Hello, I have a 210 gallon reef tank that I started up in March. I have had nano reef's and large FOWLR tanks in the past, but this is my first large reef. I have some SPS, LPS and some mushrooms in zoo's in the tank. I purchased all of the live rock and much of the corals from local reef club members and sellers on craigslist. Because of this I received some great prices and was able to see many other reef tanks.
The tank's lighting are from two led modules made by Epistar. These have 55 3-watt LED's. They are set at 2 watts two prevent overheating. LED's are a combination of white, blue and royal blue. My corals seem to be very happy with these lights so far, exhibiting nice color and growth. My motipora's and birdnest have doubled in size, LPS hammer and candycane have split, and zoo's have grown in large numbers. I recently bought some acropora, well see how that grow, only been in a couple of weeks. I will update. So far I have been very happy with these lights, low initial cost ($160), low heat and low energy cost to run.
Built the frame for the tank out of 4X4 and 2X4. Then framed the outside to look like a built-in. Have a 5 stage RO/DI unit. I also run a Reef Octupus skimmer and run UV all the time. I will try to upload some pictures
The tank's lighting are from two led modules made by Epistar. These have 55 3-watt LED's. They are set at 2 watts two prevent overheating. LED's are a combination of white, blue and royal blue. My corals seem to be very happy with these lights so far, exhibiting nice color and growth. My motipora's and birdnest have doubled in size, LPS hammer and candycane have split, and zoo's have grown in large numbers. I recently bought some acropora, well see how that grow, only been in a couple of weeks. I will update. So far I have been very happy with these lights, low initial cost ($160), low heat and low energy cost to run.
Built the frame for the tank out of 4X4 and 2X4. Then framed the outside to look like a built-in. Have a 5 stage RO/DI unit. I also run a Reef Octupus skimmer and run UV all the time. I will try to upload some pictures
