I used 400W blueline 10K+ bulbs for about six months until I switched to XM 20k bulbs which have been in my tank for about 8 months now. Quite frankly, the color is about the same to my eyes except the XM's are obviously brighter. As far as growth I really never noticed anything until I added a calc...

Thanks for the kind welcome.

Sidney

Scott, I don't have any close-ups of the digitata. This particular variety just happens to do well in my tank and has colored up quite well. I also have a purple digitata that is just now doing well after 3 months in my tank. Regarding the closed loop, all of the bulheads are 1 inch. There are 2 dra...

Thanks for the kind response. Please let me know when your next meeting will be. Scott, The orange coral at the lower right is Montipora Digitata. In fact, there are three colonies around the tank. When I added the Ca reactor about 5 months ago, Montipora growth exploded as did several of the Acropo...

What a great forum! I was surprised to find such an active and high quality site. My name is Sidney, I live in Pensacola, and have been into reefkeeping for about 3 1/2 years. I am looking forward to sharing information, experiences, and maybe even a few frags! My setup has evolved considerably over...