we’ve been intrigued lately at the use of closed loops and mj1000 “loops” used by many japanese reefers. it allows flow to be directed towards the coral (front to back) without actualy viewing the pump. the black triangle flow directors seem particularly popular.becoming just as popular on many japanese reef blogs is the […]
Korallen Zucht was posted on their home site and forums the recent success had with Rhynchocinetes durbanensis, commonly known as camel shrimp, eating acropora eating flatworms and montipora eating snails. here is a quote from the site…“Very annoying the small beasts! Acropora and Montipora are becoming pale, colorless and the tissue is getting […]
we’ve been using the elos kits and two part with good results so far. boosted the alk 1.5 dkh and the numbers are shaping up.ph 8.1No3 0Ca 425Alk 9 (with seachem’s borate this is closer to 8 )Mag 1600mag is high, but before a large water change […]
light rack is up. 150w MH spot and LED spot for supplement. we need to complete the wiring up in the lofted space…wiring will all be hidden, that’s next weekends project.
we received our orders this week. i am most excited about the lights, both the halides and LED’s came in. The halides are beautiful to look at when turned off. they have a dichroic coating that gleams this violet-blue color…it reflects the infra-red heat out the back. the LED’s are suprisngly intense and […]
just got some bad news….sounds like iwasaki/eye will no longer be making the par36/38 in the mediteranean blue color. this really is a shame for the aquarium world…especially those with SPS reefs. most people on the boards refer to them as 20k or 50k. i got my hands on 2, and will test them out…..may […]
