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Pics turned out great with the new tube
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It is interesting to see what these guys look like once they been in captivity for a while. Beautiful colors though
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Yep. Seeing the babies grow up is a blast
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My calcium reactor was running low on media, so I tore it apart and added new media. I used to use Caribsea and Neomag, but I decided to switch to TLF Reborn and Remag. The media lasted about 1.5 years.
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I have the same Ca reactor on my 200 gallon. Did you switch out the pump? Didn't it come with a pan world pump? Why the switch? Im curious to know what you set your ph for the reactor at and the drip rate? Thanks.
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Yep, I swapped the panworld out for a Sicce 1.5. The panworld was noisy and hot. Very easy swap.
I run my ph at 6.5-6.6. My flow rate is wide open. I don't even use the micro gate valve anymore.
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Heard good things about two little fishes. Plus it's better to support another hobbyist.
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Media looks chunky!
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Well I may attempt a pump swap at a later date.
So is your alk stable running wide open? What is your alk level maintained at under those settings? You have a lot of sps so I would imagine its not running at a high level because its consumed by your sps.
I have my pH set between 6.9-7, the pinpoint controller is not as precise as say, an apex controller. These settings keeps my Alk at 9. However, I just started and have little dinky frags. I run my valve borderline wide open (almost dripping at end of stream). I should have more frags in the tank in a few weeks.
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Well I may attempt a pump swap at a later date.
So is your alk stable running wide open? What is your alk level maintained at under those settings? You have a lot of sps so I would imagine its not running at a high level because its consumed by your sps.
I have my pH set between 6.9-7, the pinpoint controller is not as precise as say, an apex controller. These settings keeps my Alk at 9. However, I just started and have little dinky frags. I run my valve borderline wide open (almost dripping at end of stream). I should have more frags in the tank in a few weeks.
My alk stays between 7 and 8, and yes it's very stable.
You won't regret changing the pump to a sicce.
Lights are 11" off the water. And I run the T5s at 100%. My T5s are on about 10 hours a day. My Reefbrites are on 13 hours.
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Little video of the tank
Make sure you watch it in HD
Make sure you watch it in HD
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Watch the video in HD
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For comparison Here's the tank 2 years ago
kevlow
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Awesome! That was also some great camera work adjusting for the lighting. It helped bring the colors into focus. I enjoy seeing the old video posted for comparison.
It is always inspiring to visit your thread.
It is always inspiring to visit your thread.
