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DAILY QUESTION: Have you ever experienced issues with algae growth due to lighting, and how did you solve them?
Yes! I generally have to sacrifice the look I really want and turn the lights down to mitigate the algae growth. I really wish there was another compromise but most other fixes are temporary.
 

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DAILY QUESTION: What’s the best coral growth success story you’ve had?
I had a goni that was struggling when I got it and only had a few polyps to begin with, thought for sure it would eventually die as it was almost white and only had a very small amount of luminescence to it. Over the course of two weeks it gained it's color back and it had more polyps in the first week of it bouncing back than it did when I got it. That thing just would not die.
 

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DAILY QUESTION: Do you currently use supplemental lighting, and if so, what’s your setup?
I currently have one tank with supplemental lighting and it has Reefbreeders Photon V2's in the 48", two across an 8ft tank along with the light bars from RB, one on each side.
 

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DAILY QUESTION: What do you think is the most underrated benefit of high-quality reef lighting?
I'm not sure it's really underrated, but the benefit of high-quality lights in my opinion is just the ability to control the colors individually and customize them to get the look you want and maximize par.
 

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DAILY QUESTION: What kind of reef are you currently running? How would you describe it?
I'm running a couple of reefs right now. There is the 90 that houses all of the euphyllia, gonis, acro - all of my expensive pieces, until the 180 frag tank is ready which already has a lot of zoas, plates, lobos, and other odds and ends. I would describe it as a fully mixed reef that is split between two tanks.
 

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DAILY QUESTION: How do you currently decide the placement of your corals based on lighting needs?
I generally have sections in my tanks that house each kind of coral and then set the lights to their needs. My frag tank has multiple Kessils that I can change per quadrant to bring the par up or down.
 

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DAILY QUESTION: What’s your biggest challenge when it comes to achieving the perfect light spectrum for your tank?
I suppose I need to buy stronger lights but usually my challenge in achieving perfect lighting is either the lights not being strong enough, or the algae that comes from having them turned up too much.
 
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DAILY QUESTION: What’s your top priority: coral growth, color, or ease of use when it comes to lighting?
 

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DAILY QUESTION: What’s one feature you wish your current reef lights had? OR if your current lighting ticks all the boxes, what's your favorite feature?
I have some of several different kind/brand of lights and the one thing I wish they had is more programs to choose from in regards to schedules and settings.
 

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