Ira
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Ok, I've moved one of my Seios so it's blowing just over the top of it.
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What do green hammer corals like? I have it about 2/3 down my tank in a relatively still area and a section of it is dying. Actually, my whole tank is looking pretty sad, I can't figure out why. Do they like high light? Medium light? Enough flow to just lazily move the polyps around?
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395 is just barely UV. It's probably no more harmful than looking at a bright purple light. UVA 400 nm - 320 nm UVB 320 nm - 290 nm UVC 290 nm - 100 nm
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Also they're not designed to be run continuously. So they'll probably burn out quickly. So...Really just go out and buy a proper aquarium pump, less hassle and likely better reliability. I'm sure Alan or someone can suggest a good one.
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It'll be the wrong type of UV to give you sunburns...
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Just plug it into a 12V DC transformer and you'll be fine. But green won't look very good, imo.
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I don't think aluminum should be a problem. But, maybe if you can find a stainless steel heatsink, that would be better. Otherwise maybe just a thin sheet of plastic seperating the water from the cold side of the petier will work with a good current across it?
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Unfortunately, Caper, it's just like any hobby where certain hobbiests have their ego tied up in it and consider it to be an extension of their...err...Manhood.
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Yeah. Totally different bulbs, differernt mountings, DE requires an additional UV blocking cover glass, SE doesn't. SE is bigger and is just a screw in mounting.
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I never noticed a smell in my tanks that had it.
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You'll just need to change the bulbs, that's it. Otherwise they'll work fine. PM Reef or jetskisteve, either one can get you good SE MHs, I think. All switched on growers have though is 400 watters which may be overkill.
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Here's another pic. My latest...
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70 liters a day?!
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A weed? Hmmm, I'm betting it's actually cyanobacteria. Slimy blue greenish mats?
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DIY a couple wide thin tubes out of some really thin perspex or similar to increase the surface area and slap them together, maybe coil it up so you get a couple feet of area without wasting a lot of space...
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Cars also produce carbon dioxide and hundreds of other chemicals.
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14-15cm here, that's to the glass on the pendant. Can't really get it any lower.
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Yeah, it works great, I dropped two in my tank and it kept it from heating up much more until they melted in about 15 minutes, then takes a couple hours to freeze them again...
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I'm more curious about what if you don't want it blowing straight out? Does it have movable vanes on the front to redirect the flow?
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You just screwed yourself there...
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And iirc they're so delicate when in their planktonic stage that they can be killed by bumping into the walls of the tank? Be good if you did get a good way of breeding them though. Maybe you could grow them the same way you do rotifers?
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Cleaning my yellow tang. But wasn't quick enough to get a pic, so here's just the cleaner.
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Mine got up to 28.2 sunday before I switched off the alarm and cranked the fan up all the way. With the windows open it's peaking a little under 28.
