Lumia 5.2 cree pucks
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Paulip
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Oops. Sorry. I was looking at the Single Lumia PAR reading. Dual shows 214 PAR on the sand floor. You probably have 350-400 PAR on those rocks.
Where did you get those white rocks in front for encrusting frags? Ceramic?
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madjoe
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Depends on birdsnest . Pink likes hight light to keep color green likes lower monties r same some like higher some like lower but most r lower no pe on them is more a flow or nutrient issue probably i had no pe on my monties when tank was super clean
Paulip
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Somewhat... consider it for trade in the future along with your debit balance with me : ) . Euphillia's are growing too fast for my tank though I am really happy with my purple hammer specimen.
With crown of thorns, the thorns might start pointing downward if there is too much light. Same with monti cap growth. I honestly don't know what monti pe is. The polyps are so small. I just see small circles. Additionally, I have a bunch of calcium sticks when lights are off.
I think for other birdsnest, it will take whatever lighting you can give it. My white skeleton/ light green birdsnest (looks frail) that you saw was actually under much higher light when I saw the mother colony. It looked like green mithril. I hope it thrives.
As for PAR, I don't have much knowledge or experience. However, Pink and Yellow are known to demand the most par. They have the zoox for it . Note that S. hystrix don't readily replace their zoox.
An interesting article: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/birdsnest-corals-do-not-adapt-well-to-different-conditions
With crown of thorns, the thorns might start pointing downward if there is too much light. Same with monti cap growth. I honestly don't know what monti pe is. The polyps are so small. I just see small circles. Additionally, I have a bunch of calcium sticks when lights are off.
I think for other birdsnest, it will take whatever lighting you can give it. My white skeleton/ light green birdsnest (looks frail) that you saw was actually under much higher light when I saw the mother colony. It looked like green mithril. I hope it thrives.
As for PAR, I don't have much knowledge or experience. However, Pink and Yellow are known to demand the most par. They have the zoox for it . Note that S. hystrix don't readily replace their zoox.
An interesting article: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/birdsnest-corals-do-not-adapt-well-to-different-conditions
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AForys
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I have a ponepe bird's nest green polyps and a Ora green birdsnest as for the monti I have red,green w/ blue polyps and a sunburst I basically have everything at same height... <----new to sps nitrate and phosphate is really low so I thought I'd give sps a go. also the forest fire digi and purple stylo, all same height right now...
Paulip
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Did you notice getting less algae and more coralline when you brought in the large SPS pack from SawDonkey?
Initially, all my tank inhabitants got majorly pissed! They noticed a big change. However, after a big WC and carbon everybody settled down. Now, I barely get algae on the glass and coralline is taking off. I think it's positive allelopathy. I am feeding a ton in a fishless tank and running much dirtier water by dosing nitrates as well.
A nice way to start a mixed reef tank is to start with an SPS tank. LOL. Wish I kept that dinner plate sized monti cap as a tank starter.
Initially, all my tank inhabitants got majorly pissed! They noticed a big change. However, after a big WC and carbon everybody settled down. Now, I barely get algae on the glass and coralline is taking off. I think it's positive allelopathy. I am feeding a ton in a fishless tank and running much dirtier water by dosing nitrates as well.
A nice way to start a mixed reef tank is to start with an SPS tank. LOL. Wish I kept that dinner plate sized monti cap as a tank starter.
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Paulip
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Overstocked fish means well fed corals. I am not new to fish keeping, but now have a fishless tank. I feel like a fool (everyday) target feeding corals. This amount of free floating food and unconfirmed ingestion would be totally unacceptable to me in a fish tank.
Alk 8. I feel high alk is a thin margin at 0 nitrate and 0 phosphates. Nice to know it works for you. I may push it further.
I dose 2ppm-4ppm nitrate every morning and afternoon which goes to zero the next day for almost 3 weeks now. I am really unsure what to do after deciding I want some nitrates. Get fish which would decimate my nice pod population (a security blanket but not enough to feed the tank) or get a doser, which for nitrates, just sounds stupid. I think I can add it to the ATO without the ATO going biological????
We'll see what happens when the hammer meets the Setosa. Somebody is going to get fragged and it ain't the Setosa. The rock its on is the cornerstone of the next tank. Also interesting is that the Orange Setosa maintains high flourescence in any lighting.
Alk 8. I feel high alk is a thin margin at 0 nitrate and 0 phosphates. Nice to know it works for you. I may push it further.
I dose 2ppm-4ppm nitrate every morning and afternoon which goes to zero the next day for almost 3 weeks now. I am really unsure what to do after deciding I want some nitrates. Get fish which would decimate my nice pod population (a security blanket but not enough to feed the tank) or get a doser, which for nitrates, just sounds stupid. I think I can add it to the ATO without the ATO going biological????
We'll see what happens when the hammer meets the Setosa. Somebody is going to get fragged and it ain't the Setosa. The rock its on is the cornerstone of the next tank. Also interesting is that the Orange Setosa maintains high flourescence in any lighting.
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