250g SPS Tank from Beijing

[DurTBear]

Beautiful reef tank! And I echo everyone else's thoughts about getting great colors with 10K bulbs! It'll look amazing with blue/actinic supplements.

 

[mgers21]

dang wish my 10k XM's looked like that!

 

[H.a.Z]

Doesn't get better than this

Great pictures and tank.

:rollface:

 

[elijaher]

Great bright colors of coral wow eye candle.

 

[Geddex]

Colours and aquascaping get 10/10 from me! Very natural looking.

 

[DPalm3]

stunning. absolutely amazing

 

[Ice Blue]

Hi, Welles, it's amazing!

........tiewlee from CMF

 

[Welles]

Thanks friends in RC

Here some top down view photos

This clam is one of my favorites, it has been in my tanks over five years:

I like XM 10K, it could make the color of corals more natural, especially for pink , yellow and light green corals; but for blue and purple, maybe add some blue/actinic supplements will be better, and I am also curiously about the effect of LEDs, with LED units, I think I could even position the color of the lighting based the positon of the corals.

 

[Denadai]

Awesome

I love it !

 

[Jeremy B.]

Very nice Welles, great job! I hope all is well your way.

 

[Atomikk]

Noooo. Stick to XM 10Ks. Don't switch. I have been using them ever since I started with this obsession. I will never use another bulb. They are the best for growth and true color.

 

[Emster]

I actually like the grey one, third pic. How long is your photo period if you don't mind me asking? Great tank BTW!

 

[Welles]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15176442#post15176442 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Atomikk
Noooo. Stick to XM 10Ks. Don't switch. I have been using them ever since I started with this obsession. I will never use another bulb. They are the best for growth and true color.

I will not switch other bulbs , Both LED and VHO is supplements for blue light, and I will also use some white LED (about 6500K) to light the dark corner between Lumenarc reflectors.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15177156#post15177156 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Emster
I actually like the grey one, third pic. How long is your photo period if you don't mind me asking? Great tank BTW!

My photo period is 9 hours per day

 

[naldopr]

wells on witch ballast you run or xm? they look way different than the one I had
by the way nice tank !!

 

[sreefs]

Beautiful colors, really like your aquascape! I notice you don't have as many fish as a lot of us in the States! Your tank is stunning!
Pat

 

[Welles]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15178289#post15178289 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by naldopr
wells on witch ballast you run or xm? they look way different than the one I had
by the way nice tank !!

I am using IceCap ballast (220V version) on XM. I have using Reeflux 12K for several month, but it seems too blue and even covered natural color of some corals (I do not know why...), so I turn back to XM 10K, now I am satisfied with color of XM 10K, but maybe add little bit more blue color will be better

 

[naldopr]

cool I ask you because yours look like my reeflux 10k my old xm where yellow
now I use the 20k till they are ready to change and replace it with 10k again

 

[Welles]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15178560#post15178560 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sreefs
Beautiful colors, really like your aquascape! I notice you don't have as many fish as a lot of us in the States! Your tank is stunning!
Pat

There are 14 fishs in the tank, they are all small fishs, and I am considering add a french angel

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15178639#post15178639 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by naldopr
cool I ask you because yours look like my reeflux 10k my old xm where yellow
now I use the 20k till they are ready to change and replace it with 10k again

the other problem with XM 400W 10K is the heat makes shell broken(I have lost over 4 bulbs before), but it seems new version (with a raised glass shell) will be better on this.

 

[jd474]

Very nice!! Congrats on the Convict tangs also, very difficult fish IMO.

 

[Welles]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15188071#post15188071 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jd474
Very nice!! Congrats on the Convict tangs also, very difficult fish IMO.

Thanks, I fully agree with you about Convict tangs, my initial idear is to keep a small school of this tangs, but it seems it is lucky enough to keep two of them now :-(