bswedenburg
06/02/2004, 09:43 PM
tank: ammonia-0, nitrite-0, nitrate-0, ph=8.3, Sp. grav- 1.026 with a refractometer, calcium 440, alk: DKH- 9.6/meq- 3.3. tank is 6 mo. old. lighting 110 PC (1) 55w Actinic/daylight, (1) 55w actinic.
250w DE MH 14K hamilton bulb off of ARO electronic ballast. tank is 26 gallon with a 30 gallon refugium/sump. AquaC Remora pro skimmer with a mag 3. lights are 2 inches off the water thru a tempered glass plate in my self built custom oak hood, which has push pull 2 fan configuration. autotopoff set to top off after 1 quart evap water loss.
when i first got the goni, i did a long drip acclimation, almost two hours worth. it was fully extended, and looking good, but was not anywhere near this green. it practically glows in the dark.
but....it seems to be withdrawn lately a lot. should i move to my refugium where the light is less intense, (lot less)? is it just getting used to the light? i have two oscillating power heads in the tank and ~15+ tank turnover. all my other critters are doing fine, clams are good, featherduster good, zoo's good, candy coral doing good. fish are great, xenia are doing fine, GSP are growing like a weed and have self fragged twice.
is this critter going to be ok? is it too much light? i don't target feed, but i do feed the system with a mixture of DT's (or reed mariculture coral and clam diet) and golden pearls both the 5-50 micron and 50-100 micron sizes, and i usually mix in some cyclo-peez, and some finely, dry bleneded freeze dried krill. i usually mix a fresh "batch" every 3-4 days. so they get fed well...
TIA!
250w DE MH 14K hamilton bulb off of ARO electronic ballast. tank is 26 gallon with a 30 gallon refugium/sump. AquaC Remora pro skimmer with a mag 3. lights are 2 inches off the water thru a tempered glass plate in my self built custom oak hood, which has push pull 2 fan configuration. autotopoff set to top off after 1 quart evap water loss.
when i first got the goni, i did a long drip acclimation, almost two hours worth. it was fully extended, and looking good, but was not anywhere near this green. it practically glows in the dark.
but....it seems to be withdrawn lately a lot. should i move to my refugium where the light is less intense, (lot less)? is it just getting used to the light? i have two oscillating power heads in the tank and ~15+ tank turnover. all my other critters are doing fine, clams are good, featherduster good, zoo's good, candy coral doing good. fish are great, xenia are doing fine, GSP are growing like a weed and have self fragged twice.
is this critter going to be ok? is it too much light? i don't target feed, but i do feed the system with a mixture of DT's (or reed mariculture coral and clam diet) and golden pearls both the 5-50 micron and 50-100 micron sizes, and i usually mix in some cyclo-peez, and some finely, dry bleneded freeze dried krill. i usually mix a fresh "batch" every 3-4 days. so they get fed well...
TIA!