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Wow this tank is amazing i am super impressed i hope to have a tank like this some day
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Still have lost of space - it is amazing how these corals are aware of the coral next to and grow around. Just like a natural reef.
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Thanks for the read, I hope in some way the information has somehow helps with your own success.
I have several fans in the canopy blowing on the water and exhausting the heat out. If the tank gets to 80.5 the Chiller is programmed to come on but the tank is consistently at 79.5 and this temp really gets the corals growing fast. From a humidity standpoint, I have a fairly large house and will get some moisture on the windows in the spring and fall but in the winter I simply turn my whole house humidifier to 10% and the tanks does the rest.
I just renewed my vision insurance for cy2014. I am almost the big 40 and things dont look as crisp as they use to!
Thanks again. It is defiantly easier from a white balance perspective taking pics under halides. I made some changes to the light layout and waiting on a couple ballast to come in. Subsequently, I will get some more pics up.
My nitrates are naturally low from the tanks maturity and the 400 lbs of live rock. The colors are really from great water quality and long term stability with good light. But really I dont dose anything other than oysterfeast and fish food. Every once in a while about once a week Ill put 40ml of viniger in the top off water to help breakdown the kalk it is also a benifit to feeding the bacteria in the system as a carbon source.
Many Thanks!
Sure I can help. This is one of my favorite boards and the people on this site are great, knowledgeable and always willing to help.
All good questions. Lets make no mistake that LEDS are great for coral reefs and I have grown my tank from 1" frags to what you see now under them. Also let it be known that we all have our own measure of success. I felt like the tank was very successful but felt I reached the peak of with the current lighting. Every time I saw a halide tank, frags or corals they IMO were slight more colorful for the majority of corals. I ended up getting a good deal on halides and decided to throw them up. in less than a week some corals got colors that I never could get under leds only. Pervious to installing the halides I turned my LED whites down about 10% and found the corals over that period got better colors. So I conclude that something in LED whites is causing damage to the coral and decided to swap that white color with proven 20K radiums. So the current design is to run 4 250 watt 20K radiums, 6 Evergrow d120 fixtures with blues 100% only and 4 apollo with blues 100% and whites 10% along the back. The results in a weeks time are profound!
From a cost standpoint it is running about 4-6 amps higher which will translate to about 100 a month.
About the stunner your right it is an aggressive chalice but I keep breaking it as it grows out so that it cannot invade other corals. It has since then decided to grow up the back of the glass. With all of the flow the tentacles are usually contained in its area.
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Light change
6 D120's 100% blue 0 white 12 hours
4 apollo 100%blue 15%white 12/8 hours
4 Radium MH 20K 250w m80 ballast LMax II Pendants 6 hours
6 D120's 100% blue 0 white 12 hours
4 apollo 100%blue 15%white 12/8 hours
4 Radium MH 20K 250w m80 ballast LMax II Pendants 6 hours
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December Go Detroit Lions Update! Hard to get top down because of light density but this is the best I could do.
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Yeah I need to get one one of these days. I keep forgetting to order it.
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I just read through this whole build, and this is amazing. You've done a great job with the tank and everything has come a long way. I hope to say I have grown as many frags from 1" as you have one day!
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Ludicrous. You're tank is just silly nice!
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Insane tank! Bravo!
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Installed new magic lantern firmware in my Canon so Testing Video on Automatic.
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