Thanks mdbannister. Here a a few pictures of the mount completed and up on the Elos. I am currently running them both at 13.5k @70% intensity. I have to calibrate the lights still because during the low intensity phases, it is clear one is bluer then the other
Lights mounted on the cross bars. I am happy at the way they came out. This is the look prior to painting the lights.
The paint I used was black appliance epoxy spray paint. I put about three light coats over the newly made mounting arm
A picture of the lights mounted prior to install on the tank. The mount that I do have allows me to adjust the height of the Radions over my tank. When I ran one XR30 Pro over my tank I had the light running at 13.5k @100 intensity
A side view of the lights installed on the tank. The lights are roughly 8" apart. The height of the Radions above the water level now 12". Additionally, I removed the wide angle TIR lenses on my first XR30 and reinstalled the original lenses.
This is the view of the new mount from the front. I'm very happy as to how it came out. Again all materials were purchased at Lowes and I used basic tools to get this look.
A top down view of the tank with two XR30 Pros mounted. An Elos100 is roughly 40" across, so I believe I now have enough light to support the corals I'm wanting to keep. With the unveiling of the new Gen 4 XR30's I'm hoping the prices of the Gen 3 Pros will drop. My goal is to have 3 Gen 3 Pros mounted, but obviously I'll have to come up with a solution as to how to mount 3 with the current mount that I do have
Wanted to share a few shots of the corals. They're starting to take off. I'm dosing 40ml of ESV 2-part along with KZ Potassium, Zeo Bak, Zeo Food, and Magnesium.
Random SPS I've gotten from trades and a bunch of poor man corals. Unfortunately I will have to break down the tank within the next 6 months. But until then I'll keep driving on.
A random Neon Green Acro that I've made into a mini colony. I've been somewhat successful in cutting longer pieces of Acro frags and being able to putty them together to form small Acro colonies.
A picture of "Mr. GetOffMyLawn" as my wife and kids like to call him due to his grump demeanor and nature. His companion is always busy improving their foxhole.
And lastly, a new addition to my tank. I added a frag rack a month ago, which I am hopefully going to be able perfect the fragging skill. Someday hope to make some type of profit of this, but obviously won't with the frags on this rack!
Please let me know what you think! Enjoy!
