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Looking good, dont do the damsel start, if they survive, theyll wind up being those fish you wished you didnt have lol. You've been patient this far, take your time get it cycled and through the uglies without the light on. You'll be better for it later. Instead of fighting the crazy algaes...
I still have my old 400w halide reflector and dimmable ballast. I ran a 20k radium in it. and honestly that beast grew acros like they were on steroids! I plan on eventually using it again if I ever get back into aquaculture. But frags always (for me) colored up better under the leds.
Nice. The fixture I have was a custom built unit i made with furniture grade plywood and a big reflector. And used 3 sets of ballasts to adjust intensity
I think even the black boxes have the lower range uv spectrums in them now. So you can really grow anything with them.. the only thing I dont like about them is that the whites, green and reds are all tied together, and can cause algae issues on some peoples systems. Other than that in think...
So I had the original hydras over my tank for the first 2 and a half years. I had 2 52s across the front and 2 26s behind them. I had good growth and color. But they really didnt have good light spread. My tank is not huge by any means amd to have to use 4 leds is kinda crazy. Well, after I...
So my new to me radion showed up, I got a good deal on one so I decided to remove the hydras from my frag tank and install a radion xr30 pro, and john from acc is getting me the linear LED setup to install on my light from reef breeders(well get to see how well it works) so I decided I wasnt...