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On 11/23/2020 at 8:51 PM, SubzeroLT said:

Did some minor re-scaping after trading away the large stylo colony. Moved the gonio garden from the sand bed in place of the sylo. But found that the PAR there is probably too high for goniopora (300-400 range).

So I unlinked the Hydra64 on the right side to have its own light setting for now and slowly acclimatize the gonio to higher PAR over time.

This is the current reading :

 

Setting for all the lights except the right most Hydra64 

 

 

PAR numbers at the gonio garden (located on the right side of the tank)

Light setting for the right most Hydra64

 

 

hi leon after being somewhat in awe of your beautiful tank, I decided to place 5 hydra 64's over my new cade 1800.  The signature series settings on the allumination site, look nothing like these settings. So how long have you been running the lights at these settings? where can I download these settings? and thanks for being an inspiration

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hi just wondering what flowrate you chose for the uv? thanks

 

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thanks

 

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On 9/5/2016 at 1:15 AM, SubzeroLT said:

Did the usual process of cleaning the rocks

Bleach, soak, scrub the rocks for a day or so :

 

Then rinse with tap water / anti chlorine a couple of time. Having a large open bucket like this 120L one from ikea is great

 

Having some water movement should improve the efficiency to remove the bleach. Soaked the rocks in tap water for a few days.

 

Let the rocks dry, then vinegar soak for 15min. 

 

 

just curious why did you soak in vinegar?

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thanks leon I've been looking into the sulphur reactor as I have a couple of recirculating reactors that could be set up for the job. Your right the biopellets do deplete fairly quickly.

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page 5 your using seachem denitrate reactors, page 30 your installing a biopellet reactor and I think somewhere there was a pic where the apex was monitoring sulfur, which would imply a sulfur reactor. So what  are you using ? which was better? I used a biopellet reactor for years which worked well so long as I checked for blockages , pump failure and medium level. If any of the fore mentioned occurred it set it back weeks to get it back to where it was.

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hi on page 34 you show your running rowaphos through the Nyos Torq, yet on page 36 you you show you are using  a two little fishes reactor .  so is there a reason for this?

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well it took a fair while to read the thread but it was well worth it, thankyou leon. your mythodical approach to husbandry shows what can be achieved if your repared to do the work and spend the money. i picked up heaps of great tips which i intend to use. thanks again  john

[clam acclimitaion]

Im about to purchase my first clams, I have quarantined all my fish prior to placing them in the main tank. However with the clams I was going to give them a good visual inspection than place them in the main tank. My reasoning being it would be less stressful on the clams to acclimitise once to my main tank lighting, and they are less likely to carry itch than fish. Am i correct or should i quarantine them for 3 weeks as well.

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thanks for the replies, I may give the flame angel a miss

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I have 2 yellow tangs. I chose these as I thought they were reef safe and clam safe, does anyone house these with their clams? I was considering getting a coral beauty, a flame angle, a purple tang. what are peoples thoughts please. john

[boring clams]

thanks nakazoru, I read they chemically disolve the lime stone and attach that way. I take it thats what you meant by etch. I was unsure as to whether they also had a foot physically capable of boring into the rock, thus my concern with glass. john

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I read boring clams should be placed on rock, I have pvc foam sheeting on the bottom of my tank can I place it there. will it attach itself? can these or other clams damage the glass bottom of an aquarium? thanks john