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However, many of these mechanical media are victims of their own success, if you will, and begin to accumulate large quantities of gross particulate and detritus, which slowly breaks down, and leads to the formation and accumulation of nitrate and phosphate.

By regularly cleaning and replacing these mechanical media, it is possible for the hobbyist to remove large quantities of undesirable matter from the system before it begins to break down and degrade the aquariums water quality. Many of these filter media need to be cleaned and/or replaced se

Some hang-on skimmers come with surface extraction boxes, which forces the skimmer to draw water from the top of the aquarium. Sump model skimmers generally receive their water from built-in overflow boxes, bulkhead fittings, or other methods of draining surface water to the sump. Some well-designed sump models, however, still will not work properly if they are simply placed in an open sump with a fluct

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Sidebar (added title): Types of Lighting, Application

* HQI and Metal Halide Lamps (MH):

They provide very good to excellent penetration/delivery of useful light at depth. They are arguably necessary for aquaria 60 cm. water depth and deeper over symbiotic reef invertebrates.

Quality lamps in the 6500K to 10,000K color range generally issue the best rated light (PAR) for symbiotic invertebrates. Supplementation with actinic (blue) light is not even necessary

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