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    Cycling of your new live Rocks

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Gd morning reefers,

    I recently set up my 5 ft tank and was keen to cycle with the live prawn method, however the tank maker said it was not necessary and proposed dosing microbacter7 and biofuel daily for 7 days and start measuring the water parameters. 

    currently at 7th day, the reading is such:

    Salinity 1.028
    NO3 25
    PO4 0.03
    CA 500
    MG 1500
    KH 8.0

    Numbers look too good to be true for a week of cycling. I am not in a hurry to put in livestock, so am ok to wait on. However, will the reading change as a wait on? Is the cycling proper? 

     

    Glass thickness for 5ft tank

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Hi. 

    I was told by my tank maker that for a 5ft x 2.5ft x 20inch tank, i will require a 15mm glass. However when i did a search on this forum, even the 6 footers are using 12mm and i also crossed checked with the aquatools website calculator, it says this size requires 8mm thickness. So am i right to say 15mm thickness is not necessary? 

    Thanks. 

     

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    fading LPS - what's happening?

    in LPS Coral forum

    Posted

    Thanks bros for your advise, i do have an acrylic cover which i popped by the shop to get them to tint it.. now it doesnt look as bright.. observing them daily to see if all is good.

    So far, corals and fishes are good, just not sure if the colors will come back.

    fading LPS - what's happening?

    in LPS Coral forum

    Posted

    If the led cannot be mount high for light spread, I suggest you replace with T5 tubes instead. Led placed too near water surface with only project a strong light beam onto the corals and that will only burn or bleach them.

    Cheers,

    James

    Yes i might have to do that, but i think the shortest T5 is 2ft? Mine is 1.5ft tank.. arghhhh..

    fading LPS - what's happening?

    in LPS Coral forum

    Posted

    3-5 watt per litre for LPS is consider on the high range for a normal height tank. This is the recommended figures from most books and websites.

    So if I fixed the light issue, will the colors come back?

    And one more thing... i didnt mean bro if you are a sis...

    Haha thanks for acknowledging that. .

    fading LPS - what's happening?

    in LPS Coral forum

    Posted

    Let me give some info on my tank:

    1.5Ft IOS cube
    Lightings : Maxspect G2 110W, white and blue together for 5hrs daily.
    Skimmer: Bubble Magus Nac QQ
    Water change - once a week, 20%

    Dosing - Bacteria, calcium, iodine, once weekly

    In terms of water quality, i do see my rocks and wave maker rich in coraline algae, so i would think the quality isn't that bad. As for the lighting, i was told by the guys in Aquamarin that it might be too strong, especially with the white

    MaxSpect LED 110W - G2

    in Product Reviews

    Posted

    New key feature 2

    Another interesting feature is that you can now swop out faulty LED/s or change white LEDs to blue LEDs or vice versa yourself. there is no need to send the unit back to the factory for such replacement and the best part is that the warranty will not be voided.

    The LEDs are mounted on "LED shoe plate" that is secured to the aluminium plate by 2 screws and a 2 pin connector.

    If the LED is faulty or should you wish to replace the white LED with a blue one to give a more actinic look, you would just need to order a new LED from MaxSpect and do the replacement yourself.

    I have yet to try it but would post pics if I get a chance to.

    here's the white LEDs

    attachicon.gifIMG_9363.jpg

    and these are the blue ones.

    attachicon.gifIMG_9359.jpg

    Bringing this old thread up as i own one of these units, i wanted to find out -

    - Did anyone replace the LEDs to CREE or Maxspect?

    - Where did you get the bulbs from?

    - Any recommendations on your new LED set up?

    I find my current/ original set up is too white, and it doesnt bring out the vibrant colors of my corals, according to LSF, i was told to make it slightly more bluish.

    Thanks bros.

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