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03-27-2008, 02:57 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Mexico(yes its a US state!)
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|  Picked up fifteen pounds of rock yesterday, along with a really cool Fiji looking peice. Like a hunk of acropora. They sold it by the peice which was $30!!!!!!! Little much, but i like the look and paychecks are starting to get a little hefty lol,so its not too bad. Re scaped it and it looks way better. I think i am finally done with the rock! heres the pics! Enjoy! jump
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03-27-2008, 05:19 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ft. lauderdale
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| looks like your starting to fill in nicely! one thing though the rocks you got ther dont look likethey have much coraline so u may wanna get a few nice purple/pink pieces to seed it 
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03-27-2008, 06:18 PM
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| Large Fish Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Mexico(yes its a US state!)
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| my LFS has little to no coralline lol, but theres some spots on one of my rocks, maybe ill get some PURPLE UP! lol, idk, whats ur opinion on using that?
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03-27-2008, 06:47 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NE Indiana
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| All purple up is is calcium. Just make sure your ca is around 400 and you should see it growing in no time on it's own. It always seems to be more attracted to things such as powerheads and heaters before it grows on rocks...you know things that you need to clean it off of..... 
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03-27-2008, 08:11 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ft. lauderdale
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| IMO dont use purple up... like lorna said its just a calcium supplement.... i use b-ionic since not only does it buffer your calcium but also alk, and trace elements.... if u do decide to start dosing anything first you wanna make sure u test to make sure you even need it! so if u wanna use purple up first invest in a calcium testkit and if u decide to go the b-ionic route you want cal/alk tests ...... with that said if u wanna see pink/purple start to spread make sure your cal/alk is in check and like i said get a few pieces to seed and within 6 months every single rock will be purple
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03-28-2008, 06:53 PM
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| Large Fish Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Mexico(yes its a US state!)
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| well my LFS has little to no peices with coralline, but my LR has some little spots of it.....anyways, on another forum i was told that 250w MH is too much for an 18" tank.....should i go with 150w/175 or stick with 250? remember, i am also using 2 T-5 actinics, most likely 39w
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03-28-2008, 10:15 PM
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| Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ft. lauderdale
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| as long as u can keep your temps stable than 250w will be fine
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03-28-2008, 10:51 PM
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| Large Fish Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Mexico(yes its a US state!)
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| 250w over your 2.5!? Thats amazing. People have suggested a chiller. Not happenin. Too expensive for a 5 degree temp difference. Ill just put extra fans on the canopy if i need to. Ill decide tonight on what im gonna go with.
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