Just a quick update....
Tank's in good health. A lil brown algae here and there since I've been over-feeding the tank. I see some hair algae on the rocks....don't know where t hey came from but that indicates I need a big WC. My xenias are dying...prolly due to the declining water quality but also it's seasonal die-off stage. I added 2 more euphyllia's to my tank, a light teal and dark teal hammer, each with 2 heads. Fish are happy, corals are happy. I see some growth in the gorgonias since branches are getting thicker.
Thing's I've noticed with using T-5s.
My lobo and open brain go nuts when the 10k bulb comes on and open up like crazy! However, I see my teal candies bleaching a little bit. GSP has grown very rapidly and is a lot more neon now. The rainbow frogspawn does not open high and wide....it just opens wide now w/o reaching for the light. The polyps on the gorgonias have come out a lot more and developed long skirts...prolly due to the increase lighting from T-5s. The only bad effect of using T-5s might be my xenias...they're slowly melting. The elongata type is the one that seems to be declining at a faster rate than the pompoms. This could be one of many reasons, from not so prestine since i've been over-feeding, or could be that they're getting too much light. Although I'm sad to see them die-off slowly, I now have more real estate open on my tank.
Here are few pics of the tank I took today. Two pics are from the left side and two are full front shots.
The first two pics are with only (1)Aquablue+ and (1)Midday bulbs on...with arrows to the new hammer additions
The last two pics are with all (2)Aquablue+, (1) Pure Actinic, (1)Midday bulbs on.
Tank's in good health. A lil brown algae here and there since I've been over-feeding the tank. I see some hair algae on the rocks....don't know where t hey came from but that indicates I need a big WC. My xenias are dying...prolly due to the declining water quality but also it's seasonal die-off stage. I added 2 more euphyllia's to my tank, a light teal and dark teal hammer, each with 2 heads. Fish are happy, corals are happy. I see some growth in the gorgonias since branches are getting thicker.
Thing's I've noticed with using T-5s.
My lobo and open brain go nuts when the 10k bulb comes on and open up like crazy! However, I see my teal candies bleaching a little bit. GSP has grown very rapidly and is a lot more neon now. The rainbow frogspawn does not open high and wide....it just opens wide now w/o reaching for the light. The polyps on the gorgonias have come out a lot more and developed long skirts...prolly due to the increase lighting from T-5s. The only bad effect of using T-5s might be my xenias...they're slowly melting. The elongata type is the one that seems to be declining at a faster rate than the pompoms. This could be one of many reasons, from not so prestine since i've been over-feeding, or could be that they're getting too much light. Although I'm sad to see them die-off slowly, I now have more real estate open on my tank.
Here are few pics of the tank I took today. Two pics are from the left side and two are full front shots.
The first two pics are with only (1)Aquablue+ and (1)Midday bulbs on...with arrows to the new hammer additions
The last two pics are with all (2)Aquablue+, (1) Pure Actinic, (1)Midday bulbs on.
