Ok I have a question on the 96W Coralife Powerquad and the Coralife 3 canister RO system.
Powerquad Lighting:
When I first purchased this light over a year ago I did research and somehow came up with this light as being the best option for my 10 gallon tank as it would let me do a variety of different things. (It is 50/50 bulb) Now that I have been talking to people on other boards they are telling me that 9.6W/Gallon is way too much for most easy corals such as mushrooms. They are telling me that I should therefore not keep easy or low light level corals.
Is this true? Is this light too much? Is there anything I can do to still use the light but reduce its emissions?
My current mushroom coral is fully extended and open when the light is on. However when I purchased the coral it was a greenish color in the store. It was also not fully extended but definitely green. Now it has become a brownish-red color. I have read that this means the coral is getting too much light. But if that is true why is the coral still fully extending still???
Coralife RO System:
This system is 3 cartridge and TFC membrane. Carbon/1 Micron Filter/Deionizing cartridges and the TFC membrane at the top.
For some reason my phosphate reading out of the system is around 0.5ppm. Does that seem high? I would think in this type of system you should be seeing almost no phosphate out of the RO system?
Powerquad Lighting:
When I first purchased this light over a year ago I did research and somehow came up with this light as being the best option for my 10 gallon tank as it would let me do a variety of different things. (It is 50/50 bulb) Now that I have been talking to people on other boards they are telling me that 9.6W/Gallon is way too much for most easy corals such as mushrooms. They are telling me that I should therefore not keep easy or low light level corals.
Is this true? Is this light too much? Is there anything I can do to still use the light but reduce its emissions?
My current mushroom coral is fully extended and open when the light is on. However when I purchased the coral it was a greenish color in the store. It was also not fully extended but definitely green. Now it has become a brownish-red color. I have read that this means the coral is getting too much light. But if that is true why is the coral still fully extending still???
Coralife RO System:
This system is 3 cartridge and TFC membrane. Carbon/1 Micron Filter/Deionizing cartridges and the TFC membrane at the top.
For some reason my phosphate reading out of the system is around 0.5ppm. Does that seem high? I would think in this type of system you should be seeing almost no phosphate out of the RO system?
