47G SPS...Revamp
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FloformAustria
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holly macaroni!
your tank is just amazing and i understand what they featured yours!!
Thanks for sharing
Flo
holly macaroni!
your tank is just amazing and i understand what they featured yours!!
Thanks for sharing
Flo
teebone110
Member
Yes, congrats!!
Us Canucks can really appreciate an extra-ordinary reef tank as much as anyone
Us Canucks can really appreciate an extra-ordinary reef tank as much as anyone
Broly_PT
New member
hello Sahin, very nice tank i love it
Im starting to running a LED/T5 DYI Hybrid, for me my biggest problem is to set the intensity of leds.
For your experience do you think this combination is good ?
T5 ATI CORAL+ 4Hours
T5 BLUE+ 4 hours
VERTEX LED WHITE 45% 8 hours
VERTEX LED BLUE 90% 10 hours
VERTEX LED ROYAL BLUE 90% 10 hours
T5 ATI CORAL+ 4 hours
T5 BLUE+ 4 hours
or i can turn off the white leds ?
Regards
Im starting to running a LED/T5 DYI Hybrid, for me my biggest problem is to set the intensity of leds.
For your experience do you think this combination is good ?
T5 ATI CORAL+ 4Hours
T5 BLUE+ 4 hours
VERTEX LED WHITE 45% 8 hours
VERTEX LED BLUE 90% 10 hours
VERTEX LED ROYAL BLUE 90% 10 hours
T5 ATI CORAL+ 4 hours
T5 BLUE+ 4 hours
or i can turn off the white leds ?
Regards
sahin
Ultimate Reefer
Many thanks for all the nice compliments.
I am crazy busy these days with work and family I really dont have that much time to browse the forums the way I used to do.
I quoted the posts that require an answer and I hope I do answer all the questions so please let me know if I've missed anything.
With regards to the Feminus Wrasse: that fish is the most expensive fish I have ever bought...in fact other than highend equipement I've never even spent on SPS corals what I spent on that fish.
My UK buddies are rare fish fanatics and they've got me hooked on some of these nice wrasses.
I do have a tank cover. There is no way I'd risk keeping such a fish without a tank cover. I took the cover off to photo the tank.
Initially the Feminus was only feeding Mysis, but I have now successfully trained her onto lobster eggs, Hikari Pellets and even some flake. I've had her for about a month or more and she was settled at the LFS for a few weeks. When she came in the stomach was slightly sunken and tail end skinny. She has now fattened up and I have noticed she has grown in the time I've had her. My friends always used to bug me to get a Feminus wrasse but I always put it off due to cost and captive survival. But she is easily the best looking fish in the tank and I get quite a lot of joy seeing her progress.
With regards to the light: Giesemann Spectra 400w modified to:
1 x 400w Radium powered by Lumatek Selectable Ballast run at 400w setting
2 x ATI T5 - ATI CoralPlus Tubes using ATI Ballast & Reflectors from ATI and custom Active cooling
SemiLED LED strips using 16x445nm Diodes and 8x415nm Diodes @ 350mA
MH: 1:30 - 6:00 pm
LED: 12:00 - 9:00 pm
T5: 1 pm - 8:00 pm
Bulent and Michael; I keep the Sarmentosa in the middle of the tank. Its being hit with 450+ PAR. When I recieved it the colour was only green. I was disappointed as I had one years ago with pink tips. Over time this one has developed pink tips which I am pleased about. The person I got the frag from confirmed his colony is just green. So there is hope for yours Bulent. The green pigment wasnt as intense when I first got it as well.
I used TMC sand. Iinitially it moves about as I have a lot of flow, but once the bacteria get hold and various worms colonise the sandbed it pretty much stays put. I run the MP40 at 65% and MP10 at 100% on various modes and in my small tank the sand stays put.
I hope to record a video showing the corals but havent had the time so far. I will get it done soon though.
Hey buddy, good to see you back on the forum. Do you have a tank again?
Impressive light fixture Şahin. You finally have got the light you have always wanted, a 20000K Radium MH bulb. Now you have no excuse for not providing more regular photo updates.
I am interested in the future performance of your skimmer as its neck is much wider than Deltec 1351. I am surprised that Deltec 1351 did not work as well as you expected. I have the AC version of that skimmer. It works perfectly for me. Mind due, mine has a German pump. Please keep us up-to-date with your new skimmer.
