Two months worth of nitrate and phosphate eating bacteria, bacteria food, a coral food, strontium and iodine all in one little box!

This method is not unlike Zeovit or Polyp Labs Reefresh or Ultralith or even DIY method with vodka dosing or even using bio-spira/cycle. These methods seek to reduce nutrients in the form of dissolved organics, nitrate, phosphate to very low levels. These methods introduce beneficial bacteria into the system or introduce a fuel source for the bacteria presently in the system to consume nitrates, phosphates and organics. These create a water born bio-mass that can be removed by your skimmer. This allows increased feedings and hopefully results in better coral coloration with a cleaner environment for your reef animals.

 So how much of this stuff do I need to use and what do I hope it accomplishes?

How much PAR does this Sundial fixture produce?

I have a series of PAR reading tests that I would like show the results of. These are real measurements of usable light intensity in various size aquariums with certain light setups. I have an Apogee Instruments Quantum Meter calibrated for electric light sources that reads PAR in µmol m-2 s-1. I want to take all these measurements inside the aquariums I am testing. I feel that this type testing will give numbers that are useful on a hobby level and will be a good reference point for deciding on light systems for aquarium setups.

What the heck is PAR anyway?

I would like to get a controller like this RK2 to automate and contol my aquarium system. This would really provide a new level of stability.

Saltwater aquariums? The only saltwater aquarium I remember from these days was the display tank in the gift shop of the Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport, Mississippi. I remember seeing the marine life show in the massive hold tanks with the Dolphins on display. The Dolphins would do tricks and jump out of the water to nab some hand-held fish. The Sea Lions would also take some fish.  

I later saw the smaller marine aquarium in the gift shop. The first time I saw it was when I was "bitten".

Purple Montipora, Blue Staghorn, Green Acro, Pink Millepora...that are all mostly brown. 9-29-06

I decided that I was going to try and get these corals to "color up". I have some idea of the requirements of SPS and wanted to make a quick list of "the things that I know I know" as far as SPS are concerned. I would like to take these corals to another level and see if I can recover some of the color that they originally had.

The first few things that I wanted to work on improving was the basic environment for the corals:

• Lighting
• Flow
• Water Quality
• Feeding