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started on 1 Aug 06

[Soul]

bro ur pics must resize to 640 x 820 b4 posting next time otherwise board will censor u .. i kerna b4 hehe. Nice to see another new reefer take up this hobby. Welcome aboard!

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skimmate

[Soul]

wat u keeping in the tank huh? Cant see any fishes or live corals leh. Still recycling stage?

[[JS]]

today i just made the light hood

1x10k aquaz and 1xbluepro aquaz 24w....

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after putting light hood....

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power point area.....

[fishtalk1517]

Bro, welcome back ur B.B tank looking good. Care to show a pic of ur sump tank?

[[JS]]

pink zoos...

[[JS]]

Bro, welcome back ur B.B tank looking good. Care to show a pic of ur sump tank?

bro no sump tank ....

but have IOS

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some of my clown

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[Sam999]

U believed yr zoos can thrive under T5?

[hammy]

U believed yr zoos can thrive under T5?

... my zoo have been under T5 lighting for quite long too

[bubble_gum]

someone said he wanted to give up this marine hobby and only start after he got married

i told u so

this will be the start of endless lfsing trips and cheonging

welcome back!

[tayhonglee]

U believed yr zoos can thrive under T5?

t5s are more than sufficient right?

[Sam999]

... my zoo have been under T5 lighting for quite long too

oic, then u must have confuse between thrive and survive. no offence but if u look at those zoos, it has very long neck. which is not a good sign at all.

contradictory to most belief, zoos requires very strong light. ppl in the US uses 250W/400W MH on their zoos. search RC and u have more clues...

[Sam999]

t5s are more than sufficient right?

True/False

True: If yr tank is shallow (<1.5feet) and u use high intensity good quality T5 bulbs(ATI/Deltec)

False: As in this case, the tank is tall and the T5 use is only 24W. Light intensity follow inverse square law, therefore u see all the long necks. And this lack of intensity cannot be compensated with longer photoperiod.

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before i have this tank

i have a 4ft tank before keeping zoos with t5s also

btw the neck how short then means is enough light?

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here is a pic tat last time when i using t5 for my 4ft and 2ft tall

[big_ben102000]

i am no coral expert.. but based on my limited knowledge ... T5 would be enough to keep zoas, unless the tubes are like only 12 watts or so.. they are probably juz getting used to the new enivronemnt ?

[ReDDeviLs]

they only bcome long because they fighting for light with other polyps among themself..

doesnt mean long means insufficient light.. if u shine from the side they grow to teh side..

[]v[edia]

bro u hav it nex to ur com ar? beware later ur com spoilt

[Sam999]

i am no coral expert.. but based on my limited knowledge ... T5 would be enough to keep zoas, unless the tubes are like only 12 watts or so.. they are probably juz getting used to the new enivronemnt ?

Enuff to keep zoos as in it survive? How abt letting the zoos thrive?

Did u notice that when u buy zoos from LFS, the colour of the polpys is very well define, with very clear colour tone.

However, if u keep it under T5, the neck grows longer and longer. The colour tone seems to "diffuse", ie as in not so clearly define anymore? The colour isnt as vibrant as u 1st brought it. This has to do with lights, especially so for those not up to standard T5s.

Dont u find zoos with long neck an ugly sight?

[big_ben102000]

actually before i change my lights to t5 i was using PL. the colour kinda faded off alittle. then when i change to T5 and on juz to blue tubes alone.. some colours that are supposed to glow didnt. it was only after 3 to 4 weeks after the use of T5 that the colours sort of came back