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08-28-2009, 03:13 PM
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Take pictures of the corals now, that way when they brown out you can still say "this is what they look like". I use one of those totes for my refugium, which I've kept frags in from time to time under a dual PC. Some do well and some don't, though none have died under PC lighting, they've just sustained existance. What if you kept the bins in a sun lit room to help out?
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08-28-2009, 08:16 PM
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I am not worried about these corals looking good I am not keeping them in there forever. All I need is for them to sustain themselves. They dont need to grow all they need to do is live.
The idea is not to spend any more money on this. The stuff I have is what I want to use. There is no "cheap" aquariums around here that are going to be big enough to hold all these and I am not having 5 30 gallon tanks sitting here. What is the difference between an aquarium and a tote? I dont need to look in. Like Danny said I am going to take pictures of them in their tank before I move them, take pictures with a ruler or somthing for size referance then they will be in a tote or whatever I use until the weekend where I can make it into the city to sell. Or 2 weekends however long it takes. I can see the lid hindering light from getting through and I think I am just going to use 1 of the big totes linked above with a 2x2 frame around the top to stop it from bowing and still have lots of light penetrate through. I dont have any of the corals yet. I am wanting to get set up before any of them come home. Right now they are happy in their 300G system. Last edited by Ryan; 08-28-2009 at 08:19 PM.
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08-28-2009, 11:05 PM
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I would also post the pics and prices on here before you bring them home & see if you can get the people interested to pick up before you even have to house the corals. That way, you may even be down to one tote right off the bat.
Just a thought. 1 light over 2 totes with lids will almost certainly result in brown acros. It's amazing how fast sps corals will brown out, especially if you combine multiple stresses like transporting them, changing the water parameters from their 300g home to a tote, and reducing their light. Worse comes to worse, I would have the most colourful SPS in one tote with the MH & borrow a PC or even use compact fluorescent Daylight bulbs over the other tote with the less colourful sps. Once the more colourful, more desirable ones are sold, then you can transfer the MH over the other tote. What you originally propose will basically ensure inadequate lighting for both totes. You are far better off protecting your most valuable investments (the more colourful sps) and have a lesser light for sustaining life over the other corals temporarily. Why risk browning out the nicer stuff unnecessarily? Just what I would do. You don't have to follow any of it.  Anthony
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