Louise's 1mx 600x 800 reef build + PICS

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I just feed a mixture of coral food, rotifers, cyclopeze, reef chili, but sparingly, once a week. As far as chemicals, just Alk and CA supplements. Nothing else. I have a bunch of other stuff in my cabinet like Iodine, Strontium, Magnesium, Amino Acids, but I have no desire to use them because I don't think there is a need.
 
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louise01 said:
I will pop down to bunnings after work tonight and pick up a light. Can it be any old light or does it need to be a T8 or T5 for example?
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T5 or an LED setup. Ask Ace, he's the guy who helped me. T8's are more for freshwater and plants then corals (as I found out the hard way) Good Luck!
 
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Fishfriend1 said:
T5 or an LED setup. Ask Ace, he's the guy who helped me. T8's are more for freshwater and plants then corals (as I found out the hard way) Good Luck!
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I have an awesome light setup for my DT, the light im unsure about is for my sump, to keep my macros growing :)
 
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For a sump, a cheap $5 clip on reflector and 23w-42w 2700k/3000k CFL bulb is all you need for Macro. Should cost under $20 total including tax and gas to go to the store. Well.. in the US anyway.. not sure about Oz prices. ;)
 
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Woke up to a bit of a surprise... Temperature had dropped to 19 degrees!!!! Heater is in and has now risen to 21... Poor fish and corals did not look too great
 
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Wow, that is really cold. You didn't have any heater in the tank? I have my heaters set to 26c (78.8f). I also have 2 250w heaters on a controller to keep temps stable on my 75G. I found with only 1 250w heater on cold days it can't keep up and my temps drop down to 24.5c (76f), which to me is getting too cold. Your poor fish and corals.. 66f is really cold for them.
 
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Iv never seen my tank below 24 so I was completely shocked. I did take my heater out when meddling with my sump last week and obviously forgot to put it back in :( just glad I noticed it quickly. The only good point being that my turbo snails would have been inclined to breed
 
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Glad you caught it! Hope everything is ok.
 
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