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Posted: June 10 2004 at 12:39pm |
so i saw on here a post about 175w MV fixture at home depot. went bought 2 of them. hooked them up with 2 110w VHO ,1 actinic, 1 actinic white. this is a test only a test.. lol
let me know what you think.
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Posted: June 10 2004 at 8:38pm |
Looks a bit yellow, but it should grow coral. Keep this post updated as time goes by.
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Posted: June 10 2004 at 9:54pm |
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yeah i'm going to change the actinic white for an actinic and see how that looks.
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Posted: June 10 2004 at 10:29pm |
I tried this bulb and my conclusion was that this bulb is probably nore suited for growing algae rather than coral. My xenia shrivelled up after I tested it on my aquarium. It worked fine on algae though. I think the reason was too much UV. The MV bulbs are not as efficient as MH bulbs , the MV bulbs emit more in the UV side of the spectrum (as compared to MH) as well as more heat.
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Posted: June 10 2004 at 11:30pm |
High-pressure Sodium bulbs are commonly used for Botany. Has anyone ever tried that for refugias?
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Posted: June 11 2004 at 7:41am |
right now i have zoo's, shrooms, xeina, GSP everything is growing well so far.
thought about trying the high pressure sodium maybe my next experiment. 
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Posted: June 19 2004 at 10:20pm |
new additions here..
after rearanging and adding some rock.
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Posted: June 20 2004 at 7:31am |
Nice rock.  and tank, mollies, anemone and crab.
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Posted: June 20 2004 at 7:56am |
thanxs mark. the rock is from our trip.  and thanxs to linda for the mollies. the rock after cleaning it i had in the sump where my return water washed over it till yestarday. so it sat there getting seeded for a few weeks now. yeah i was going to go get some. looking for a cheap hood for a 55. kinda looking in to making one not sure yet.
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Posted: August 08 2004 at 1:28pm |
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Looking good peregrinus, how's the green algea growth on the acrylic? does the MV seem to promote it?
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Posted: August 08 2004 at 1:33pm |
It's great to see those montis looking happy. Ours look the same as yours. Did the Green Fiji perk up? Shane H said his did the same thing, but his looks really good.
Adam, can you tell me what kind of macroalgae he's got in the very first picture. I'm wondering about the one that looks wide like grass, and grows tall. I got some from Brian, but it disappeared.
Just in case anyone got your elongata xenia at the frag meeting.... here's where it came from. Thank you Brian! 
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Posted: August 08 2004 at 1:41pm |
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Adam, can you tell me what kind of macroalgae he's got in the very first picture. I'm wondering about the one that looks wide like grass, and grows tall. I got some from Brian, but it disappeared.
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Looks like Caulerpa prolifera.
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Posted: August 08 2004 at 2:37pm |
thanxs chris the MV seem to promote coraline more on the acrilic. renee the green fuji did not make it..  yeah you can see the white tips where they are growing. renee if you want more macro let me know i have lots. hows the red alage doing? hope everyone enjoyed the elongata its almost time to trim some more.. the tank does not seem as yellow green as the first pics.
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Posted: August 08 2004 at 2:40pm |
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What is the red stuff in the last picture?
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Posted: August 08 2004 at 2:41pm |
its a red macro that i have growing everywhere...
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Posted: August 08 2004 at 4:36pm |
peregrinus wrote:
its a red macro that i have growing everywhere...
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Cool, can I get some from you sometime?
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Posted: August 08 2004 at 5:33pm |
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sure. i'll be out of town untill next week. going to vegas tommarow. send me a pm and we'll set some thing up.
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Posted: August 08 2004 at 5:37pm |
rstruhs wrote:
peregrinus wrote:
its a red macro that i have growing everywhere...
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Cool, can I get some from you sometime?
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It's an awsome macro. I got a small peice from the raffle about a year ago. It was doing well untill a turbo snail decided it was tastey. I wouldn't mind getting another peice if you have enough. I have a few things I can trade. I've got lots of Halimeda and a few other macros.
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Posted: August 08 2004 at 5:45pm |
sure jared.. i'd love some halimeda.
heres a purple and green alage i'm growing out right now in the same tank.
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