72x30x18 DIY build thread

[tbrown]

we talking about lights still or ....

Pretty sure it's not lights...

 

[Stang67]

we talking about lights still or ....

Aren't we always really talking about the or?

 

[tbrown]

Aren't we always really talking about the or?

When That Becky and Jason are involved, yes. When Sam's involved there's a good chance it's DEFINITELY the or...

 

[F i s h y]

When That Becky and Jason are involved, yes. When Sam's involved there's a good chance it's DEFINITELY the or...

I resemble this comment

 

[Mschmidt]

I resemble this comment

Your hair is fabulous then.

 

[F i s h y]

Your hair is fabulous then.

Yep fabiolous

 

[Mschmidt]

Yep fabiolous

I see what you did there.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Is everyone on r2r talking about **** sacks

 

[tbrown]

Is everyone on r2r talking about **** sacks

 

[Projects with Sam]

When That Becky and Jason are involved, yes. When Sam's involved there's a good chance it's DEFINITELY the or...

guy

 

[Nate Chalk]

First time taking par readings ever on this tank. This is at 100% on the kessil pucks for intensity and color. This is post dropping the lights to the lowest point.

Kessils mounted 9 inches off surface of water
Orpheks mounted 12 inches off surface of water

Main SPS island above the frag rack at 240 par is 11 inches under the surface
Steve-o-Pora is about 6 inches under at tips and rock is 8 inches under surface

@F i s h y I cant even imagine where it was before lowering the lights... about 30% lower is my guess....

Overall spread is pretty good and the bar at the bottom is good. Just low on rock. Has me thinking.

 

[F i s h y]

First time taking par readings ever on this tank. This is at 100% on the kessil pucks for intensity and color. This is post dropping the lights to the lowest point.

Kessils mounted 9 inches off surface of water
Orpheks mounted 12 inches off surface of water

Main SPS island above the frag rack at 240 par is 11 inches under the surface
Steve-o-Pora is about 6 inches under at tips and rock is 8 inches under surface

@F i s h y I cant even imagine where it was before lowering the lights... about 30% lower is my guess....

Overall spread is pretty good and the bar at the bottom is good. Just low on rock. Has me thinking.

Overall not terrible. I agree since you are mostly SPS heavy its a little low on the rockwork, but looks like a pretty even distribution. What has me worried is that you are at 100% on all of your lights, so You have no adjustment up. Time to add another light or look at different options. I know we talked about some, I still think you can't beat the T5 LED combo.

 

[Stang67]

First time taking par readings ever on this tank. This is at 100% on the kessil pucks for intensity and color. This is post dropping the lights to the lowest point.

Kessils mounted 9 inches off surface of water
Orpheks mounted 12 inches off surface of water

Main SPS island above the frag rack at 240 par is 11 inches under the surface
Steve-o-Pora is about 6 inches under at tips and rock is 8 inches under surface

@F i s h y I cant even imagine where it was before lowering the lights... about 30% lower is my guess....

Overall spread is pretty good and the bar at the bottom is good. Just low on rock. Has me thinking.

 

[Nate Chalk]

I think I should center my kessils a bit more... tank is 30 wide, kessils are at 17 inch , should bump 2 inches left. Thinking of what I can do to improve. I think the orpheks are doing a good job of spread, kessils not enough juice on par i think.

 

[Nate Chalk]

I've always noticed this... 100% intensity 100% color on kessil app causes my left and right puck to dim to blue tint. This is just with the kessils on so you can see what its doing.

I have in the past played with the slider and at 67% they all go to the middle "level of light"

I just tested the difference in par between these two settings .....

now im getting 300 on main rock not 240....

Steveopora is 440 not 400

Huge difference, and the tank has more of a daylight look.


Definitely worth renting. I think I will add the other orphek bar I have Which will only really help with spread. Down the road when I finally get that drop off tank. I will likely need narrow reflectors on the kessils for the deep end. Opps did I just leak my plans. I didnt even tell my wife 5 year plan we were talking about @F i s h y

Same tank but imagine a deep deep spot. on one side. Thats a @Joe Glass Cages build for sure. Not siliconing those weird seams myself. The forever tank.

 

[F i s h y]

Wait for it.... Test those bars alone... and the kessils... then lets see what you have

 

[Nate Chalk]

Wait for it.... Test those bars alone... and the kessils... then lets see what you have

Testing a single spot here, the main SPS rock. Might test more later on low light ~8-9 pm


*this is the 240 spot in the original picture
Kessil 150
Orphek 200
Combined 300 now

 

[rmorris_14]

Testing a single spot here, the main SPS rock. Might test more later on low light ~8-9 pm


*this is the 240 spot in the original picture
Kessil 150
Orphek 200
Combined 300 now

that doesnt math right

 

[tbrown]

that doesnt math right

Exponents.

Testing a single spot here, the main SPS rock. Might test more later on low light ~8-9 pm


*this is the 240 spot in the original picture
Kessil 150
Orphek 200
Combined 300 now

Also, there's been a significant amount of discussion around the subject of PAR and it's subjectiveness. Apparently you're supposed to check PAR with the whites at 0%...

 

[Nate Chalk]

Exponents.

Also, there's been a significant amount of discussion around the subject of PAR and it's subjectiveness. Apparently you're supposed to check PAR with the whites at 0%...

Hmm.... But my lights arent at 0% white.