It's been a long week, but I got around to taking some pics. I have an acro that was given to me as a tricolor that went brown when it was shaded in a friend's tank. I've noticed that it really seems to color up at the growth tips, and gets more colorful under high light. Duh. Pretty standard, but I wanted to document growth and color change from the 250w 20K halide that I just added. We'll call this the "before picture"
Left: VHOs only (actinic + actinic/white), Right: VHOs plus halide
Hopefully in a month I will be able to look back and sactually, these aren't that small) ee some significant growth and color...
Also note the wash of bubbles in the second picture, a symptom of my overflow/sump troubles. I've been thinking and researching the new overflow and sump design. Nothing concluded yet, but I'll try to post my thoughts on that soon. Do bubbles/microbubbles cause any harm to the inhabitants, or are they just annoying and unsightly? Any dangers if I let the problem go awhile?