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    Couple of pictures

    Hope you guys like them The nasties crankiest coral ever my hydnio FT
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    Well I just done did it

    Somebody just hit the Powerball? J/K :D
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    New Tank Up and Running

    Great news Chuck!! Congratulations. Those lights look really good
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    Learning as I go

    Also other than the damsels, the fishes in your stock list are messy eaters, not to mention "poopers". How big are these fishes? How much LR is there in the tank? Are you planning on a reef? If not nitrates at around 20-35 are normal and fine for a FOWLR tank. What's your feeding regime like...
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    Live Rock Saturation?

    Another fad just like MH lights, and high flow, and protein skimmers, etc, etc. :D
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    Anyone hip to this

    $250-$300 range
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    Let's See Some Macros

    Great pics everybody!! Keep them coming :D
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    Live Rock Saturation?

    Well IME the shedding was diminished as the cooking process went on.
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    Let's See Some Macros

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    What is this?

    I can think of 3 things: Xenia Encrusting Gorgonia Star Polyps
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    Un-killable cucumber

    There's 100's of different cucumbers species ranging from ultra delicate to hardy and undestructible, like yours seems to be. I have a nudibranch in my tank that went through the same perils as your cucumber and has been with me for at least 4 yrs. and they're supposed to be fragile. Now as...
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    Live Rock Saturation?

    I'm gonna try to answer this with my thoughts :D . The rock is shedding in the tubs because is already loaded with nutrients when we place it to "cook" without the need to add any extra input. We ususally stop the "cooking" process when we see the shedding on the rocks diminished significantly...
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    Probiotics, What?

    Somebody really needs to do a search on coral reef eutrophication and the dynamics of reef flushing rates and then let's talk dissolved nutrient concentration on coral reefs water. Jesus Christ.
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    Calcium Reactor pump and Heat

    Angel, unfortunetely Mag pumps are notorious heat producers regardless of them being used underwater or out of water. I would look for a more power efficient pump if i could. As far as temp is concerned, 83 is not that bad living in PR and not having a chiller I can attest that corals would be...
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    Probiotics, What?

    Ty rugie for your reply. Gotta read some more. :D The way i look at this it would be kind of a hassle, at least for me, just to try and get all this additives/boosters, etc. balanced to have it work properly. Now with MY BB setup all i feel i have to do is make sure that nutrients are being...
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    Coral temperatures

    I use 1 t5 32w actinic bulb and 2 175w MH 15 K's. I'm in no way advocating/telling anybody to go ahead and drop their photoperiod, I'm just sharing my experience so far with my tank :D . What really made me go to a shorter photoperiod was the fact that I noticed that during the MH light cycle...
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    Coral temperatures

    I've noticed a trend, at least on RC's SPS forum, of some hobbyists advocating shorter photoperiods specially on BB setups, some even 2 hrs MH because they notice that their corals repond better to this setup. If dana's study is correct and certain SPS do in fact get hotter due to MH exposure...
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    Probiotics, What?

    I'm confused about something and i'm pretty sure some others are too. What warranty i have that "X" strand of bacteria that will be dosed will not be outcompeted by the bacteria that's already in the tank? At best it's a 50/50 chance. TY for your replies.
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    Coral temperatures

    Can anybody see a correlation between this and the fact that some of us are getting great results with shorter MH photoperiods?
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    Coral temperatures

    This thread leads to a discussion on RC about the temp effects of MH lights on corals that are at under less than 6" from the surface of the tank directly under MH light. This corals could be up to 10 degrees warmer than the water column. Anybody care to comment? The study was made by Dana...
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