The old 20's weren't suiting the bill. I was using a single T5 light fixture to do LPS/Zoas and SPS using differing heights. the results were not that great - nothing did well.
The LPS and zoas did better once I dropped to two T5s instead of four, which displaced the SPS into my display. getting soft flow was a constant struggle, too much here, not enough there. Cleaning was a nightmare, and the snails aren't a fan of egg-crate.
so I moved to a shallow stock tank and will use one of the 20's as a dedicated SPS frag tank (MH this time) and the other as a quarantine tank. The stock tank has good turn over, but has low flow areas.
Just need to pick up some sand at ABC tomorrow. nice to have something I can put a cleanup crew in!
The SPS tank provisions are in place (supply and drain) - just need to put some 2x4s together to hold the tank.
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The LPS and zoas did better once I dropped to two T5s instead of four, which displaced the SPS into my display. getting soft flow was a constant struggle, too much here, not enough there. Cleaning was a nightmare, and the snails aren't a fan of egg-crate.
so I moved to a shallow stock tank and will use one of the 20's as a dedicated SPS frag tank (MH this time) and the other as a quarantine tank. The stock tank has good turn over, but has low flow areas.
Just need to pick up some sand at ABC tomorrow. nice to have something I can put a cleanup crew in!
The SPS tank provisions are in place (supply and drain) - just need to put some 2x4s together to hold the tank.
before:
after:
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