DKoKoMan's 150g Reef Tank

tang daddy · #1 03-18-2017, 04:42 AM

Coming along nicely, a journal is not a journal unless it's pic friendly...
For chaeto I found that at 2700-3500k spiral bulb grows it the best, the red violet LEDs will do the same but leds in that spectrum work better for different macro. Believe it or not my sump/anemone tank grows dragon breath with only blue LEDs.

Plants mostly green will use other colours like red, UV, purple, pink, blue and abit of yellow but bounce back greens. Whatever colour the plant is it will not use that colour. I love horticulture so I've done a lot of research in the best light to grow.

In water the LEDs get filtered abit but for cost the spiral bulbs do just fine. LEDs can cost 2-4x more.

DKoKoMan · #2 03-18-2017, 09:41 AM

Awesome! I just need something to provide decent growth and maintain. This should work good and it's nice to pickup a Home Depot special. I was initially looking on Reef Supplies at the Evergrow Nova, but for the simple chaeto I didn't think it was worth the money.

DKoKoMan · #3 03-18-2017, 09:43 AM

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good quality algae scraper? Need something that will make for an easy sweep on the glass daily.

Ryanerickson · #4 03-18-2017, 02:24 PM

I've read good things about the tunze magnetic cleaner look it up. Tanks looking good

iamfrontosa · #5 03-19-2017, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DKoKoMan

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good quality algae scraper? Need something that will make for an easy sweep on the glass daily.

Magfloat with scrapper attachment. It will never fall off to the bottom of the sand bed. I have Tunze, but magfloat works much better for me.

DKoKoMan · #6 03-19-2017, 09:04 AM

Does anyone have the flipper... it looks pretty cool with the blade attachment. I will take a look at the magfloat

Bblinks · #7 03-19-2017, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DKoKoMan

Does anyone have the flipper... it looks pretty cool with the blade attachment. I will take a look at the magfloat

Tunze for the win!

iamfrontosa · #8 03-19-2017, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DKoKoMan

Does anyone have the flipper... it looks pretty cool with the blade attachment. I will take a look at the magfloat

Magfloat medium is one I am using on 150g. The magnet isn't too strong so moving it around the tank is not an issue. I have a friend who bought, i think, XL size. The magnet is so damn strong that no one can move it around his tank lol.