Sawdonkey's 220 Progress Thread

Daniel@R2R · Nov 10, 2016

Man! I LOVE these pics!!!

sawdonkey · Nov 20, 2016

OK, pic dump:

FarmerTy · Nov 20, 2016

Man, everything is filling in nicely and I really dig those angled FTS!

sawdonkey · Nov 20, 2016

A little more zoomed in:

sawdonkey · Nov 20, 2016

And some full zoom:

bowen1022 · Nov 20, 2016

Dang looking great as always!

Lemec · Nov 21, 2016

The tank looks even better in person! The fish are just as nice as the corals!

sawdonkey · Nov 22, 2016

Mstanker · Nov 22, 2016

Hey i'm starting a 6ft 100g reef soon, how do you like those LED lights?

sawdonkey · Nov 22, 2016

Mstanker said:
Hey i'm starting a 6ft 100g reef soon, how do you like those LED lights?

They are perfect. Not sure how wide the tank will be, but I assume 18 in? With that width, you could run them long ways and get away with three fixtures. Plus, $158 ea Black Friday deal can't be beat.

Take a look at the Reefbreeders Photon 2s as well. They look dope, but cost quite a bit more.

Mstanker · Nov 22, 2016

Is photon v2 there best lights?

revhtree · Nov 22, 2016

Awesome!

Mirkus · Nov 22, 2016

Sweet tank man!, really nice pictures

JoaoTomas · Dec 1, 2016

How much intensity you have the Ch1 and Ch2? And how much the distance the fixture are from the water surface?

sawdonkey · Dec 1, 2016

JoaoTomas said:
How much intensity you have the Ch1 and Ch2? And how much the distance the fixture are from the water surface?

Probably about 8-10 inches off of the water and blues at about 80-90% and whites at about 50-60%. In run the two middle fixtures a little cooler because of the overlap.

Maritimer · Dec 1, 2016

Both your aquaristic and your photographic skills are in top form here!

What your 220 is now, I hope that mine may someday become . . .

~Bruce

sawdonkey · Dec 2, 2016

Maritimer said:
Both your aquaristic and your photographic skills are in top form here!

What your 220 is now, I hope that mine may someday become . . .

~Bruce

Thanks, I appreciate it. When you look at something every day, You only focus on the flaws and forget about the things that are going well. Comments like yours remind me that I'm doing something right. [emoji3]

JoaoTomas · Dec 3, 2016

Still using Biopellets? what brand, AIO Biopellets? If so how do you treat the brown stuff they throw to the sump? Do you dose bacteria too? What brand?

sawdonkey · Dec 3, 2016

JoaoTomas said:
Still using Biopellets? what brand, AIO Biopellets? If so how do you treat the brown stuff they throw to the sump? Do you dose bacteria too? What brand?

Yes, I've been using biopellets for a few years. I don't have a lot of fish, but the ones I'd do have are large and dirty. I just use BRS brand pellets, not all-in-one. I run GFO separately but only change it out about every three months or so.

I have recently been struggling to keep my nitrates down. They've been > 10 recently. I think it has to do with me traveling and my auto feeder feeding too much, completely replacing my biopellets about a month ago, and a few skimmer cup overflows. Oddly, my PO4 is 0 and I haven't change my GFO for a LONG time. I've not even been GFO at all for a few weeks.

G8trBait16 · Dec 15, 2016

sawdonkey said:
Shot some pics tonight.

WWC Ding Dang. This has been a slow one to take off, but it making some progress now.

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