Oldude SPS pix

hatfielj · May 16, 2015

Thanks for all that info. It appears I run my lights a lot less than you. Maybe that's at least part of the reason I'm not seeing as much growth. I'm going to start increasing the length of time my lights are on and see if it helps. My colors are good, but my growth sucks.

Oldude said:
Thanks - but don't quit, I feel that same way when I look at some of the tanks out there. The grass is always greener.

Here is my lighting schedule:

8:00 AM - 12:00 AM (on all day for that little extra)
LED moonlights are made up of "Reefbrite" 3 watt diodes x 18 & an extra strip of 1 watt x 12 diodes.

9:30ish AM - 11:00 PM - T5 actinic & Fiji Purple (4 bulbs) start - stay on all day (runs for 14 hours)

1:00 - 1:20 PM all remaining lights come on & run until 9:00 - 9:15 PM.
The T5's and the Radion are on the same timer and come on at 1:00 PM.
The metal halides are divided amongst 2 timers and set up with the two outside lights together & the two inside lights on the other timer. This provides a better sunrise/sunset affect - the inside two stay on about 15 minutes longer since in my opinion this gives a more natural appearance resembling the last minutes of sunlight shining through a section of reef with the rest going darker. At this stage it is back to the four T5 actinic/Fiji purple bulbs & LED moonlights until 10:30 PM when it turns to just the LED moonlights and the reef goes dark at midnight.

Oldude · May 16, 2015

hatfielj said:
Thanks for all that info. It appears I run my lights a lot less than you. Maybe that's at least part of the reason I'm not seeing as much growth. I'm going to start increasing the length of time my lights are on and see if it helps. My colors are good, but my growth sucks.

I hope that works for you, good luck.

Arron209 · May 17, 2015

Just went through your thread and I've got to say, there's some serious eye candy in here! I hope my sps look as good one day lol.

Oscaror · May 18, 2015

Just wow!
That pink lemonade looks more like a monti than an acro

mrjlopez731 · May 18, 2015

This is your one of a kind tank. I got my little piece of the ocean but you have a nice piece of the Barrier Reef. Very nice colors and this tank seem to just go on and on. Only lets me know that this is possible as long as I do my research first. Thanks for sharing.

Oldude · May 19, 2015

Arron209 said:
Just went through your thread and I've got to say, there's some serious eye candy in here! I hope my sps look as good one day lol.

Thanks - glad you like the tank.

Oscaror said:
Just wow!
That pink lemonade looks more like a monti than an acro

Thanks, I'm not sure which piece you are referring to though.

mrjlopez731 said:
This is your one of a kind tank. I got my little piece of the ocean but you have a nice piece of the Barrier Reef. Very nice colors and this tank seem to just go on and on. Only lets me know that this is possible as long as I do my research first. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for looking.

Lbfnp · May 22, 2015

Wow, beautiful. Love your collection. I just hope one day mine looks half this nice.

Oldude · May 22, 2015

Lbfnp said:
Wow, beautiful. Love your collection. I just hope one day mine looks half this nice.

Thanks very much. I'm sure in time you can surpass what I've done.

SPSREEFS · May 24, 2015

Awesome tank! Nice job, you certainly know what your doing. Whats your maintenance schedual like and what do you do to the tank? Do you have gravel and vacuum the tank out?

Moonlightreef · Jun 1, 2015

congrats my friend , you got the TOTM on Reefcentral [emoji106]

Bps619 · Jun 1, 2015

Oldude said:
Here's a couple of polyp extension shots

Ok, where do I sign up for some frags?

love the tank!

d_adler · Jun 1, 2015

@Miami_reefer one of my favorite tanks

Oldude · Jun 4, 2015

SPSREEFS said:
Awesome tank! Nice job, you certainly know what your doing. Whats your maintenance schedual like and what do you do to the tank? Do you have gravel and vacuum the tank out?

Thanks very much. I don't vacuum gravel.