What do ya think

mah0031 · Nov 9, 2016

Clicked off a few pictures of my 75 gallon tank. And home made 20 gallon refuge,with modified HOB protein skimmer,6 four foot T5 bulbs keep it lit. I'm disabled so I have to keep it on the cheap. Ever so slowly adding to the tank. It has been up for one year stated FOLR and I got carried away.

Humblefish · Nov 9, 2016

Looks nice! I especially like the sump design.

Ljaus · Nov 9, 2016

Looking good, you have a done a great job. Especially making the one year mark.

mah0031 · Nov 9, 2016

I didn't want the sump under the tank. I was going to have to temperately remove a brace to fit it(and the tank was up and running) secondly my modified skimmer would not fit and it was only a few months old.And bonus easy to service.

mah0031 · Nov 15, 2016

How about some advice? Seems to be plenty of that on here, and I have leaned a lot form just reading all the post. Here's the deal my 75 gallon tank is a 6 tube T5 fixture about a year old, I want to start buying tubes for it a couple at a time problem which ones??
Right now it has 3 actinic and 3 mid day sun?
The timers are set to this 2 actinic and 1 sun come on at 9 AM 2 more sun and 1 actinic come on at 10AM, 8 PM the 2 sun and 1 actinic go off at 9 PM, The 2 actinic and 1 sun shut down and 8 actinic LED's come on till midnight

Humblefish · Nov 15, 2016

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120reefkeeper · Nov 15, 2016

Hey ! Looks great! I'd suggest you check out ATI bulbs. They are really good and the selection they have are awesome!

This is a great video to watch that will help you pick out the right bulbs for the look your after!

melypr1985 · Nov 15, 2016

ATI is a great brand and so are Geissman bulbs. I used the latter the most when I had T5s. I also had a six bulb fixture. I did two actinic, two pink and two lagoon blue (which are actually white). The color was amazing and I had spectacular growth. I only left the midday bulbs on for about 4 hours though. It was two actinic and 1 pink in the mornings and at night and 2 midday and 1 pink along with the others during the midday four hours.

Your tank looks great! I love all the macros you have in the tank and the fuge.

Sabellafella · Nov 15, 2016

mah0031 said:
How about some advice? Seems to be plenty of that on here, and I have leaned a lot form just reading all the post. Here's the deal my 75 gallon tank is a 6 tube T5 fixture about a year old, I want to start buying tubes for it a couple at a time problem which ones??
Right now it has 3 actinic and 3 mid day sun?
The timers are set to this 2 actinic and 1 sun come on at 9 AM 2 more sun and 1 actinic come on at 10AM, 8 PM the 2 sun and 1 actinic go off at 9 PM, The 2 actinic and 1 sun shut down and 8 actinic LED's come on till midnight

Theres ATI, guiesmen, even redsea makes good bulbs. They all run around 20 bucks each