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![]() This will be long and drawn out, but I'll give you the skinny on pretty well what I'm looking at.
I've currently owned a Vertex Illumina 260 48" fixture over my tank for about 6 months now, and I haven't had the kind of growth or coral health from what would be expected to be a high performing fixture. I have a nano tank beside it that I need to transfer any corals that are starting to bite the dust into to regain their health back, and they are over a simple Par38 bulb. I am going to attribute most of my problems to the lighting, and have considered switching back to T5's, but maybe as a last ditch effort - I'll try something different. Here's what I'm looking at: My tank is 60" long, 18" wide, and 16" tall. The light is currently 9" from the top of the tank. I have it set as 6W 54RB 52B for 6 hours at peak during the day. My tank parameters: 0 Ammonia 0 No2 10-20 No3 Phos 0.5 8 Alk 8.1 PH 78 F 1350 Mg 450 Ca Sg 1.025 I've got a wave maker (WP40) a MP40, with another 1200gph and two input flares at 800GPH. Lots of turn over. Dose amino's, coral snow, Ca, Mg and trace elements. Everything is fully automated, and I use RODI water, and I currently house a scooter dragonet, hippo tang, dotty back, fumanchu lionfish, lime wrasse, and a bicolor angel. I feed mysis and krill every other day with nori for the tang (after washing it clean) and spot feed with reef roids and phytoplankton. Water changes every two weeks. I don't think I can be any more thorough! Should I keep my lights peaked longer? Shorter? Should they be lower to the tank? Higher? Should they be less bright? More bright? I'm at a loss! Anyone have any ideas? |