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Nice pic of my jacko. Slow grower for me but worth the wait.
This coral looks incredable when its large.
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This is one of my FAVORITE corals!I just recently missed out on scoring one of these on a recent WWC auction! Going to make sure I grab one on my next grab!

Any reason you switched from the Primes to the Radions?
 
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This is one of my FAVORITE corals!I just recently missed out on scoring one of these on a recent WWC auction! Going to make sure I grab one on my next grab!

Any reason you switched from the Primes to the Radions?
I started my journey from halides to leds with 16hds. I run 8 16hds on 3 different tanks.
Went to radions on the 80 as I got all 4 used and at a great price.
They both work well. The Primes give a more halide look with alot of shimmer.
Here is my current 20g reboot, halide off, with a 16 for blue and a 250 halide for growth at 5 hrs.
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I started my journey from halides to leds with 16hds. I run 8 16hds on 3 different tanks.
Went to radions on the 80 as I got all 4 used and at a great price.
They both work well. The Primes give a more halide look with alot of shimmer.
Here is my current 20g reboot, halide off, with a 16 for blue and a 250 halide for growth at 5 hrs.
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very cool way to have a Prime and halide on the same tank! Those sticks look super happy!
 
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Just hung a Quanto pro meso blue.
Tanks brighter for sure. Its 7-8" off the surface and angled.
Not sure how many hours I will run, and I will check par later.
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Running the quanta meso blue 8 hrs during peak. It add 75-100par depending on where you take the reading.
Im using the itc PARwise meter.
Across the tank with flow off I get 550 average and 650 with the quanta 1" below the surface.
Bottom on the rack at 12.5" 220 and 270 with the blue on.
Anywhere from 50 to 100+ par across the board.
Im running the ab+ @100/100.
 
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Been 14 months now with this system.
I trimmed a blue stag again.
Im happy with the ab+ schedule for color and growth.
Everything is growing well.

I changed out my 10lb co2 cylinder last night. The Kamoer is performing well and has not skipped a beat.
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I am going to start dosing AcroPower as soon as its delivered.
I am going to see if it improves the color of a few sticks.
Color is good but a few just dont look at all like the mother colony they came from.

I have only dosed aminos for a short time in the past with no real effect. It was in my 120 that I fed 15 fish heavily so?

My system is low nutrient.
Po4 runs <.1 and I have to dose 3ml of po4 daily to keep it from bottoming out. It sits around .05 ish. No3 is always around 1.

I am so going to dose it in my 20g nano that runs similar numbers.

Anyone with any Acropower experience?
 

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I am going to start dosing AcroPower as soon as its delivered.
I am going to see if it improves the color of a few sticks.
Color is good but a few just dont look at all like the mother colony they came from.

I have only dosed aminos for a short time in the past with no real effect. It was in my 120 that I fed 15 fish heavily so?

My system is low nutrient.
Po4 runs <.1 and I have to dose 3ml of po4 daily to keep it from bottoming out. It sits around .05 ish. No3 is always around 1.

I am so going to dose it in my 20g nano that runs similar numbers.

Anyone with any Acropower experience?

I have given it a fair shake a couple times when I was in similar shoes. I wish I could say if the acros did better one way or the other but I think I was too gunshy with ramping up the dosing enough to see the difference. I know Budman’s and Jake Adams swore by the stuff and their success speaks volumes. Budman pulls some impressive colors out of his coral.
 
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I have given it a fair shake a couple times when I was in similar shoes. I wish I could say if the acros did better one way or the other but I think I was too gunshy with ramping up the dosing enough to see the difference. I know Budman’s and Jake Adams swore by the stuff and their success speaks volumes. Budman pulls some impressive colors out of his coral.
I think my export system is good enough that I wont see any issues.
I plan on starting at 25ml once a week then week 2 times a week and go from their. My 80g and 30g give me around 120g's total. From what I have read everyday at max dose is ideal if your system can handle it.
 
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Started Acropower yesterday 25ml. I will dose 25ml in 3 days and go from their. I would like to get to 25ml a day which is their max dose.
A pic of my WD after it settled.
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How’s the Acro

Hiws the Acropower experiment going? Any change yet?
Only color change has been my purple stylo. The tips, cats paw were bone white. The polyps were translucent. They are now turning purple like the rest of the colony.
Im only on day 12 so. I have been dosing the max 25ml a day since the 7th.
I will run it for 2-3 months to see if its something I want to continue with. It will all be based on color.
 

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Hooked up a used AquaUV 15 watt unit to the return last night.
I have never ran one so we will see what it does. The spot is temporary until I find a better way to plumb it.
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What kinda parts are those that allow it to attach to tubing
 
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