Just Another SPS Color Thread
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BrotherReef
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Monkey wrench number 2. Staying in the background of this thread one thing I've learned for sure, every tank is different. What may work in one tank may not work in another's tank. There are some things that are just plain basic in reef husbandry. One thing I've can agree on with my short experience is when my nitrates were zero, my phosphates rose. When I kept them between 2-5 ppms my phosphates were around .03-.07 range depending on feeding. Some things just don't work for everyone. You know the basics, just adjust them to your tracks needs. My 2 cents.
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Okay. Ive used Oyster feast before so I'm sure its similar.
I agree. Every tanks biology, chemistry and personality are all different. And I also agree that it is critical to understand the basics. By reaching out for information we may all learn a new thing or two that may be applied to our own tanks. Not to say that every suggestion will work but it does open our eyes to the possibilities.
BrotherReef
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I simply feed more.
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Absolutely. Quick change is never a good thing, even if the change is for the better.
How much and what do you feed?
BrotherReef
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I make my own fish/coral food. I was feeding 1 portion in two feedings. So now I feed one portion (1x1 approximately) 2 times a day.
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Like a 1"x 1" frozen cube? Just homemade? How big is the tank and how many fish?
BrotherReef
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That's a lot of clowns lol500 gallons and about 45-50 fish.
BrotherReef
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Yes I have a few in there.
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Well I've certainly been itching to add some more fish so that may help too LOL
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Oh and by the way I am working on trying to collect some ID's for my SPS to better understand and care for them. So if anybody has any potential ID's please shoot them my way. I also have a post in the ID forum but no responses as of yet.
All that usually gets said at some point after I bring up lux. And it is largely true, just mostly not relevant for us. Just for fun you should do a search on "lux" and my username. [emoji1]
In a nutshell, there is no reason for us to worry about any of those complexities or think that a $300 meter is necessary. E.g. Do you worry about the inaccuracies of your Salifert calcium test kit...because in truth it's horribly inaccurate. No, because they work great for our purposes! [emoji3]
For $15, why not get a lux meter for yourself and experiment? And as I always mention, if you are really in need of PAR numbers you can even obtain a conversion factor for your lux meter and your lights.
Based on the common limits of LED design and the wide range of acceptable lux, the $15 lux meter works great to set the overall brightness of your lights. As you alluded, it's 100% better than guessing!
To see color changes, you really need a different kind of meter. A fairly expensive one if you want to measure those color changes. You can sorta achieve this function with a student/$30 spectrometer like the Project STAR spectrometer I have.
Which gives you a view like this:
Can you tell which wavelengths are weak in this light?
And since I am posting pictures now, here's the lux meter:
Yea old thread But was researching.
I thought I was the only reefer who did this.
Thanks...Yet Again
25 years in lighting and I was starting to think I was nuts because of what "they Say".
mcarroll
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Even doing DIY you cannot avoid caveat emptor and you cannot begrudge "them" a little creative marketing. [emoji41]
Whether you (or I) are nuts may be another discussion. [emoji6][emoji106]
Whether you (or I) are nuts may be another discussion. [emoji6][emoji106]
larangcon
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Documentation is my advice to you.
Write everything down and learn from that, chech what works and the things that did not work. There's thousands of reef tanks out there and every tank are different like a finger print. You know your tank best and you read and absorbed information here, now it's up to you.
Write everything down and learn from that, chech what works and the things that did not work. There's thousands of reef tanks out there and every tank are different like a finger print. You know your tank best and you read and absorbed information here, now it's up to you.
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