Does anyone know about metal halide light restrike? I recently made my own light hood and aluminum reflectors. I patterned the reflector from ones I have seen in catalogs. I have read a bit that light restrike can cause heat problems and to paint the reflector white to prevent this problem...
What type of clean up crew do you have? Snails, grazers, turbo snail, red leg hermit crabs, blue leg hermit crabs, a yellow tang? Do you have any of these and how many. Your bio load list didn't have any of these. Please get a clean up crew before you do anything else. Don't break down your...
Check some of the sites that advertise on this site that sell livestock. Check clownfish and there will be percula and true percula. The trues have thick black patches that make them different. The two in your pic are regular perculas. They'll find that anenome no problem and be happy with...
Which is the best lighting for reef? And I mean a thriving reef all types of corals and clams. My problem is that I have read so much on lighting that I am overwhelmed. I have a 55 gal reef and I want metal halides. I figure, from what I have read, two 175w. I have read that the people that...
