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Old July 19th, 2013, 10:07 PM   #3
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I have hooked up 1 reef octopus 1000
it was ok but take a while to break in
as far as the other never heard of it
now the algae red sheet algae is also called blue green algae or cyanobacteria
in a new reef setup you should not get that so soon
first you need more flow such as power heads
second more hermit crabs to clean detritus before it turn in to cyno
direct sunlight never good
home depot bulb also not good
they should be 10000 k for a reef or actinic and they have to be changed every 12 months
old bulbs produce algae
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