Recent content by Paulo Mallard Scaldaferri

Love Aquarimate! Not free.

Yeah, it keeps happening. No chaeto and the night drop is quite small. Neither do I think those corals are doing this, maybe microscopic plankton...

thanks!!!

White 50w garden LED. Same I used before for chaeto. Those frags are tiny, I hardly think they might be responsible. Lights were off for 3 days before that...

Let me share with you a very interesting observation I’ve made... and intriguing... My chaeto was not doing well because of low nutrient conditions... So I just decided to remove it and turn off my fuge nocturnal lights. My nocturnal ph drop reappeared. Then I just decided to put some...

Update PAR map as requested

Before T8. I wish to do a newer map... I also lowered my lights a little after that and reduced whites on peak. Please don’t mind the mess my scape was at that moment...

Thanks. I usually write some articles in portuguese but recently decided to translate some info that could be useful.

Recently I’ve put an actinic T8 just to cover shadows. I have the apex par meter. PAR on the SPS rock gets between 300-350 max. Have been keeping SPS for a while there (2 years), it does not look so because I did a radical clean up to rescape 3 months ago when I moved. After the rescape I kept...

Just a small tank update...

Maybe some copepods or rotifers could help consume that...

I´m on the other end... Just dosing nitrates to balance that a little. Some time ago I did a review on articles about the C: N: P ratios that you may find usefull (not many people gave too much attention, but there it goes): Review on Redfield´s ratio

Exactly... I agree they color up in extreme par... but my point is: are we sure they are healthier? Or maybe what we are assuming as a health parameter could be mistaken? Because scientific evidence is pointing in other directions...

I´m sure this discussion comes and goes with time, but I thing it could be reactivated... How much PAR is it ideal to keep most SPS under healthy conditions? How much is too much? Aren´t we blasting our corals in exchange for colors? Vincent Chalias long ago has presented on ReefStock and...

There goes some pictures and videos of my tank that I call "Pedras Secas" - my favorite dive site. Specifications: 2 year-old tank (very crouded before, now my efforts are to make it clean). Size: 40 x 24 x 18 in 60 gal Lights: 2 AI Primes HD + 1 Supplementary actinic T8 Circulation: Glamorca...