victoly

If i told you, i wouldn't have the gif market like you have the zoa market

The big time coral farmers agree with you. T-5's and especially MHs are what they use to do SPS farming. LPS/Zoa/Softy not so much.

When you combine LEDs, you're approximating a full spectrum. I was trying to avoid the pedantry to help out someone new to LEDs.

jason fox candy apple red

Moar light.

Depending on what your total system volume is (DT - LR - sandbed [i use 70% of DT as a rough guestimate]) + sump volume) you can plug it into the BRS alkalinity calculator. Just as a dummy calculation, i plugged you in at 90 gallons of total system volume. To go from 90 ppm to 150 ppm you need, with the 2 part alkalinity solution from BRS: 216 ml or 7.3 fl oz or 43.2 tsp. So you're going to be jumping about 60 ppm of alk, OR like 3 dKh. I wouldn't go more than 0.5 dkh or ~9 ppm per day. SO, you're going to divide your dosing up into 7 days of dosing. Each day, dose 43.2 tsp/7 days or ~ 6tsps per day of BRS 2 part alk. I'd dissolve it in maybe 1L of RODI and dose first thing in the morning or whenever your pH low is. To recap: 6 tsps per day for 7 days. Something to consider is that RSCP runs at like 11-12 dKh if you're at 1.025-1.026 salinity. Consequently, your alk may drift up over time. Nothing wrong with that really, just something to be aware of. Before you dose the first day, check your alk. Test again an hour later to make sure you arent busting like 10 ppm per day of alk increase. Good luck!

It may be, but I'll take an electric bill over a heat-raged-family.

Oh I am too. However, everyone else in my house runs about 5 degrees hotter than normal humans.

My house stays at 70 during the days, 68 at night

dude. bro. sick.

I've DIY'd my LEDs and control via apex, but Bio3 or Capt. Obvious should be able to assist you.

IMO those LED life stats are garbage. Long before they "die" your driver will die, they will lose intensity, you'll upgrade tanks, LED spectra will improve (and you'll want to upgrade). All I'm saying is, if you use the lifetime of LEDs as part of your calculus, back a truckload of salt into your thought process. I'm gonna agree with Bio3 on this, I believe that the best mid-level full spectrum fixtures out there right now are the AI Vegas. Thanks for the info... I have NO experience with leds so I'm in the dark about all of this. The Vegas are cool. but $500 each and I'd need at least 2. The controller is awesome though and only $80 Like i said, initial investment in a quality full spectrum, controllable LED fixture will sting.

IMO those LED life stats are garbage. Long before they "die" your driver will die, they will lose intensity, you'll upgrade tanks, LED spectra will improve (and you'll want to upgrade). All I'm saying is, if you use the lifetime of LEDs as part of your calculus, back a truckload of salt into your thought process. I'm gonna agree with Bio3 on this, I believe that the best mid-level full spectrum fixtures out there right now are the AI Vegas.

After having built a few LED fixtures, I'd push you more towards a full spectrum light (i.e., not just cool white and royal blue). Not many of the lights (BMLED included) come with built in controllers. There are aftermarket controllers available, the most popular of which is probably using an apex to control the lights via 0-10volt ports. Just be prepared for things to get pretty expensive quickly. It's much harder to get a quality LED fixture with controllability than it is MH or T5 at a reasonable cost.

Oak hill represent.

its at the bottom limits of what I would run regularly, if i lived in a place that wasnt 1,000 degrees all the time. I'd have a heater that kicks on at 76 and heats to 77

bermp

I dont know victoly. As you saw most items are still up fs. I do agree that the summer takes people away from their tanks. Be it children at home or just out doing "summer" stuff. Imho ofcourseSent from my MB855 using Tapatalk 2 That may make my point though. Oversupply can lead to lower prices/sales.

TWO PROPONENTS. TIME TO TRY IT!

I don't have one personally, but seems to me that to generate a wave that will be noticeable across a longer tank would take higher/taller waves which would be more likely to slosh out of a long tank than one that is shorter. I'm a proponent of just sticking it in the tank and trying it out

I've noticed that people tend to sell more (of their own stuff) during the summer, maybe there's just increased hobbyist sales cutting into retail sales.

Dude, it's been brutally hot every day for a while now. ALL i want to do is stay inside in the AC (and mess with my tank).

That's interesting (slow summer sales). I wonder if the heat makes it difficult to collect, shipment losses/high costs, or people just not buying as much in the summer.

simple and cheap is where I would start out. Miami hurricanes are popular and inexpensive (not to mention attractive).