Aquarium Supply

Buy the best skimmer that you can afford in the beginning.

Select a model that is likely to require no more maintenance than you can reliably commit to. Easy to clean and adjust.

Clean interior skimmer neck and any air-injecting apparatus frequently! Weekly or more frequently for neck and cup cleanings to improve skimmate production.

Proper installation is crucial for success! Surface extraction and static water levels are critical. No open sump applications!

Strive to collect a full cup of dark skimmate daily from any aquarium system. Low nutrient systems are far less common than poorly adjusted, designed, or in

Inexpensive and effective systems are even quite possible to assemble with DIY store available white daylight tubes (growing coral well for considerably less money than designer lamps check for bulb colors near 7000K).

Mount fluorescent lamps no further than 15 cm above the surface of the water. Close to 7 cm may be ideal.

Daylight colored tubes (near 7,000K) are ideal for shallow water and high light species, while increasing amounts of blue actinic light are appropriate for deeper water species. A 50/50 split of white daylight and blue actinic light will often satisfy low to medium light

Figures 10 and 11: URI Lamps Super Actinic and Actinic White Combination Spectral Qualities

Figures 12 and 13: Spectral Qualities of Helios T-5 Actinic Lamp

Figures 14 and 15: Spectral Qualities of ATI T-5 Actinic Blue Lamp

Figures 16 and 17: Spectral Qualities of ATI T-5 Aqua Blue Lamps

Figures 18 and 19: Spectral Qualities of Narvia T-5 Biolight Lamp

Question about rock
I am not sure if this is the place for this, but I had to start somewhere. I am going to be doing a 90gal. soon and wanted to know if I can use limestone as a base for my reef? I want to fill the tank with the limestone and then seed it in areas with high quality live rock. If I cannot use....

Brain versus Hammer
I recently moved the brain a little to close to the Hammer and caught this pic at night, 1st time I ever seen the brain put out the stingers since I got him 3 years ago..

Daphnia For The Aquarium

Daphnia are a great food source for both young and adult aquarium fish, you could catch them with a net in a pond, but their's a risk of bringing in parasites. I just found an article about growing daphnia yourself, nice read for the real tinkers out there :-)

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September Meeting
Forum: Chattanooga Reefers Aquarium Club Posted By: salt newbie01 Post Time: August 22nd, 2006 at 10:29 PM.