Lighting

LIGHTING PLAN

Here it goes......

So with a little help from a friend (by little I mean him coming over and taking all the pics for me, thank you Daniel). I actually have some good shots of some of my equipment and some of my livestock in my 325. Starting with equipment and under stand shots:


This is a shot from the right end of my stand where all the electrical of the system is run to. I wanted to try to seal this area off from any water or moister as well as keep it as organized as possible. ...

The weekend is coming soon and I will need to go ang get some supplies soon, so some quick questions.

1). VHO- I have 4 VHO's on the system. I need to by two ballast and the seller said he buys them from the builder store. (Home Depot, etc.) the question is: What can y'all tell me about VHO lighting. I never used then before? And, do y'all get ya lighting from HD or where? VHO parts, endcaps, etc.? Should I mount the ballast and such under in stand are on back of canopy, what ...

I broke down and bought some new lighting. T-5 HO 10000k. Tank is lit up like a Christmas ttree now! ;-) Here is a before and after pic of tank.

Before


After


I like!

I also bought a freg from the LFS. It's a Blue Ridge coral, here is a pic. (from iphone, sorry for the poor pic)



What can anyone tell me about

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I know this is a really dumb question but I really just have not other Idea what could be going on here.

I have tested the parameters in the tank 160 reef 30 - 40 gallon sump. the tank has been running for 10 months now reading over the last three weeks
sg 1.027 read with both hydrometer and refractometer
am 0, nitrite 0 nitrate 10 ppm
cal 385 - 400
alk 9.6 - 10.5
mg 1350
phosphate 0.00 - 0.05
tank temp between 76.7 and 77.9
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