blue actinic

hey hey hey ... i just want to know if my simple understanding below is correct or incorrect. Blue: is just for human to see the colourful contrasting colours of corals but it doesn't grow corals as much as the white does. Aesthetic in a word. White: is to grow corals. Incorrect statement?

125 gallon Tank Parted out --UPDATED!! ALL ROCK SOLD MyReefCreations MR-2 Protien Skimmer- $200 **UPDATED** http://myreefcreations.com/psstandard.htm Submersible Gen-X 8500 pump(used for 4 months with protien skimmer) - $50 or $25 if you buy with skimmer...

Liverock(in tank for 3 years) being sold all together, unless someone wants to buy just the dead rock(now live tho): 90 lbs of Figi Live rock with lots of life and color. 65 lbs dead rock underneath that has taken alot of color from the live rock. You also get everything in tank including...

Liverock(in tank for 3 years) being sold all together, unless someone wants to buy just the dead rock(now live tho): 90 lbs of Figi Live rock with lots of life and color. 65 lbs dead rock underneath that has taken alot of color from the live rock. You also get everything in tank including...

Hey So i have a metal halide light. Cost me about $500 but its so powerful and makes most the corals grow and look good. However i was at a restaurant last night and they have the best tank ive ever seen and he uses a blue light with his halide too. Before i used my Halide and opened my...

Hi again! I have a bubble tip anemone. I have had it for close to 3 weeks now. for the 1st 2 1/2 weeks it stayed on the sand. It's now climbing to the top of the rocks. I have the Coralife PC lights. Does this mean the anemone needs stronger lighting? I have been looking to buy new...

I just purchased a group of red mushrooms yesterday and when i put it into the tank and all the mushrooms were small and shriveled looking. So I expected it to look better in the morning after the light was on for a while, so I went to bed. But the light has been on for about 4-5 hours now and...

Okay as this may be a stupid question, humor me anyways... I have a compact flourescent Coralife on my 75 gal. I am trying to add corals slowly, but I fear it is not enough light. Now I can't afford to buy a t5 setup or halide, and another compact for $200 is not practical for me right now...

I posted this on my local site, but hoping to get a better response...I think everyone's shopping! I got some awesome colored zoos this weekend and I was having my blackout weekend and only had the VHO actinics on and thought Wow! Monday when turning on the 50/50 actinic whites with the blue...

I currently have (2) 175w MH, and (3) 96w actinics running on my 75gallon. I have two 400w MH setups that I'm not using and was wondering if it would be beneficial to add one to my tank. I was thinking I could mount it directly in the center, which would be above the rest of the lights. Besides...

I am somewhat new to the hobby of saltwater fish keeping. I have a ton of questions. I have a 55 gallon up and running now. Im using a marineland magnum 350 filter. I have two powerheads in the tank. A tidepool S.O.S connecting to a sump underneath the tank with a little macroalgae. My...

gotcha going there didn't I:p no not mine! A friend of mine is having to get rid of his reef tank he has a 125gal 6' long base canopy stand skimmer (unknown @ this time) 100lbs live rock 6' MH combo strip lunar lights chiller (unknown size) he is trying to sell entire thing for 2000.00 I...

Well, i started a thread earlier called "Too Much Flow??" and it kinda turned into a build thread, but wasn't titled as so. well i decided to start a new thread showing the progress of my build. the basics are: 55 gal AGA 48x12x18 4 Aquaclear 70 powerheads 1600 gpm of total flow (probably going...

ok, i have basically decided not to do a sump, at least not yet. I am scared of overflows and want to keep the system simple till i am comfortable. I will be doing a FOWLR type setup with maybe a leather and some zoas in the future (less than a year)or at least until i get comfy with the...

I bought this a few weeks ago and in the store it was a baby blue/almost purplish. It was under 400 MH 14K at the store and is under the same exact light here at home - I bought the light & bulb from the same LFS about 2 months ago. When I started this tank I wanted softies only but have ended...

75 gal AGA with black stand bought new only had wet for about 3 months no salt creep on tank or stand... $150.00 Euro Reef CS-80 with quick disconnect union on collection cup with sedra pump... $85.00 Ice Cap660 ballast wiring harness T-5 and T-12 endcaps... $85.00 4 brand new guissemen...

Ok i know it's just a few pics. but i will get more for you guys soon. I had a bad weekend and ended up draining the 20 gal drilling it, putting in the new CTC from "FLYGUY's idea". Wife asked me if she could put her toaster oven back on the microwave cart the the 20 gal was sitting on. Well i...

44 gal glass hex (setup 1-10-2007) 60 gal sump 1700 rio pump (too big) hydor koralia 1 emperor aquatics uv sterilizer odysea 75 gal protein skimmer 1 250 watt metal halide 2 65 watt blue actinic PC's 4 blue LED lunar lights 3 built in fans Fish 2 percula clowns 1 powder brown tang 1 mandarin...

It's almost time to change my bulbs I'm curently running dual 250w 10k XM's with dual 96w PC actinics the actinics make the tank slightly bluer but I kind of would like it a little more blue, will the Reeflux 10k do the trick? I know that the XM's have a higher Par so I'm kind of not sure if I...

90 gallon tank Currently have 4 VHO super actinics with 660 ballast, 2 standard blue actinics with ballast. Corals seem to be doing fine but i think they would color up a lot better with MH. How can i add MH? Will i need another ballast? Will i need a chiller? Currently have fan blowing down...