A few random shots of my young tank

[lokii_37]

Just curious why you guys go through all the mod but not getting the ATI T5/LED combo?



Btw, very nice tank there. what kind of sump/fuge and skimmer do you use?

My original plan was to just run the LEDs. The T5 fixture was only 250 a few years ago with bulbs so I figured I got my money's worth out of the fixture.

Here is what I ended up with


I still have to tuck the wires you see on top inside but I'm happy with the look of it.

 

[kodiak23]

Your tank is looking awesome, nice job! You probably dont need to lower your lights much, I think 7-8 inches above the water is the sweet spot for T5's.

I also, added LED's to my ATI T5 fixture. I love it, and much less expense than buying the std hybrid model.

 

[Ssteve]

I'm in a similar boat as these guys. Picked up a cheap ati sunpower fixture and am running two bulbs on it with two kessil a350w's as well. It's kind of a trail run right now so I haven't torn it apart to add the kessils into the fixture, just in case it doesn't pan out I can still sell everything individually. Seems as if it's quite the trend lately.

 

[MRCYCS805]

Very nice job that coloration is sick !!!!!

 

[Grant W]

Very nice Daniel, doing great buddy. Grant

 

[Dapg8gt]

Small update things are doing good had issues with bleaching with the new light but it's back on track now.. Added a avast kalk reactor that's already not keeping after 1 week so I still have to supplement 2 part although it's a lot less..

Clownfish guarding the biweekly clutch...

Red dragon, copps C. I. T. R. (really fast grower)

Acans and micromussa

 

[Dapg8gt]

colonista Snail explosion.. Small video I have hundreds of them notice all the pods mid day too =)


I'll get some better coral shots and a Fts soon I had to wipe my phone so all my pics are on my computer.. I have a underwater case that took some pretty good pics for a phone..

 

[ReeferItIs2]

Good looking stuff

 

[sahin]

Looking very nice! Look forward to the new FTS and the coral shots.

 

[Dapg8gt]

Fts from today.. Just after lights turned on.. Haven't looked thru the other pics yet so these aren't very good. I so need a better camera =)..


Left side

Random acro I got from wip that was totally white.. Slow but steadily turning blue/purple..


Red star chilling out
II'll try to find some better pics and maybe I'll be looking for a nice dslr soon. I find it hard to spend $ on that when I can just buy more coral or equipment though lol..

 

[sahin]

Beautiful beautiful display! You need to be showing off this tank in the main SPS forum. Lots of people missing out. Not enough SPS build threads there.

 

[woodnaquanut]

Pics (and tank) look good. Spend your camera money on corals!

FTS are the hardest. So much contrast. My P&S camera does a much better job on FTS that my sorta nice DSLR.

What camera did you use?

 

[Dapg8gt]

Thanks for the compliments guys it makes me feel good that others enjoy it as much as I do.

@sahin I want to share it in the sps forum but I think I need to wait till it gets a little more grown in =).. I'm a lurker and give advice when I can but A lot of those tanks are what I aspire to be at and imo I'm not yet there on growth and color. Maybe in 8-12 months when I feel it's worthy =) .I have thought about it though but I want it to be really nice or spend the time to do a proper build thread as I have pictures from the beginning.. It's all time though..

@john I used my Samsung galaxy S4 phone.. My point and shoot is a pos I do have a nice HD camcorder but I think my phone is comparible honestly. Only thing the camcorder has is better settings especially white balance. I have a few good videos I just need to edit them.. I see some nice videos on here and YouTube and the show stoppers imo are edited nicely. One day I'll have time to do everything I want lol..

 

[ReeferItIs2]

How do you get your s4 to take such nice pics? My note 2 takes good pics but with just the blue on on my led you can't see nothing, it's really irritating that I can't take a pic and have it look like what I'm looking at...have to invest in a Canon soon

 

[woodnaquanut]

How do you get your s4 to take such nice pics? My note 2 takes good pics but with just the blue on on my led you can't see nothing, it's really irritating that I can't take a pic and have it look like what I'm looking at...have to invest in a Canon soon

The blue is not a color camera's are designed to handle. LEDs seem to be the worst. Maybe the tighter spectrum?

If you can do a manual white balance, you might have a chance.

 

[Dapg8gt]

As John said I adjust the white balance as much as I can I choose cloudy(Android limited options) for my tank.. And take multiple pics to get a few good ones.

 

[zeroinverse]

That is amazing for a 105 gal tank. And lots of great growth! I am jealous...

What lights are you running in the past? How high is your tank?
What are you feeding man!?!

Granted, I just got my tank back up and running after my October move to Berkeley. ^_^

 

[sahin]

How much GFO do you use, and how often are you replacing it? What is your PO4 level at?

Thanks.

 

[Dapg8gt]

@zero Thanks man appreciate it =). I have been running ATI the whole time first a sunpower 6 bulb 36" and now a powermodule 48" 8 bulb. Feeding is a crap shoot I feed super heavy mostly my homemade food and some either nls pellets, formula 1 flake or spiraling flake or straight mysis..I not on any schedule will broadcast feed reef roads and coral frenzy Prob 1-2 x a week.

I feed usually at least 2x a day sometimes 3-4 smaller ( but still a decent amount) and it's not uncommon to do all the above on any given day. I have cut the amount recently since I sold the naso to a friend with a huge tank but the frequency is still the same.

@sahin my p04 is anywhere from. 03 (rarely)to. 08. I run almost a cup in my mr1 reactor and swap it out when it's exhausted. I have an easy way to divert the flow from my reactor in my side panel to test. At least a month so far on avg..

I haven't had good luck with color running it lower like most do my old tank was high always =.1 or a little higher and for instance my tricolor valida was solid deep purple.. Now it's a its got a whitish tan body with purple tips.. But for what it's worth it is an Ora and from what I've seen this is what they usually look like so I might be crazy ha ha.

Im still trying to find the best median for everything but I'm shooting for under.1 basically. That may change to lower/higher later but for now that is the goal. Keeping nitrates above 10 also but not too high controlled with vinegar manually for now but I'm building a doser for it to have it run on my reef angel..
I try to not chase numbers at all but keep in a zone vs hard point if that makes sense..

 

[sahin]

Wow man thanks very much for taking the time to write all that. I really appreciate it.

Can you give a list of the ingredients in your home made food?

Many thanks again. :thumbsup: