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 Nov 5 2009, 12:30 AM
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I am curious how many people really shield all new corals from their lights. This includes sps, lps, and softies. How puts in this much effort every single time? |
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Nov 5 2009, 12:40 AM
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Move It On Up every week.
 (start on the sandbed though) -------------------- -Nate
BEST WISHES! Nanoreefnate's 75G Half and Half Reef ReScaped + PICTUERZ! 11.17.09 Nanoreefnate's 10G Contest Tank. Nate's Photo-venture/ random photography Norcal Reef Club Captive Aquatics Blog QUOTE (Thomas Edison) It's very beautiful over there. QUOTE (thecowkid @ Nov 12 2009, 06:59 PM)  It cost $125,000+ per pound to get anything into orbit. This is the reason that they make all the astronauts go poop before they launch. Talk about a pricy poo. QUOTE (Hank Green) A great example for the "in your pants" rule; Walker Percy's Novel; The Second Coming... In Your Pants. |
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Nov 5 2009, 12:57 AM
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I would screen when adding a new light to the tank because the corals would probably go into shock if the new light was a lot stronger. However when adding a new coral I take into consideration what lighting the coral was under when I purchased it.
If it's in low lighting I start it low. If it was in higher lighting I start mid way to higher up in the tank. I think what lighting the coral was acustomed to is probably more important. -------------------- QUOTE (Lalani @ Jun 1 2009, 07:25 AM) Clearly I was drunk and didn't know where I was.... QUOTE (Lalani @ Aug 10 2009, 02:59 PM) You'll drill my holes? :D |
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Nov 5 2009, 11:10 PM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 521 Joined: 31-January 09 Member No.: 42,177 |
more people for the poll!
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Nov 8 2009, 08:08 PM
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Nano Reefer Posts: 521 Joined: 31-January 09 Member No.: 42,177 |
ttt
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Nov 8 2009, 08:11 PM
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 HeyLookItsBanned Posts: 2,128 Joined: 22-July 07 From: Huntington Beach Member No.: 29,862 |
what the hell is a screen? let em buuuuurn!
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Nov 8 2009, 08:59 PM
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I only acclimate SPS and sensitive LPS, and the occasional zoanthid I suspect is sensitive. Granted, my tank is "medium" light. The 4X24 Nova I have on my 25g has pitiful reflectors, so there's not much that can burn them in my tank. Chances are they are coming from under stronger lights than I'm putting them under.
Now, on my 20-long, I have a 4X24 with individual reflectors and that's a different story. It generally gets just soft corals, so I don't acclimate them, but if I were to put in SPS or light-sensitive LPS like euphyllias, I'd acclimate them. I put in a GBTA in the 20 and didn't acclimate it since I knew the tank it came from had a bit more T5 lighting than my tank, so again, going from bright to "not as bright". -------------------- "Jesus did not come to make good people better. He came to make dead people LIVE."--- Ravi Zacharias.
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Nov 9 2009, 01:35 PM
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 Nano Reefer Posts: 367 Joined: 10-December 06 From: Oklahoma City, OK Member No.: 24,285 |
I don't screen the tank, but I do cut back the light cycle a few hours and leave the new coral on the bottom or off to the sides. I've had pretty good luck not burning much up doing this. I do find out what kind of light it came from and use overhangs and the like if it came from a low light tank.
-------------------- 30g Oceanic Cube: T5 & MH lighting: SPS, LPS, Softies, Fish Poop (Started Jan 08)
14g BioCube: In-Hood 70w MH retro (DIY): SPS, LPS, Rics, Zoas, Clakii pair, more poop (Started June 09) 2.5g AIO: 2x 18w PC lighting w/CFL Ballasts, DIY Rock/Foam Wall, Birch stand to hide all the ugly stuff (Started Sept 09) My Tanks: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v321/cod...6/Fish%20Tanks/ ~cody~ |
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