Smite's Stout CDA - 205G
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That's a damn good idea. It's only got 2 channels. 2 lamp (currently actinics) and 8 lamp channels. My only hesitation is I really like the overlap of actinics and the blue of the kessils i get at dawn/dusk. I could throw the tropics in the 2 lamp and use it for punch midday, that might even be a cool realistic ramp/dusk.
I'll have to think about it as I love the spectrum with all 10 lamps lit. It's really just missing shimmer but the spectrum is spot on for me. Just a little flat.
I've got 1 kessil that doesn't want to turn on under 30% consistently so that's my low point. At 30% I get okay looking shimmer with all 10 lamps (adds around 200 PAR @ 30%) but around 70% it looks like straight MH. Everything full blast I was getting shimmer spikes in the 1000+ range around my higher tonga rockwork.
I'll have to think about it as I love the spectrum with all 10 lamps lit. It's really just missing shimmer but the spectrum is spot on for me. Just a little flat.
I've got 1 kessil that doesn't want to turn on under 30% consistently so that's my low point. At 30% I get okay looking shimmer with all 10 lamps (adds around 200 PAR @ 30%) but around 70% it looks like straight MH. Everything full blast I was getting shimmer spikes in the 1000+ range around my higher tonga rockwork.
So I'm starting to see a dent in the bryopsis. I believe I'm around day 5. I added the skimmer cup back and a small amount of carbon yesterday. I also did a snow dosing last night and fresh socks to help pull out some debris. I thought it might help remove the flux too.
GHA survived so far but I'm fine by that. That I can pluck and scrub back without it spreading like wild fire. I'm hoping once I'm able to do that the tangs will keep it in check. If not I'll be adding a fox face and possibly a scopas to round the algae control group.
Still have that weird brown dusting on the sandbed, still no bubbles (dinos) but I have a feeling they are a form of dinos. It's part of why I'm pulling the flux now and not waiting to see if it'd help with the GHA as well. I'll take GHA over dinos.
coraline is in full force, maybe that will provide less area for algae to easily take hold?
GHA survived so far but I'm fine by that. That I can pluck and scrub back without it spreading like wild fire. I'm hoping once I'm able to do that the tangs will keep it in check. If not I'll be adding a fox face and possibly a scopas to round the algae control group.
Still have that weird brown dusting on the sandbed, still no bubbles (dinos) but I have a feeling they are a form of dinos. It's part of why I'm pulling the flux now and not waiting to see if it'd help with the GHA as well. I'll take GHA over dinos.
coraline is in full force, maybe that will provide less area for algae to easily take hold?
At least you don’t have osteoporosis. I lost a bunch of stuff , corals and cuc, to osteoporosis. Fortunately coolia is one of the fastest strains of Dino to get rid of. Once you get you uv going it should take about 2 weeks or so. Make sure to run carbon as coolia is also toxic.
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