Thanks MAAST and BOD's !!!!!

[JeffCo]

Here are some of the parameters he mentioned:

CA: 410
alk: 9.8

He uses Calupera rather than Chaeto for nutrient export in his barebottom tank and keeps the light on 24/7.
He doses ozone only at night to keep the water clear.
He uses a kalkreactor to maintain his calcium and his calcium reactor to maintain alk.
He has hella actinic lighting which he thinks contributes to the SPS vivid colors.

[v2k]

Oh yeah, and he has funny reflectors that increase light a whole bunch without increasing MH heat.

[cpreefguy]

lumenarc III to be exact

[hobogato]

lumenarc III to be exact Smile

anyone have the website for the company that sells them? i did a google search and (didnt work on it very long) just came up with a bunch of reviews and forum posts.

[cpreefguy]

here ya go Ace:
http://pacificgardensupply.com/products.asp?cat=2
$129.00

[hobogato]

thanks

[brewercm]

Check with Todd also. He bought some a while back and got a pretty good deal.

[watered_down]

knowledge worth its weight in gold

can i nominate sherri for sainthood?

i like bragging to non-reefers about the event

everybody needs a bigger tank (esp. if someone has a tunze that could drain it in a blink of an eye should it be pointed out of the tank) :lol

[GaryP]

water conditions (inland seawater from a well versus ocean water nearby) cause xooanthellae to grow too long or something, and colorful corals can turn brown over time...he provided an example of an outdoor tank in Fiji I believe, set up by I think J. Sprung.

The tank was at the Honolulu aquarium. They were using salt well water that had 50 ppm nitrates. The resulting corals did not have good color development as a result. The corals were collected by Sprung in Fiji. His point was that the corals had turned brown due to the high nitrates.