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Those are some darn nice clams you have there. And save me some yellow zoa's.

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John's shop has some of the best livestock I have seem. Often times he has show piece quality corals and livestock on hand. Also one of the best things that i like about his shop, if you don't see it...ask he either has it tucked away in a tank in the back or he can get it. I'm very fortunate that this is my LFS, but if you haven't been out to BRK take sometime and go visit his store. congrats to the winners!

Welcome, and mine came in the mail within 10 days of me joining.

Hello, and welcome to the forums!

Welcome, best 20.00 you will ever spend on this hobby.

Oh really, I just put up a nice batch of pale ale last night We should swap some home brew

DaveS are you a brewer? Wayne

I purchased from Rapid LED and they offer a quality product for not a ton of cash. Their service is top notch and don't be surprised if they email you with questions about your tank/plans instead of just blindly shipping you a product that may be the wrong item for you.

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Thanks for the advice guys, i'm going to take a deeper look at the chemistry.

Yeah I think i will have to put my name on the list to borrow the par meter and then figure out if they are getting enough/too much light.

Yeah I did notice when i put the MH up the frogspawn, hammer, torch all are responding very well. the trade off besides the cost of the light is noise from the fan and the heat...Unhappy wife. And your spot on my frogspawn in the bio cube seems like it's thriving.....I just don't want to make any costly knee jerk reactions but I also don't want to kill corals if I can help it....

The power compacts are the ones that came in my Bio-cube which is what I have been using as my isolation tank (details http://www.coralifeproducts.com/product/aquariums-tanks/ ) I'm using 2 rapid LED onyx's with 80 degree lenses (details http://www.rapidled.com/dimmable-onyx-by-rapid-led/ ) MH setup was a 4 foot fixture with 2 250 Watt MH Bulbs and 2 attintic power compacts about 12 inch from the water. Please let me know if you have any more questions that will help in understanding the lighting questions. Wayne

Ok So my CF's are about 4 inches over the water and my LED's are about 12 inches over the water. (I didn't want to burn my corals) My tank is between 77 & 78 degrees (thanks Apex!)

I'm sure this has most likely been discussed to death, but here goes. Over the last few months I have been moving corals from my quarantine tank to my main display tank. I have noticed that when I move a coral from my quarantine tank to my main tank that often my corals do not show/grow as well as they did when they were in my quarantine tank. So I'm looking at the differences between the two tanks; they have the same water chemistry the main difference besides water volume is the lighting. My quarantine tank uses compact florescent lighting and my display tank uses LED lighting. So after some research I'm starting to think the issue is heat/temperature from the lights. The PC light spectrum has a certain kelvin range that I believe that my LED's don't provide. So my questions are as follows: What temperature do most people run their tanks at with LED's? What are people using to achieve higher kelvin with LED lighting? Not to muddy the questions too much I did a test this weekend, and I put up some Metal Halite lights that I was able to borrow, and I have noticed that my soft corals are opening up more and seem to be doing better in display tank. I want to promote the best possible growth in my tank, so I'm looking for some advice on which way to go? I would like to hear what others are using to achieve the best possible growth in their tank. Wayne PS: Let's try to keep water chemistry out of this discussion please, as I have been watching it on a daily basis and it's rock solid between the two tanks.

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Welcome! If you haven't join WAMAS you should consider it. It's the best 20.00 you will ever spend on this hobby.

TheyCallMeMr.703 is right, best 20.00 you will ever spend on this hobby.

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