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Dowtish · Feb 14, 2013

gmoney243 said:
Yea i made a thread in the man section because dowtish was making fun of all us 180 owners and it hurted my feelings.

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Yes, you should be posting in the 'man' section.

gmoney243 · Feb 16, 2013

Update on new screen and par led bulb.
New screen week 2 under 2x26w cfl

Old screen under par 38 23w bulb

Ditching the par leds

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Javier peynado · Feb 16, 2013

What color of de led?
red 660nm?

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gmoney243 · Feb 16, 2013

Javier peynado said:
What color of de led?
red 660nm?

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No the leds i used are posted a cpl pages back. They are 3700k par bulbs from lowes. They use 23w and put out the same lumens and spectrum as the cfl i use.

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.AcroKiller. · Feb 17, 2013

gmoney243 said:
No the leds i used are posted a cpl pages back. They are 3700k par bulbs from lowes. They use 23w and put out the same lumens and spectrum as the cfl i use.

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Yea mike for leds if I was you I go with the 660 red and 455 blue 36watt bulbs

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gmoney243 · Feb 17, 2013

iiluisii said:
Yea mike for leds if I was you I go with the 660 red and 455 blue 36watt bulbs

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Have a link to those 36w bulbs? Ill probly just diy it eventually but i was just curious how those lowes leds would do

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.AcroKiller. · Feb 17, 2013

Mike for the prize of the led bulbs you could get two of this one for earch side. And this are plenty to run both of your scrubbers together
Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=330873952220

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gmoney243 · Mar 5, 2013

More pics at https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109405

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gmoney243 · Mar 14, 2013

Sps getting color back after stn/ bleach abouy a month ago. Also all seems clean from bugs, knock on wood. Polyps are lacking because i just moved the frag rack and some corals on it.

Red planet

Other acro

Pink lemonade

Green milli

Honey doo milli

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gmoney243 · Mar 17, 2013

So i picked up a Tunze 6105 for the DT and a 250W mh t5 combo for frag tank. For now tho i put the mh over 1 side of the tank just to test mh vs led for myself. So far most the corals under mh+t5 dont look as good. Theres a few that look the same and none look better. Will see how it goes overtime. I also have some corals.that havent looked good under led so gona see if mh colors them up properly.

Dowtish · Mar 17, 2013

What kind of bulbs are in the mh fixture?

gmoney243 · Mar 17, 2013

Dowtish said:
What kind of bulbs are in the mh fixture?

14K pheonix and some guiseman blues and actinics but one of the actinics isnt working. Havent checked if its the bulb or a wiring problem. Its the fixture from superpro just got yesterday.

SuperPro · Mar 17, 2013

Try turning the bulb, might not be seated good. If one is working it shouldn't be the ballast.

gmoney243 · Mar 17, 2013

SuperPro said:
Try turning the bulb, might not be seated good. If one is working it shouldn't be the ballast.

Ill give it a shot but yea i figured at worst its a blown bulb.

shellynjason · Mar 18, 2013

Looks like you have real good coral color in your 180. Do you have your Tunze 6105 on 18v or 24v and where are you aiming the flow up or at a glass wall?

gmoney243 · Mar 18, 2013

shellynjason said:
Looks like you have real good coral color in your 180. Do you have your Tunze 6105 on 18v or 24v and where are you aiming the flow up or at a glass wall?

Thx yes i love the color of most the corals. Tunze is pointed straight at the side wall 24v

gmoney243 · Mar 19, 2013

So decided to try the regular flow nozzel since the wideflow just wasnt doing what i wanted and man dust comming up everywhere much better flow now. I think the wideflow powerheads are best left for 4' tanks.

shellynjason · Mar 19, 2013

gmoney243 said:
So decided to try the regular flow nozzel since the wideflow just wasnt doing what i wanted and man dust comming up everywhere much better flow now. I think the wideflow powerheads are best left for 4' tanks.

Is your tank 5' or 6' feet? Mine is 5feet and I am having to point UP with the 18v so sand doesn't go every where, figured I will use the 24v when my coral are much bigger and need more flow.