Mushrooms losing color
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Personal experience with 250w 20000k bulbs has shown great improvements in colors of green leathers and zoos. Anemones colored up alot too. Star polyps and cloves grew off the chart and were neon! Heav y actinic on my T5's also showed big color ups. Technically I can't answer. I just know after changing a 3 month old 10000k to 20000k there was major improvements.
Mix instant ocean, oceanic, coralife salt wait 4 hours and test mag. Not one will have 1000ppm. Mag like all other trace elements should be maintained as close to natural seawater as possible.
Strontium helps all organisms in the uptake of available calcium. Even if mushrooms don't need as much calcium as other corals her coralline algea and any other calcifying creatures will need strontium. Again, it should be kept as close to natural seawater as posssible.
Water changes with inferior salts will not replenish trace elements. A good premix is NUTRISYSTEMS. Just pour directly in the tank for water changes.
Salt mix is TROPIC MARIN PRO. This is a quality salt that will work well with r.o./d.i. water.
All corals are different. I have had corals open and color up in 24 hours compared to the fish store. I have also had corals look like death for 2 weeks and then the next day look fantastic. 3 months is when I am confident that this is the color they will be as they continue to grow.
Mix instant ocean, oceanic, coralife salt wait 4 hours and test mag. Not one will have 1000ppm. Mag like all other trace elements should be maintained as close to natural seawater as possible.
Strontium helps all organisms in the uptake of available calcium. Even if mushrooms don't need as much calcium as other corals her coralline algea and any other calcifying creatures will need strontium. Again, it should be kept as close to natural seawater as posssible.
Water changes with inferior salts will not replenish trace elements. A good premix is NUTRISYSTEMS. Just pour directly in the tank for water changes.
Salt mix is TROPIC MARIN PRO. This is a quality salt that will work well with r.o./d.i. water.
All corals are different. I have had corals open and color up in 24 hours compared to the fish store. I have also had corals look like death for 2 weeks and then the next day look fantastic. 3 months is when I am confident that this is the color they will be as they continue to grow.
For salt I have Red Sea :Coral Pro which supposedly has everything I need in it...? I was using Instant Ocean but switched over because it was suggested and since I am now using RO water due to phosphate problems.
I just got the lights but when i switch out the bulbs in 6 months or so I'll switch the 10000K to 20000K, half of my actinic (or is it 50/50 not sure) bulb is out...
I just got the lights but when i switch out the bulbs in 6 months or so I'll switch the 10000K to 20000K, half of my actinic (or is it 50/50 not sure) bulb is out...
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I ran into an article that has some interesting information on Instant Ocean salt. In my opinion, I don't really trust Instant Ocean and this article verifies some of my suspicions. Check it out. Here is a link...
Toxicity of freshly mixed artificial sea water
Toxicity of freshly mixed artificial sea water
