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Old January 21st 04, 08:26 PM
TomW
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Default Algea Battles...

The tank is a 75gal FOWLR.
-Over 50lbs of LR.
- 48" 4x65W Coralife Aqualight CF hood, 2x Actinic and 2x 10,000K, (blue
lights on 12 hours, "white" on 6hours).
-Removed the bio balls from the wet/dry and replaced with LR.
-Plumbed in a 10 tank with macro algae and sand for a refugium.
-Using RODI water, changing 5 gal per week.
-Run a Diatom Filter 2x a month for about 8 hours.
-2 peppermint shrimp; lots of hermits and snails keeping busy, including a
Mexican Fighting Conch (a family favorite)

I added a protein skimmer this morning.

-TomW

"Mort" wrote in message
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Do you have a cleaning crew? How much LR do you have, what kind of

lights?

~Mort