For my 6’ CADE Aquarium mixed reef I went with DALUA’s Illumagic Blaze X and 2 Vitamini Super Blue Actinic LED strips. The lights have proven to grow anything.
Here’s the install video along with details about this light combo:
2 years later and the corals are pumping strong! I’ve grown...
One of my favorite parts of reef keeping is building the scape. I like to use as much negative space as possible when I create reefs. Branching rock helps attain that look much easier. Creating an NSA (negative space aquascape) is easy using fast setting glue such as Glue Master’s cyanoacrylate...
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We had a shipment of more captive bred fish from Biota come in. Here’s a quick view of the ones that came in that we added to the reef tank:
Link’s Goby:
List that just came in:
- Palau Mandarin fish (PAIR)
- Marine Betta (PAIR)
- Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse x1
- Yellow Watchman Goby x1
-...
adding fish to reef tank
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Here’s what the room and reef tank look like after the main lights over the reef turn off. This is just before all of the lights in the room turn off for the night…