i have a 36g bowfront. how will this do in a mixed reef tank. fish and lps
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I have a 65 gal (36" wide, 24" high, 18" deep) mixed reef (including fish, clams, sps, lps and a few softies) and have 2 36-48" units, obviously affixed as 36". Everything is great especially my maxima and derasa clams, euphillia, Birdsnest, all lps great. Oddly the softies don't grow as fast. I love the lights, you could start with one unit and add more later if u want.
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It will work well, thier are 2 settings Program 1 Program 2 with sunrise and sunset settings. Settings for time program. I use mine for a planted thereioum and works good on hi intensity for my moss and plants. You need to measure the hight from top of tank to reef rock to make sure you have the right amount of light. The kit has a chart onhow too, and best lighting settings depending on your requirements. Make sure you size it righr. You can also set moon light. The remote is cool to.
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I have a lot of coral & a salt tank. If you have a lot of rock work or reef Set up you might get stronger as I have 2 of these in a 40g! You don't want a stagnant areas so figure where you'll need to create movement thru your rocks or if just fish 2 might be enough!JM 2¢
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It should work ok for a 30G tank. I have it on a 27G tank. It's rather weak even with almost no media in the treys. If you have saltwater tank with corals that need some current, this is too week. I know it's rated for much larger tank, but it's grossly overrated. I just got this too:( I'm really regretting it. It's unfortunate, but a powerhead will be needed for me:(Just to be clear, even if you have a fresh water tank, you liken't can't get enough flow to filter the whole tank with this power. Go up a model or 2 and get more power. Other than the lack of power, I do like this unit. I just wish that they have marketed it with the right GPH, and that I have purchased a more powerful one. It should work ok for a 30G tank. I have it on a 27G tank. It's rather weak even with almost no media in the treys. If you have saltwater tank with corals that need some current, this is too week. I know it's rated for much larger tank, but it's grossly overrated. I just got this too:( I'm really regretting it. It's unfortunate, but a powerhead will be needed for me:(Just to be clear, even if you have a fresh water tank, you liken't can't get enough flow to filter the whole tank with this power. Go up a model or 2 and get more power. Other than the lack of power, I... » Read More It should work ok for a 30G tank. I have it on a 27G tank. It's rather weak even with almost no media in the treys. If you have saltwater tank with corals that need some current, this is too week. I know it's rated for much larger tank, but it's grossly overrated. I just got this too:( I'm really regretting it. It's unfortunate, but a powerhead will be needed for me:(Just to be clear, even if you have a fresh water tank, you liken't can't get enough flow to filter the whole tank with this power. Go up a model or 2 and get more power. Other than the lack of power, I do like this unit. I just wish that they have marketed it with the right GPH, and that I have purchased a more powerful one. « Show Less
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I have a 29 gallon and am barely getting by. Soft coral only, Some LPS,no Acans or SPS. I'm selling mine on eBay next week.Customer service is spotty at best.
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I broke mine as well and haven't used it since. I will say after I stopped using it my SPS and LPS corals started to grow faster. I now use a protein skimmer and a gfo reactor and my tank is doing better than ever.
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I have the 36" myself on a 40 gallon reef. They are aupported by the side of the glass, so idk how they would fit on a corner tank. I would suggest something that would hang and possible more than one for a tank your size. A 36" would probably not be enough for 96 gallons. It works great in my 40, so if say you would need 2 if you went this way.
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I have one set up going in my 25 gallon and tone honest I am not sure if this is enough for the size of my tank. The mixture does not last 30 days. It dies with in 15day at most. While it is running and producing bubbles every 3 seconds or so.... It gets very slow (like a bubble every 15 seconds or so by the second week). Try it out. It wouldn't hurt but it will not make a big difference in 29 gallon tank in my opinion.
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I have it in a 40B tank and it adds gentle water movement from back to front of tank, does not bother the smallest of fish.
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I would recommend every 3 months. Make sure you use chem pure elite. The forum seem to say it works better. They also use purigen 100. I have a 34 gallon. Reef sanctuary is a great forum to learn about tanks. I am also running a reef set up.
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I just bought this and it's working AWESOME on a 9gal tank I have. It's very easy to adjust using the up and down arrows on the front. You shouldn't have any problems.
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Yea for sure I'm using one light fixture on my 90 gallon tall tank which has a similar footprint with a 40 gallon breeder. 36 inch long 18 inch wide and 32 inches tall. The light is plenty strong make sure you hang it a east 12 inches from top of the water to get good light dispersal for a three foot tank. Also takes some careful aqua scaping so you don't get any shadows on the side. Mine looks like a volcano very high in the middle and slopes down on both sides so as not creating casting almost any shadows. I run it at almost 80-90 percent and eveif I ran two I would probably not have aqua scales this way but I like the look and my coral in the bottom sandbed are getting enough light. I get ton of coralline algae on the sides of the tank so I am pretty confident the light is spreading enough. I don't have a gazillion corals so I did not see the need for more than one light and having one now I can definitely see that I can surely add more in the future without any problems. I am even having luck with sps corals so this is the real deal! You will definitely not be able to run them up that high intensity since the breeder is so much more of a shallow tank but that's good because you will be saving on electricity, also another reason I ran one light... Make sure you a climate your corals from very little light these lights are super powerful!
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I really enjoy this tank. I like the all-in-one feature. It does run a little hot and I have to keep the back open, but it's summer and I hope that won't be continued into the winter. I took out the BioBalls and am using a media basket with carbon, floss and Purigen. I also have chaeto in the back as well. You can find a lot of information on the salt water forums. There are plenty of them and good advice with most. But for a clown and rocks it would be a good size. Being a smaller tank you will need to keep up with water changes as well. I hope this helps. Good luck.
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My 24 gal is 36 x 12 and supports my lps and sps coral growth. The light has a setting for maximum coral growth and that is what I keep it on.
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Had mine for about a year, still performing great. GREAT 6gal aquarium. I've noticed over the past year that when water is low or needed....it is loads in the rest filter and pump area than in the front. I will always add water to the rest chambers.
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I've had several fluvals from 305,406, and fx6. The two smaller ones I've had for 5+ years and both still work great my fx6 is built even better then those two and I've had it for 10 months with no problems at all. The 406 was used for two years on a turtle tank worked great.
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I have a marine tank and the few corals I have under it are doing fine so far. My macro algae is doing great and it's a high light demand species.
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my tank is a 46 gallon bow front.. so mine would have been the 36 inch lid.Mawlid fit fine I didn't have any problems at all.