I hope you will get a tank cover soon. You must have paid good money for that fancy looking wrasse. When I kept a wrasse and a mandarin together, my mandarin lost a lot of weight because the wrasse was able to eat the crustaceans, such as pods, much faster than the mandarin. Please keep an eye on your mandarin.
Your tank looks great as always. Congratulations on your achievement on CanReef. Would you mind telling me the Latin name of the coral below please? I had the chance to get a frag from the same coral in Cockfields, but did not buy it in the end.
Cheers
Bülent
Hi, I think I may have answered you on FB already, but I would certainly keep the whites at 35% minimum. When I had my ATI Hybrid the white LED's did help keep colours on some of the pink/yellows etc. The spectral graphs produced by almost all the LED manufacturers show a continuous spectrum from 400-630nm. If those graphs are to be believed, then the White LED's are a good thing (in not too great doses). My main criticism of LED's is the point source nature and lack of spread of light.hello Sahin, very nice tank i love it
Im starting to running a LED/T5 DYI Hybrid, for me my biggest problem is to set the intensity of leds.
For your experience do you think this combination is good ?
T5 ATI CORAL+ 4Hours
T5 BLUE+ 4 hours
VERTEX LED WHITE 45% 8 hours
VERTEX LED BLUE 90% 10 hours
VERTEX LED ROYAL BLUE 90% 10 hours
T5 ATI CORAL+ 4 hours
T5 BLUE+ 4 hours
or i can turn off the white leds ?
Regards
I am crazy busy these days with work and family I really dont have that much time to browse the forums the way I used to do.
I quoted the posts that require an answer and I hope I do answer all the questions so please let me know if I've missed anything.
With regards to the Feminus Wrasse: that fish is the most expensive fish I have ever bought...in fact other than highend equipement I've never even spent on SPS corals what I spent on that fish.
My UK buddies are rare fish fanatics and they've got me hooked on some of these nice wrasses.
I do have a tank cover. There is no way I'd risk keeping such a fish without a tank cover. I took the cover off to photo the tank.
Initially the Feminus was only feeding Mysis, but I have now successfully trained her onto lobster eggs, Hikari Pellets and even some flake. I've had her for about a month or more and she was settled at the LFS for a few weeks. When she came in the stomach was slightly sunken and tail end skinny. She has now fattened up and I have noticed she has grown in the time I've had her. My friends always used to bug me to get a Feminus wrasse but I always put it off due to cost and captive survival. But she is easily the best looking fish in the tank and I get quite a lot of joy seeing her progress.
With regards to the light: Giesemann Spectra 400w modified to:
1 x 400w Radium powered by Lumatek Selectable Ballast run at 400w setting
2 x ATI T5 - ATI CoralPlus Tubes using ATI Ballast & Reflectors from ATI and custom Active cooling
SemiLED LED strips using 16x445nm Diodes and 8x415nm Diodes @ 350mA
MH: 1:30 - 6:00 pm
LED: 12:00 - 9:00 pm
T5: 1 pm - 8:00 pm
Bulent and Michael; I keep the Sarmentosa in the middle of the tank. Its being hit with 450+ PAR. When I recieved it the colour was only green. I was disappointed as I had one years ago with pink tips. Over time this one has developed pink tips which I am pleased about. The person I got the frag from confirmed his colony is just green. So there is hope for yours Bulent. The green pigment wasnt as intense when I first got it as well.
I used TMC sand. Iinitially it moves about as I have a lot of flow, but once the bacteria get hold and various worms colonise the sandbed it pretty much stays put. I run the MP40 at 65% and MP10 at 100% on various modes and in my small tank the sand stays put.
I hope to record a video showing the corals but havent had the time so far. I will get it done soon though.
biggles
Premium Member
Congrats on the recognition that's well deserved Sahin, made me smile to read your post.
How long has the blue dragon bulb been breathing on the acros now, can't be all that long so your yummy collection of acros are going to go right off over the next few months
Reef is looking very cool my friend :thumbsup:
scrapz
Saturation+100
Just goes to show that corals can look different due to the different environments we place them in. It's a stunning looking piece. Grats again!
martinphillip03
New member
Sahin, you asked Biggles for an update yet you haven't updated for almost two months. Are you up to something sneaky. Biggles updated, your turn.
Marty
Marty
davyboy1970
New member
Wow them corals truly look amazing Sahin, If i could get my tank to look even half as good as yours i will be extremely happy!
maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
Thought I'd highlight the important part of this post.
Andrew's been filling everyone in on the current state of his tank....
