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Yesterday I took my first of many 1 hour trips to World Wide Corals and it completely changed the way I want to reef.
Will break down my questions into pieces so it's easier to decipher:
1.) Well recently I sold my Aqua Illumination Sol's and switched to T5's.. I'm running a four bulb set up over my 40 breeder with a bulb combo of ATI Blue +, Coral +, Fiji Purple, ATI Blue +. I wasn't getting any growth with my LED's, and I can already see growth in some of my SPS, but the color is crap compared to LED's.. WWC runs mostly Radions over all over their frag tanks, how are they getting the growth and color out of these? Is it because they are full spectrum and the Sol's were only blue and white? I'm thinking of going Radion, but I've read 40 breeders only need one above them, this true?
2.) All of WWC tanks are completely bare bottom, mainly because they are full SPS tanks. Yesterday I sold my roomate all of my corals, besides a select few that I like. I'm going full SPS/Chalice with a few zoanthids/plates. My question is, how do I go from sand to BB? I have about a 2-2.5 inch sand bed, and I'd really like to get rid of it so I can push the flow up in my system. I'm already convinced on BB, I've done my reading so I'm not looking for cons, I'm looking on how to do the conversion.
3.) Last night I put my new pink prostata into my tank, and this morning I woke up to a gorilla crab on it. When I left I had no polyp extension, but the lights only had been on for ~30 minutes. I got the crab off and he's gone. Any hope on this? Did he possibly devour my entire frag in one night?
4.) I have one MP10 and a Mag7 on my 40 breeder now. I keep the MP10 on short pulse mode at around 60%. Is this going to be enough flow? Or should I add another MP10?
Thanks a lot guys, I'm hoping I can get some good answers and get my tank under control.
Will break down my questions into pieces so it's easier to decipher:
1.) Well recently I sold my Aqua Illumination Sol's and switched to T5's.. I'm running a four bulb set up over my 40 breeder with a bulb combo of ATI Blue +, Coral +, Fiji Purple, ATI Blue +. I wasn't getting any growth with my LED's, and I can already see growth in some of my SPS, but the color is crap compared to LED's.. WWC runs mostly Radions over all over their frag tanks, how are they getting the growth and color out of these? Is it because they are full spectrum and the Sol's were only blue and white? I'm thinking of going Radion, but I've read 40 breeders only need one above them, this true?
2.) All of WWC tanks are completely bare bottom, mainly because they are full SPS tanks. Yesterday I sold my roomate all of my corals, besides a select few that I like. I'm going full SPS/Chalice with a few zoanthids/plates. My question is, how do I go from sand to BB? I have about a 2-2.5 inch sand bed, and I'd really like to get rid of it so I can push the flow up in my system. I'm already convinced on BB, I've done my reading so I'm not looking for cons, I'm looking on how to do the conversion.
3.) Last night I put my new pink prostata into my tank, and this morning I woke up to a gorilla crab on it. When I left I had no polyp extension, but the lights only had been on for ~30 minutes. I got the crab off and he's gone. Any hope on this? Did he possibly devour my entire frag in one night?
4.) I have one MP10 and a Mag7 on my 40 breeder now. I keep the MP10 on short pulse mode at around 60%. Is this going to be enough flow? Or should I add another MP10?
Thanks a lot guys, I'm hoping I can get some good answers and get my tank under control.
