iglowce Posted April 13, 2010 Posted April 13, 2010 I have a 30g sump right now where i put heater, pump, protein skimmer, etc. If i wanna put in some macro aglae (caulerpa, etc.) do I need lighting? if so, what type? any help is appreciated
mmelnick Posted April 13, 2010 Posted April 13, 2010 basically it depends on your sump design. But The skimmer should go somehwere where you won;t have to worry about bubbles getting in to the part for the return pump. On my sump I just have an intake section where the water flows into the sump. It goes through a bubble trap and into a big middle chamber. I have all of my equipment in there, as weel as some live rock and macro with a light over it. Then the water flows into the return section which has nothing but the return pump. It works fine, but having more sections for a skimmer, a section for LR and macro etc would be nice too. As far as lighting, I just use a screw in 24 watt 6500K CFL. It does fine. You can buy a fancy pants PC fixture or go with T5's or something if you want, but a $5 CFL works fine if you get the right color temp.
iglowce Posted April 17, 2010 Author Posted April 17, 2010 whats a good and affordable lighting for a 30g sump? any recommendation from marinedepot? or should i get it from homedepot? if homedepot, which one should i get?
Rem Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 Target sells the 6500K daylight flood lightbulb for 6 bucks, I believe it uses 15W, 600 lumens, as bright as 65W. Make sure you look for the color temp to be 5000K to 6500K. I saw a number of flood lightbulbs at Wal-Mart, but they were all 2700K.
iglowce Posted April 20, 2010 Author Posted April 20, 2010 I got the Nano-Glow from JBJ. next question, why do I need to let it run on reverse lighting cycle?
Pickle010 Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 I got the Nano-Glow from JBJ. next question, why do I need to let it run on reverse lighting cycle? Running your light on the reverse cycle of your tank will keep your PH from swinging.
iglowce Posted April 20, 2010 Author Posted April 20, 2010 does it have to do with the spores its releasing when going sexual? or is it a separate issue?
Pickle010 Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 does it have to do with the spores its releasing when going sexual? or is it a separate issue? Are you still talking about the reverse light schedule? No... It has to do with light hitting the water. Has nothing to do with the macro algae.
iglowce Posted April 20, 2010 Author Posted April 20, 2010 what you mean light hitting the water? i read on Reef Central, most prefer 24/7 for their refugium
bitts Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 the photo period being opoisit from each other mantains ph by the oxogen that is added the tghe water from photosynthesis.
iglowce Posted April 20, 2010 Author Posted April 20, 2010 most people on RC prefers 24/7 because of double growth, etc. and they mentioned if pH is stabled, 24/7 cycle should be ok. whats your take on that?
bitts Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 have found the cheto grows fast if it has a dark period. but is not nessasery to mantain growth.
RupertR32 Posted April 22, 2010 Posted April 22, 2010 most people on RC prefers 24/7 because of double growth, etc. and they mentioned if pH is stabled, 24/7 cycle should be ok. whats your take on that? Whether you have micro algae or plants, they need a rest period just like everything else in life. Also it provides the gas exchange. And if you have a refugium it is better to run the water through it a slower levels than when running a normal sump.
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