It's coming up on three weeks since I switched over to metal halides. One of my montis started to bleach but it seems to be fine since I moved it to a lower light area. A red dragon frag RTN'd on me. It had been in my tank for two months but didn't really seem to be growing.
On a positive note I had a SSC frag that had turned white during one of my dino battles. It had found its way to the frag graveyard at the back of my tank but to my surprise is has started to color back up and I'm seeing some sings of branching. Last spring when I still had my 120 I lost a blue milli colony. A month or two ago I noticed a brown growth that I thought was a sponge. Last week it started to branch and turn blue. It's looking like that blue milli is back from the dead!
The lights are definitely adding heat to the tank. It's driving the temperature of the tank up to around 79 by the end of the light cycle. The tank is in our basement which is cool year round. I'm thinking that it shouldn't be a problem but I'll need to keep an eye on that over the next few weeks until it's time for the central air to come on. The immediate benefit is that my heaters are running less. I've been watching my average electrical usage on my apex and it's actually gone down slightly.
I also picked up two new fish from ASR, an orange back fairy wrasse and a richmond's wrasse. They are both in my QT and seem to be doing fine. I still have some work to do to get the richmond to take prepared foods.
On a positive note I had a SSC frag that had turned white during one of my dino battles. It had found its way to the frag graveyard at the back of my tank but to my surprise is has started to color back up and I'm seeing some sings of branching. Last spring when I still had my 120 I lost a blue milli colony. A month or two ago I noticed a brown growth that I thought was a sponge. Last week it started to branch and turn blue. It's looking like that blue milli is back from the dead!
The lights are definitely adding heat to the tank. It's driving the temperature of the tank up to around 79 by the end of the light cycle. The tank is in our basement which is cool year round. I'm thinking that it shouldn't be a problem but I'll need to keep an eye on that over the next few weeks until it's time for the central air to come on. The immediate benefit is that my heaters are running less. I've been watching my average electrical usage on my apex and it's actually gone down slightly.
I also picked up two new fish from ASR, an orange back fairy wrasse and a richmond's wrasse. They are both in my QT and seem to be doing fine. I still have some work to do to get the richmond to take prepared foods.
