sunlight

  1. L

    Natural Sunlight

    Hello Everyone! Well, to start off, I should have listened to everyone on going bigger.... Not because it's easier but because I would want to upgrade! We just moved into a new house and I got a free 75 gallon tank (excuse the stand ... I will not be using that one. I will be building one!) and...
  2. D

    Is it true that real sunlight is bad for LPS?

    Hi everyone. I've been building my little coral farm recently. So, the idea was to use a real sunlight inside of the farm, therefore I built a glass roof above the coral pools. Problem is that here where I live I couldn't find any kind of nice blue shading material to get more of blue colors in...
  3. MnFish1

    Lets talk about the sun.....

    So - I read that Goniopora do better in sunlight. People seem to have problems with this coral - I seem to do ok. I read that at an aquarium in Hawaii that is lit by sun - they have no problems with them. I noticed that from about 7AM to noon (depending on the season) - various portions of...
  4. drtechno

    Large Build OINK! I'm a Pig. 200g Reef Savvy, Bashsea, Royal Exclusiv -Direct sunlight- In wall w/ IKEA fishroom basement sump build

    Hi everyone. I finally got around to starting this build thread. I had originally wanted to wait until things were closer to being done, and then doing a recap of sorts, so that people didn't have to wait long periods of time before updates. However, I am learning many things along the way...
  5. D

    Black Cyano Lots of Sunlight

    good morning everyone, I have an 80 gallon waterbox frag tank and have been getting a bad outbreak of black Cyano carpeting my sand. We recently moved into the 23rd floor of a skyscraper and our walls are windows, the tank is getting blasted by natural sunlight everyday. I’m unsure how to...
  6. Nikko

    UV resistant tinting to limit light exposure

    I recently set up a new 90 gallon reef tank in my living room, a little closer to direct sunlight than what is advisable, and having minor algae issues after 2 months. initially a diatom bloom that came and went and now sone green algae (not sute what type). I have blinds which slightly helps...
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