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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
01/09/2008, 12:23 PM
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Phoenix 14k vs Giesemann 14.5k vs others...
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Sudad
Hi all, I also use the Giesemann MegaChrome...
Hi all,
I also use the Giesemann MegaChrome Coral 14.500 K (250 Watt) now. I never used the phoenix before so I can't judge it.
About the Giesemann I'm very content with the colours of my...
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
01/09/2008, 11:56 AM
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giesemann 14.5K megachrome
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Sudad
Hi all, I also use the Giesemann MegaChrome...
Hi all,
I also use the Giesemann MegaChrome Coral 14.500 K (250 Watt) now.
I'm very content with the colours of my corals and it looks very natural, like sun is shining in your tank - but not...
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Reef Discussion
01/09/2008, 08:54 AM
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Prodibio lead to cyano??
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Sudad
Try to increase your alk (KH about 8-9 dH°) and...
Try to increase your alk (KH about 8-9 dH°) and try to hold pH between 8,2-8,4 to stop the massive grow of cyano.
The other water parameters should be at correct level.
Then clean your rocks...
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Reef Discussion
12/14/2007, 08:14 AM
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can someone ID these 4 SPS corals please??
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Sudad
1. Acropora millepora without expanded polyps,...
1. Acropora millepora without expanded polyps, maybe bad captivity conditions 2. Acropora loripes, 3. Stylophora, 4. Acropora loisetteae or A. tumida (enzmann).
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Reef Discussion
12/14/2007, 06:03 AM
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Finally an easy solution to bryopsis!
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Sudad
When I read this thread I got new hope to kill...
When I read this thread I got new hope to kill the bryopsis in my tank. At the moment bryopsis grows only on few places at the liverocks, but I'm afraid it would be more in several months. I tried...
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The Reef Chemistry Forum
08/04/2007, 05:17 AM
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DSB and Hydrogen Sulfide
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Sudad
I agree with MCaxmaster. Large amount of...
I agree with MCaxmaster.
Large amount of detritus (too many fishes or too less streaming) and very limited nitrate are necassary to increase the H2S amount. This is my own experience.
E.g. the...
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The Reef Chemistry Forum
08/03/2007, 08:45 AM
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DSB and Hydrogen Sulfide
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Sudad
@Mr31415 Hi, H2S is often produced in...
@Mr31415
Hi,
H2S is often produced in an DSB, if the filter bacterias, which normaly should reduce nitrat (NO3), haven't enough organic matter or nitrat (NO3) to reduce and they have to choose...
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
08/03/2007, 08:00 AM
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Wavebox in a glass tank?
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Sudad
Hi, do you mean a full-glass tank? Why...
Hi,
do you mean a full-glass tank?
Why should it be a risk? I always thought, that a full-glass tank is more stable then a standard tank, which is sticked together with silicon .
Maybe it...
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Reef Discussion
04/24/2007, 09:30 AM
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Proven Bryopsis eater?
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Sudad
Bryopsis could only controlled by biological...
Bryopsis could only controlled by biological methods with herbivores. Chemical water parameters like PO4, NO3 or other organic water parameters haven't any influence on Bryopsis. This is really the...
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Reef Discussion
04/23/2007, 04:52 AM
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Lighting spectrum question
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Sudad
Important is, that the blue spectrum has a wide...
Important is, that the blue spectrum has a wide range from 400 nm to 500 nm. I think in generally the blue bulbs with 450 nm or 460 nm is more ideal for the most corals. The Maximum peak should be at...
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Reef Discussion
04/20/2007, 05:52 AM
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Coral Feeding
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Sudad
It depends, what kind of corals you have in your...
It depends, what kind of corals you have in your tank.
For long time I feed all my corals with a differnet kind of food and tested a lot of products on the market. At the end I must say, that only...
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Reef Discussion
04/04/2007, 08:21 AM
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Reef Crystal VS. Red Sea Coral Pro Salt?
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Sudad
I used a lot of different salt-mixes over 7 years...
I used a lot of different salt-mixes over 7 years and 3 salt-mixes are now the favourite mixes for me:
The best for me is the Aquamedic Reef Salt (very good soluble and natural Ca and Mg-levels,...
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Reef Discussion
04/02/2007, 02:56 PM
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Do corals consume phytoplankton?
