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01-20-2007, 10:40 PM
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Cabbage Leathers shrinking
is it normal for the size of cabbages to vary week by week..mine used to be REALLY large..now there a medium 3-4 inch size..are they dwindiling away ?  or what ?
there in a high light but were moved from medium current to a little less current. i got no good place in my tank to give it strong current anymore
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My 6 Year Old 55g Mixed Reef Tank. (The Oldest Display in the State)
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01-20-2007, 10:46 PM
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can you post your tank specs (including lighting and filtration) and water parameters?
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01-20-2007, 10:51 PM
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125 watts, 2 1200 maxijets, bio- wheel filter, Bio-ball wet/dry filter. age is 3 years. water is perfect with 10% water changes every week, 57G tank. Red Sea Salt only. i also use ChromaPlankton,Phytoplankton,Zooplankton & CoralAccel off and on through the week..not all the time just randomly every 2-3 days.i DID have a red alge outbreak 5 weeks ago.getting it under control now.
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01-20-2007, 10:54 PM
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Is the 125W thing how much light you have? Could you break this up more and tell us what kind of lighting, what kind of bulbs, and how far off the water they are?
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01-20-2007, 11:02 PM
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ok its the light, there flouresent 3 sun 1 blue actinic. its a VERY tall tank (about 2 feet deep) , but light is right on the water sitting on a Vers-a-Top lid.just changed the bulbs today,they were over 1 year old. tank size is 32 inch deep 30 inch long.the cabbage sits about 15 inches from the lights.
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01-20-2007, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ChilisREasy
ok its the light, there flouresent 3 sun 1 blue actinic. its a VERY tall tank (about 2 feet deep) , but light is right on the water sitting on a Vers-a-Top lid.just changed the bulbs today,they were over 1 year old. tank size is 32 inch deep 30 inch long.the cabbage sits about 15 inches from the lights.
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Are these Normal output bulbs? PC bulbs? VHO bulbs?
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01-20-2007, 11:16 PM
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2 sun bulbs are 10,000 K 1 sun is 6,700 K.normal output
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01-20-2007, 11:33 PM
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That is actually very, very little light. I would move that thing as high as you can, and try and upgrade your lighting asap. Also remember those bulbs are only good for 6 months.
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01-21-2007, 12:09 AM
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Could you post your actual water parameters?
ammonia -nitrite-nitrate- SG -PH- Calcium and Alk. Perfect doesn't really tell us much
Thanks Kelli
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01-21-2007, 02:58 PM
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I Changed all 4 Bulbs yesterday, & today i noticed a LARGE differance not only in the cabbage's but in the other corals as well.  Should have changes those bulbs 6 months ago 
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