fishmanmike01

Used my Red Sea kit for mag. It's says 1080-1100.

No, I use 4 of the ocean revive units. The old ones were the SO26 units and I replaced them with new IT units. I started the new lights with blues at 35% and whites at 25% increasing them about 5% every 4 days or so. I'm still only at 55% blue and 45% white. The old lights ran at 100% both Chanel's. Overall coral degredation gas been ongoing for over a month. If it so happens to just be light shock, what's the best way to proceed in that arena?

. I have to admit, I do feed oyster feast and dose fuel, however after my crash, I kinda let that go as most all my sps took a dump. I suppose that was mistake numero uno

Actually yes, I just installed all new lights last week. I'm starting them at a low % and slowly intensifying. However the old lights above the plates were half bad and the condition was slowly starting before that.

I feed an assortment of Mysis, brine, rods foods, fresh shrimp, krill, nori, anything really, I try and mix it up everyday. I do only feed once a day due to work. I read all these threads and hear people say they feed 2-4 times a day and think, do these people not have jobs!? I'm gone before the lights come on and return to just a few hours left each night. And I agree about the mag, the sailfert kit I have is now pretty old and I question if I trust it. It's funny, for months I've thought my skimmer hasn't been doing a great job. Guess it's keeping up ey.

I've seen your photos, pretty nice in my book.

Most of my testing is done with Hanna meters and backed up with double checks at lfs's. As of late my plate corals have begun to pale fairly heavily, so testing ensued. Po4 came in at 4ppb = .015 ppm after conversion Nitrates are undetectable both by my tests and lfs. Alk 155-160 ppm = 8.6 +- Cal - 500 Mag -? I'm assuming the corals turning pale are a result of the phos and nitrate being too low. Question is; 1. What phos level are you getting good colors at? 2. What the most effective way to bring phos up? Turn skimmer off ? Just plain feed more? I have other corals that are slowly crapping the bed that I was attributing to my crash a few months ago but now I'm leaning toward this being the problem. Thanks in advance

What's the height on that?

Testing the waters to see if anything is available. I'm In search of a large skimmer, rated for upwards of 400 gal. Not sure if I'm happy with my current one, looking to replace.

Spectra, where are you located?

Location?

I wouldnt mind seeing what my lights are producing. It's put up new ones this week.

Wouldn't that just drop all the crap back into the skimmer?

Q: Do you socks smell as bad as mine? S: I can't seem to get the green color out on my socks.

I think he's in Springfield. I would have grabbed it but that too far for me.

I'd stay far away from it. At least drug test it first.

Lol. Oh how the mind races. Seriously, Smell my fingers!

Lol. It's no biggie Val , it's actually labeled right on the magnet and still a fair price. Perhaps I'll just take advantage and say "you owe me one."????

Hey, no worries Val. They will replace my current wp40's just the same. I apologize if that came off as a complaint, I was just letting you know what you really had.

Just got home and was able to go through the box. These are infact wp40' s. Not 60's.

What are you looking for?

I'll take them.

How much larger are these compared to the wp40? Are they the same plug?

It's been quite a long time since I've updated this thread. Lots has happened. Had a crash due to a power outage a few months ago and have lost nearly everything. On a brighter side the wife and I visited Garret's shop today and brought home a hawg of a Naso. She wants a big fish for some reason. It acclimated for nearly 4 hours tonight and was placed into a dark tank. I'm hopeful in the rebuild at this point.