The author found brightly colored Sarcophyton toadstool corals to
be somewhat rare in the trade.
Now I’ve knocked two hours off these times across the board.
The six bulbs on the first switch, which have been reduced to four
bulbs, are only on for 10 hours, the next four are on for 7 hours,
and the last four are on for 4 hours. Thus, I’m running fewer bulbs
for fewer hours a day and saving lots of electricity. Everything
looks just fine and is growing well, too. At some point I’m sure I’ll
There are numerous types of tree and finger leather soft corals to
choose from, all of which can grow relatively quickly and get pretty big.
play around with cutting back on these times even further.
Also remember that using bulbs for fewer hours a day means
you can wait longer to replace them, and just a couple of hours a
day can make a big difference. For example, if a hypothetical bulb
had a useful lifespan of 4000 hours, it would need to be replaced
after 333 days if used for 12 hours a day. However, the same bulb
FEED
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PhytoPlan is also a great supplement to enrich the nutritional value of dry
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Zooxanthellate corals that feed on zooplankton can calcify more than 50%
faster. Ahermatypic corals and other filter feeders depend on zooplankton
to meet their metabolic needs, but also obtain some nutrition from
dissolved or particulate organic matter (marine snow), and phytoplankton.
Give them plankton and watch them grow!
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