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Sudad
Let's do a compromise: "A clam and soft...
Let's do a compromise:
"A clam and soft coral tank with a large sponge community and a refugium with many small crustaceans and a deep sand bed with many polychaetes will have a vastly greater...
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Reef Discussion
04/02/2007, 07:39 AM
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Do corals consume phytoplankton?
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Sudad
@ Frick-n-Frags Hi, I don't think it's...
@ Frick-n-Frags
Hi,
I don't think it's a waste of money.
It depends on the quality of the phyto.
Some phyto products are useless, because the most dead phyto will not accept by the most...
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Reef Discussion
04/02/2007, 06:13 AM
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Do corals consume phytoplankton?
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Sudad
Yes, especially most of the soft corals and...
Yes,
especially most of the soft corals and clams need phyto as additional food. With dosing high quality "live phytoplankton" you could increase the growing-rate and health.
For hard corals...
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Reef Discussion
03/08/2007, 10:14 AM
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DSB, FOWLR, and LPS/SPS
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Sudad
I have a DSB-system running 6 years and I'm very...
I have a DSB-system running 6 years and I'm very content with it. No problems yet. A DSB-System offers the tank a lot of zooplankton and other small reef-animals and because of that it's recommanded...
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The Reef Chemistry Forum
03/02/2007, 09:11 AM
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Does aragonite sandbed really help in maintaining Ca/Alk?
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Sudad
I have read this discussion and I'm a little bit...
I have read this discussion and I'm a little bit surprised about the result, that aragonitsand shouldn't have much positive effects on KH, pH, Ca etc.
I agree with you, that CaCO3 isn't good...
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
03/01/2007, 10:11 AM
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T5 or MH for sps coral
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Sudad
In my opinion with both, T5 or MH, it's possible...
In my opinion with both, T5 or MH, it's possible to get colorful corals with a good growing rate.
But in Germany, where the electricity costs are unbelievable high (people in USA should be very...
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
02/27/2007, 08:20 AM
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What is the best light for SPS
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Sudad
@Froggy Yes, this is what I mean. Good...
@Froggy
Yes, this is what I mean. Good answer.
And the PAR/PPFD depends on the spectrum of the lightning not only the wattage or the color temperature.
Sudad
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
02/27/2007, 07:09 AM
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What is the best light for SPS
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456
Posted By
Sudad
The color temperature is not the correct way to...
The color temperature is not the correct way to decide whether a lightning system is good for corals or not. The spectrum is important. There are many different 10.000 K bulbs and halids on the...
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SPS Keepers
02/27/2007, 06:42 AM
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66
Lets RAISE my Nitrates, using KNO3!
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Sudad
Yes, they do, but the most use amino-acids and...
Yes, they do, but the most use amino-acids and natural coralfood (oyster eggs, different kind of zoo- and phytoplankton-concentrats). Me too.
If you want to dose ammonium directly in a chemical...
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SPS Keepers
02/26/2007, 11:29 AM
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Dt's oyster eggs. How often do you feed ?
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471
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Sudad
Corals need both - this is a fact: Glucose and...
Corals need both - this is a fact: Glucose and proteins . The corals get the glucose by the zooxanthellae and lightning. But to get proteins the corals have to capture zooplankton or phyto. So...
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SPS Keepers
02/26/2007, 10:37 AM
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66
Lets RAISE my Nitrates, using KNO3!
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2,247
Posted By
Sudad
Why you don't use amino-acids and/or oyster...
Why you don't use amino-acids and/or oyster eggs???
This would be a quite better form of organic nutritions and you could let your NO3 and PO4 low.
I have no NO3 and very, very less PO4, but I...
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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
02/23/2007, 10:05 AM
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29
T5 or MH for sps coral
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1,256
Posted By
Sudad
Maybe MH looks better for us, but I feel T5 is...
Maybe MH looks better for us, but I feel T5 is better for the corals. Because the spectrum of T5 is more ideal for the most corals and the light of bulbs reached every place of the coral, not only...
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Reef Discussion
02/23/2007, 09:56 AM
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12
Stomatella Snails Good or Bad?
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460
Posted By
Sudad
Very nice and important snails in a reef...
Very nice and important snails in a reef aquarium. Coral and fish safe.
Sudad
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