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droopy395

droopy395

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having little saltwater experience but newly learned patience I decided to experiment a bit. 1 bulb is a 65w double blue bulb, the other 65w 50/50. Wanted to see the difference it makes growing algae on rock. Haven't decided which way to go. In the week and a half, the 50/50 is starting to grow some color on the rock. The blue is growing something I'm not sure.View attachment 17769

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I heard that a few times lol. it came with a tank I purchased a while back. I pick up tanks for trade all the time, but lights, people want money, money I have a hard time coming up with. that's why I'm patient. hahaha

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I like the blues. I was told I can keep corals with them, but this was told to me by someone in a pet store I don't know or hardly trust.

saltwater noob
 
You can keep softies and some LPS that don't need a lot of light with this fixture. If you planning keeping clams or SPS in the future, you will need something better. Unfortunately, saltwater hobby is not cheap.
 
Interesting test you have going on.

It looks like your tank was started with dry rock. The reason I mention this is you will need to introduce corraline into your system for it to spread. This can be done by scraping some encrusted live rock with a razor blade or even having it hitch hike in on a frag plug. It spreads even quicker under lower lighting and proper calcium, alk, and magnesium parameters. Anyway... Starting with dry rock is not a bad thing! It helps control the addition of nuisance algae and unwanted hitch hikers.
 
I want easy. I love them all, and want something I can keep with the equipment I have. come tax season ill upgrade, and can wait till then before purchasing coral.

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Tangency said:
Interesting test you have going on.

It looks like your tank was started with dry rock. The reason I mention this is you will need to introduce corraline into your system for it to spread. This can be done by scraping some encrusted live rock with a razor blade or even having it hitch hike in on a frag plug. It spreads even quicker under lower lighting and proper calcium, alk, and magnesium parameters. Anyway... Starting with dry rock is not a bad thing! It helps control the addition of nuisance algae and unwanted hitch hikers.
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this rock came from a man who claims his tank died almost a year ago due to a long power outage. he says he kept the rock covered in a saltwater tub covered since then. I followed him to his house to pick it up. no bad smell, and clean of algae. I put it in an empty tank I had, added power heads, and let it sit for almost a month before setting up this tank. I didn't clean it as I wanted to see if it did infact have any hitchhikers, good or bad. figured anything good could transfer to my other tank, if it was riddled with bad, remove and clean rock, start over. the light test just seemed fitting seeing there's a chance I may pullI it and start over.

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