The Ultimate Coral Room

[AcroFarmerRWB]

Thanks!
The floors are race deck snap together tiles they are great and easy to clean. I put them directly on the slab. I have even purposely spilt a gallon of water to see if it seeps under them and it did not. My only complaint is that they do expand a lot with heat so when you installed them make sure to get the room up to 80 to 85° and then install them so that it is already up to the maximum temperature so I don't expand and after I had the tanks set up I learnt this. I got these ones used off eBay, if your interested I can send you the guys info!

 

[679x]

Can't wait to see it when it's fully complete. Following!

 

[Special_K]

Thanks!
The floors are race deck snap together tiles they are great and easy to clean. I put them directly on the slab. I have even purposely spilt a gallon of water to see if it seeps under them and it did not. My only complaint is that they do expand a lot with heat so when you installed them make sure to get the room up to 80 to 85° and then install them so that it is already up to the maximum temperature so I don't expand and after I had the tanks set up I learnt this. I got these ones used off eBay, if your interested I can send you the guys info!

Yes, Please. I am interested. My installation will be in basement so temperature is not a issue but water seeping through the seam will be a huge issue! Thank you!

 

[FMF0331]

I LIKE IT

 

[AcroFarmerRWB]

Tanks are doing great! I've been slowing ordering and building the collection.
I switched one of the tubs to 5 gen 3 radion pros just to have different lights for different corals.

 

[AcroFarmerRWB]

I removed the rails that held on the halides and attached a 72" radion rail to hold the 5 G3 pros
It looks great and allows me to slide the lights around if i need to.

 

[Bronc]

Very nice!!

 

[Clayton Jessup]

That looks amazing

 

[Mal11224]

Great job and excellent thread! Looks amazing.

 

[Clayton Jessup]

Just wondering AcroFramerRWB what made you switch from MH lighting to Led lighting , and specifically why Radion lighting ?

 

[AcroFarmerRWB]

Just wondering AcroFramerRWB what made you switch from MH lighting to Led lighting , and specifically why Radion lighting ?

The main issue was coverage, each tub is 48"x 96" so two halides lit up about a 30"x30" area and adding any more would produce too much heat.
I love the growth from halides but radions were a smarter choice.
I just upgraded the one tub that had g3 pros to 5 G4 pros and the other tub to t5 and radions.
I'll take better pictures later!

 

[Clayton Jessup]

That is absolutely amazing the whole set up. And very valid and good choice and great reasoning, to go with LEDs and even T5's. I am considering Radions for my DT and my Frag tank as well . Thank you for your input so much, on why you went with them.

 

[AcroFarmerRWB]

That is absolutely amazing the whole set up. And very valid and good choice and great reasoning, to go with LEDs and even T5's. I am considering Radions for my DT and my Frag tank as well . Thank you for your input so much, on why you went with them.

I will say as far as lighting with everything taken into consideration and all my experience with lighting..... t5 or radions would be my top two choices and I would say they are pretty tied!
It boils down to what you want in a light, radions have the controllability and the led color and light shimmer. T5 will be a much brighter looking tank and have very little dim spot because of how well it reflects, you can add reef brites if you want more pop.
Hope it helps!

 

[refridgeRAIDER]

Looks awesome!

 

[Dsnakes]

I'm in North Carolina, about 30 minutes from the Outer Banks!

I live in Manteo, would love to check this out some day if you ever want to give a tour!

 

[Steven Hunter]

Wow. What a build.

 

[Clayton Jessup]

I will say as far as lighting with everything taken into consideration and all my experience with lighting..... t5 or radions would be my top two choices and I would say they are pretty tied!
It boils down to what you want in a light, radions have the controllability and the led color and light shimmer. T5 will be a much brighter looking tank and have very little dim spot because of how well it reflects, you can add reef brites if you want more pop.
Hope it helps!

Thank you very much this is very important information to me thank you , AcroFarmerRWB ! And yes this is very helpful to me !

 

[AcroFarmerRWB]

Took some better pictures of the lighting upgrade.
One tank has 5 radion G4 pros
Other tank has two 48" quad reef brite Supra t5 with a total of six ati blue plus and two ati purple plus with two g3 radion pros on the end covering the last 2 feet.
Both tubs have two 72" reef brite xho blues, one on each side of theophylline setup.

Still working on some of the cords!

 

[drawman]

@AcroFarmerRWB what kind of tanks are those?

 

[Clayton Jessup]

That looks amazing unbelievable I will say ! Very solid upgrade !