to prevent the light from turning them brown..i'll try for for once..and see if its works..thanks guys
  19. Milez803

    Help with SPS lighting

    thanks for the info guys..but at this current moment..gonna stick with the 250 watts ..halide.like kevin said..it would be expensive just to buy new T5 anyways..but i was thinking about switching one 250watts into my 400 watts. but wonder would it look funny with 250 watts on one side and 400...
  20. Milez803

    Help with Zoos coloration

    i bought some blue zoo awhile ago....its in my 130 gallon tank..i'm running 250 watts on them..i notice the color of the zoos seem to fade to brown..not sure of the reason..they open up fine..but as for color..its due to go bleh..i'm running 10k bulbs..i thought it might have been the light..due...
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