i have whites at 55% and blue @ 75% royal blue at 78%. so i guess on my previous light setup i had my MH high enough and the fans pointed to a point where water evap was not altered by them. currently with the LEDs im still topping off at the same rate. this is important because i use a kalk reactor to control my level especially PH, as it runs low on my system. currently alk is at 8.9 and cal at 438 with hanna checkers. colors are still looking great, so far im happy with my choice..... ...
So two part dosing was just becoming a lil too much for me. i was dosing too much and always forgot or did it at different times. i was also having problems with low PH(6.9-7.4) throught out the day. so after trying co2 scrubbers and other things i decided a Kalk reactor would be choice for my system. i have a lot of SPS and LPS so a steady ...
Updated 10-09-2012 at 10:18 AM by stangchris
so my tank has been chuggin along very nice! I got a new fixture a couple months ago, guy had a new in box outer orbit from current USA. came stock with 10k bulbs, first thing I did was swap factory t5 with ATI blu plus coral plus and Fiji purple. hqi bulbs where 10k and I was happy with growth but hated yellow color, so I bought some Phoenix 14k. upon installing the I thought they looked too blue. next day I wake up go to check everything and notice a ballast for my t5 is out so down to ...
last couple months ive been upgrading stuff added a mp-10, also upgraded to reefkeeper elite 3x pc4, sl1, sl2. auto top off is now controlled by reefkeeper, plan on adding a bubble magus dosing pump soon. this week end i purchased a Trigger System 18x18 sump, so i can put dosing stuff in cabinet. coral is looking the best its ever been, reallly happy with tank. excuse the wire mess that was before i snugged it up. - 6 bulb t5 -skimmer- sea side aquatics cs-1 -mp-40,mp-10 ...
So why do we spend 400+ bucks for a Vortech and only get velcro to hold finally an answer. Oh and made by fellow Texan lol. a couple people in my local club have got theirs and are very happy. i should have mine this week. http://www.mrcobscorals.com/magento/...er-holder.html ...