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    Is this lamp good enough???

    Kevin- That is really good to know! So the cct stats may not always be 100% accurate (xm 10000k for example)? Thanks for the insight on that. I will go with your reccomendations. Greg
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    Is this lamp good enough???

    Wow, that is very interesting. How is that possible??? On Sanjay's site, the color varies greatly depending on the ballast used. The bluer look of the Krystal Star compared to the xm, is this with a standard magnetic ballast running them both? Also, is the reason why so many of the lamps...
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    Substrate for anemone propogation tank???

    I'm considering seting up a propogation tank for bubletips and was wondering if using "carpet" is a good choice for the propogation tank because of easy removal. Is this the case? What kind of carpet? Thanks, Greg
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    Is this lamp good enough???

    Kevin, Curious why the krystal star verses the xm 10000k? The xm has a little more PAR and is at 12000cct verses 90000cct. Thanks very much for help :) Greg
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    Is this lamp good enough???

    http://www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com/selectballast.php Kevin- If you enter 250w standard magnetic ballast you will see the bulb listed. It's about 10-15 down from the top. At this point it's a toss up between the XM 10000k's that have a PAR of about 130 and a cct of about 12000 and the...
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    Substrate for anemone propogation tank???

    I saw on Anthony's poster of clownfish and anemones something about lining the tank with carpet. Is this outdoor carpet? Is this so that the animals can be removed easier? Details please!!! Thanks, Greg
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    Is this lamp good enough???

    My light fixture is a 6' hamilton that holds 3 MH and 2 vho's actinics. The reflector is just a aluminum reflector that kind of wraps around the whole package and runs the entire 6' length. I'm assuming your thinking about reflectors that are available for individual pendants verses an all...
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    Is this lamp good enough???

    South Pacific Sunlight 250W 10000K SE 85par 19337cct It has a decent amount of blueish color as the 19337cct indicates which is why I'm considering it. This is from Sanjay's site. It's for a magnetic ballast that I have. My question is will a PAR of 85 be enough for most sps corals to color...
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    Blue tang not looking good

    Hi, I have had a blue tang for a year and a half and over that time it pretty much has always had ick. I have read that these fish in particular are very prone to ick and so I wasn't overly worried as I have also heard that they seldom die from it. For the last few months however the fish...
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    some sps remain brown

    Interesting. Thanks again ;)
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    some sps remain brown

    I guess I should make sure everyone knows the light fixture I'm using. It's a Hamilton 6' fixture capable of running up to 3 single ended MH lamps (175w currently) and 2 180w VHO's. It originally came equiped with 3-250w ballasts but I replaced them with 3-175w ballasts as an attempt to save...
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    some sps remain brown

    Thanks for all your input guys. Kevin, I appreciate your info as well. You mentioned the Krystal Star SE 11,000K bulb driven by a PFO HQI ballast. I want to make sure I understand this correctly. Is this a single ended lamp and a ballast designed for double ended lamps?
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    some sps remain brown

    Yeah Albert that is a good point. I have been trying to avoid this as a means of focusing the light where it needs to be. The sps are on each end and the softies are in the middle. If electricity was free then I would have been running three all along. Obvousily, I'm willing to up my...
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    some sps remain brown

    Thanks everyone. Kevin- I can lower my light a good 6" before it gets wet :) If I do this, should I be overly concern about shocking some of the corals? Do you think the XM 10000k SE 250W is a good choice or is there something better in the 250w catagory? From what I have seen on Sanjay's...
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    some sps remain brown

    Danno14 your right about the Iwasaki 175w. They have a PAR around 70 which is similar to many of the 250w. I was looking at the xm 10000k 250w bulbs. They have a PAR of about 130. The corals were under 400w bulbs before I got the frags and they were not brown. The Tri color acro was purple...
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    some sps remain brown

    Thanks for the responses. I've had the refugium longer then the sps's. I started getting into sps this past winter. I have two 175w mh on the 6' long tank, one on each end. The middle is where I tend to keep the softies as they require less light. More thoughts would be appreciated :) Greg
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    some sps remain brown

    I have a mixed 150g mixed reef and SOME of my sps are not coloring up. My nutrients are low, near zero thanks to a larger refugium. For a long time now I assumed the reason why some of my sps were remaining brown was because my reef was mixed with a variety of soft corals etc. I run carbon...
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    Milli stn, what are my options???

    Thanks guys. One other thing, this colony has a crab living in it. I forget the name of the crab but it is a safe one. Any suggestions as to what I should do for the crab if the colony dies?
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    Milli stn, what are my options???

    I'm not sure what to do if I can do anything at all. I have a WILD MILLI COLONY that is a few days into STNing. I'm pretty sure I know the cause. About a week ago one of my Bubble tip anemone's decided to test his luck with a powerhead. Needless to say he is now gone :( and I have been...
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    Powerheads for wave makers

    I think they are more of a surge device then a wavemaker.
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