It is almost time for me to replace the bulbs in my Coralife Aqualight Pro fixture. In the past I have always used Coralife bulbs as that is what the fixture originally came with. I am now wondering if it would cause any harm to my reef inhabitants if I went with a different bulb manufacturer...

can someone explain to me what actinic light does or does it do anything other than light up the tank. How do i get the neon colors in my tank pop are there different moon lights that do that or are there different actinic lights that do that??? I know this may seem dumb but i really do not...

Hello everyone, I currently have a sunpod 2x250 mh fixture with the stock double ended 14000k bulbs, I believe they are sunpod bulbs. I want to go to a 10000k bulb and want to know if anyone has any suggestions on what brand bulb I should go with? the 14k's are a little too blue for my taste...

I am going to sell my 5 gallon all in one. I bought it about a year ago from Cadlights.com. For some reason they don't offer these anymore, I don't know why though. *T5 lighting (10,000k daylight, 03 true actinic blue) 4 bulbs (24w). *Extra thick, seamless bow front glass panels. *polished...

Coralife 36 Inch Aqualight W/ 2-96W Sq. Pin Base And 2-3/4W Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED Lamps Lunar Aqualight Deluxe Series - Double Linear Strip 96 watt 10,000K and 96 watt True Actinic 03 Blue square pin base compact fluorescent lamps Two 3/4 watt Lunar...

Without overly stressing my tank, what's a good schedule of water changes to help bring nitrate's down? It's a 55 gallon tank, no refuge or sump. Has some zoas, a frogspawn, mushrooms, another coral I can't think of what it's called(looks like green star like grass) and my xenia, as well as the...

OK, after the algae explosion, I stopped dosing like I was told I needed to, and got a calcium tester. . and it seems if I used the darn thing right, that I have lots of calcium(it took forever to turn the water blue). The water is out of limestone well, so that might be why.. . Anyway, I...

I currently own a 90 gallon Lps with hopes of SPS coral tank. I am using an odyssea 2x 250wMH bulbs and 4x65 watt. I have had my tank running for a year and half. The rock is 3-4 year cured. I inherited the rock from my lfs friend.(rock from awesome display tank) n e way. I have used the odyssea...

Ok, the time has come and I can't hold on to these tanks I love any longer if I'm going to get moved to Canada. I'm going to start with selling the LR, then the fish and critters ('cause I can't catch them with the rock in the way and I don't have a large container to move anything into), and...

I am wondering if it's possible to have too much air moving across my MH fixtures as to prevent them from getting up to temperature and/or PAR value. I'm running ROIII's with Reeflux DE 10k's on IceCap 250 eballasts. Recently I've been noticing some STN on some of my SPS and one of my oldest...

Well, I think I found the culprit for the poor hammer coral, the tank got up to 86, and since I turned it down, he seems to be recovering a bit. My worry is what to do in the summer. There is no central A/C in this house, and no way to put it in(and no, a room AC would not work, you'd have to...

I am wondering if it's possible to have too much air moving across my MH fixtures as to prevent them from getting up to temperature and/or PAR value. I'm running ROIII's with Reeflux DE 10k's on IceCap 250 eballasts. Recently I've been noticing some STN on some of my SPS and one of my oldest...

I'm sorry, this question has probably been asked over and over but I haven't found what I need searching through past posts. The more I read, the more confused I get. So many choices and it seems like there isn't a general consensus on what works best. Before going out and spending money on...

Last night there was an explosion of this red/purple algae. It is long and stringy and is growing on the sand and rocks. Can some one tell me what it is and how do I get rid of it. I use only RO/DI water with 0 TDS. Thank-you very much. Joe 75 Gallon Tank 30 Gallon Sump Super Needle Wheeled...

well to start off I have a 55 gal. tank...50 lbs. fiji live rock (walt smith premium)...40 lbs. crushed coral substrate...zoo med power sweep 228 wavemaker fully rotating with oxygen exchange...pretty much basic heater and protein skimmer...260w 48" lighting system 2x65w 12000k Daylight PC and...

so after being a member for several months and getting great ideas from everyone on this site, i have decided to upgrade to a 75 gallon tank and make it a reef tank...i picked one up from aquarium concepts about 3 weeks ago when they had their $1 over wholesale sale. And here it is: The...

My sister is sending me a new light for my fishie tank a JEBO ODYSSEA 48" BLACK QUAD Compact Flourescent Fixture, I am so tickled, get this phosphate/sand issue cleaned up, and i can try corals!!! :) sorry, silly little things please me LOL

I am trying to decide which I like better...I've always run what I think are 460nm's (labeled as Actinic 03 does not actually say what nm they are) which are more blue, right? The 420nm's are more purple/pink/violet? I just added a 420nm by accident and it seems to make my corals much more...

ESU Mini-Reef Fixture with 10,000K / Actinic The Aqualight Compact Fluorescent Lamp is a full-spectrum daylight lamp that produces optimal lighting for coral and polyps, which is ideal for saltwater mini reefs. Dimensions: 9" x 5" x 2" Product Information:9" Mini Aqualight includes 9 watt...

i'm new to salt, and am curious about the lighting on the bio cube. i have a 14 gal, it has 24 watt 10000k and a 24 wat true actinic and then led moon lights. what hours per day should these be ran? and what is actinic?