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Thanks for the info Len. My leather fingers have disinegrating holes in then they are stringy and brown algee on the stems. Could the lights be a part of this problem? My water specs are posted in my other post titled Need Help! The reason I was asking about the T-8 fixture is that the workhorse...

Alright here are my water parameters: Temp 78.4 Specific gravity 1.022 pH 8.5 Ammonia 0 mg/l Nitrate 5 mg/l Nitrite 0.1 mg/l Phosphate 0.25 mg/l - 0.50 mg/l Calcium...

I have tested the water and the ammonia reads zero. But my test kit is a cheap hagan kit (the blue breif case) and I don't fully trust it. Could you suggest a good brand of test kits to use for all tests that is easy to read? Thanks!

I have a 120g (60x24x18)+sump. I have two strip lights both four feet long one is a PC with two 55w and the other is a triple tube T-8, my bulbs are long past overdue. What replacement bulbs would you suggest? My PC has an All-Glass ballast that is rated for 110w could I put two CSL 65w PC in...

I am fairly new to reef keeping, I have had a saltwater tank for about a year and a half now. My current system is about 120 gallons (60-24-18)+sump. Everything was doing quite fine. I added some soft corals to my tank, two different kinds of leather fingers, one with fatter branches and a...