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by luminix
Thu May 15, 2025 7:54 pm
Forum: Corals
Topic: LED vs T5 for coral growth
Replies: 8
Views: 63

Re: LED vs T5 for coral growth

Thanks for the tips. Gonna try adding two T5s to my current LED rig and see if that cuts it.
by luminix
Thu May 15, 2025 1:43 pm
Forum: Corals
Topic: LED vs T5 for coral growth
Replies: 8
Views: 63

LED vs T5 for coral growth

Been running LEDs for a year now, but my Acropora aren't thriving like they did under T5s. Anyone else notice slower growth with LEDs? My tank's a 75-gallon mixed reef, parameters are stable, 8.1 dKH, 420 calcium, 0.03 phosphate.
by luminix
Tue May 06, 2025 12:59 am
Forum: Fresh Water Plants
Topic: do plants really lower nitrates?
Replies: 13
Views: 154

Re: do plants really lower nitrates?

My nitrates were sky-high until I added Pothos cuttings hanging out of the tank. Those things are nitrate sponges! Maybe try emersed plants if you're not into trimming floaters all the time.
by luminix
Thu Apr 24, 2025 3:40 pm
Forum: Bettas
Topic: help with a depressed betta
Replies: 0
Views: 32

help with a depressed betta

I'm really worried about my betta, he's just not himself lately.

So, a week or so ago, I had to treat the tank for fungus because my ottocinclus got a bad case of it - and a bitten tail, which I'm pretty sure wasn't the betta's doing. During the treatment, my betta started "pine coning" and I ...