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Hi guys,
I’m in a debate with the spouse. I have 3 ViParSpectra 165w black boxes on my 220g tank. My tank is 4 years old and it’s just... okay. Corals grow but they don’t thrive, there’s some color but it’s not “wow” etc. I’ve gotten my parameters mostly stable, icp tests are good, everything is where it should be.... but the tank is still kinda blah. So I feel like it’s lighting and want to invest in kessils - while my spouse feels like I can have a beautiful tank w the blackboxes and I’m missing something somewhere else in the set up. And I know people do it great with the blackboxes so I’m hoping to see pics, tell me your settings etc and maybe I can mirror them- bc if it’s not the lighting then I’m doing something else wrong and I don’t know what. :/
Here’s my tank. I have montis that are good, mushrooms that are doing well, acros that are growing but I’ve never seen polyp extension, a yellow leather that’s also growing but next to 0 polyp extension for the year I’ve had it, slooooow growing candy cane, bubbles and Duncan’s are happy, hammer is happy etc.
I’m in a debate with the spouse. I have 3 ViParSpectra 165w black boxes on my 220g tank. My tank is 4 years old and it’s just... okay. Corals grow but they don’t thrive, there’s some color but it’s not “wow” etc. I’ve gotten my parameters mostly stable, icp tests are good, everything is where it should be.... but the tank is still kinda blah. So I feel like it’s lighting and want to invest in kessils - while my spouse feels like I can have a beautiful tank w the blackboxes and I’m missing something somewhere else in the set up. And I know people do it great with the blackboxes so I’m hoping to see pics, tell me your settings etc and maybe I can mirror them- bc if it’s not the lighting then I’m doing something else wrong and I don’t know what. :/
Here’s my tank. I have montis that are good, mushrooms that are doing well, acros that are growing but I’ve never seen polyp extension, a yellow leather that’s also growing but next to 0 polyp extension for the year I’ve had it, slooooow growing candy cane, bubbles and Duncan’s are happy, hammer is happy etc.