Alex's purple gigantea
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clorox
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You set your red and green at 100%? I heard red give algae problems . Do you like more on the white side, because I see you set the blues at 17 and white at 100. Correct me if I am wrong
I do not change colors on the individual sliders. I change only the color temperature in Kelvin from the pulldown menus on the right hand side.
The lower K will improve growth and is also closer to what I was used to when I used MH. I like the more natural colors rather than the 'artificial' looking 18-20K. I depends largely if you have lots of SPS. Higher K temperature will bring out and make your corals colors pop.
Usually if you have lots of SPS you want to use lower K to grow them fast and then maintain them at higher K (14 and up).
The majority of corals we keep in our tanks are rarely found at greater depths than 15-20m where color temperatures in nature go between approximately 2000K (early sunrise) to 10000K (clear blue sky), with 6500K the temperature of daylight. The blue color temperatures mimic much greater depth, but some people find it cool
The other difference between the Radion and MH is that MH have a very diffuse light distribution, effectively lighting all your tank and spilling into the room, whereas LED's are much more focused, making it appear your tank is darker. However the energy (PAR) is very high with LED's so you have to increase the intensity gradually over time, or you risk giving your corals and anemones a 'sunburn'.
CoralsAddiction
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Looks nice! Look forward to seeing it in your reef.
CoralsAddiction
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What's your setup like in the reef? Are you gonna have to remove some Live Rock to put this beauty?
clorox
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I've had a section of my tank ready for a gig or 2 for some time, but I wasn't prepared for something this large.
So I'm going to sell one of my large 12" bta on it's own rock and maybe more.
I'm also thinking about cycling my frag tank and turning it into a gig reef, but it will take time, which means I'll have to move the purple in the DT regardless.
CoralsAddiction
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Man, it's coloring up nicely.
CoralsAddiction
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How's the nem doing?
clorox
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Sorry for the late answer, I have been slammed with work in the past few days.
The gig is doing well, now it has been a full 7 days in QT (no meds) and I have been observing it carefully.
In the past 3 days I haven't even been able to see the mouth as it is always covered in tentacles and folds. If all goes well I am putting it into the DT today. It won't be easy as it is attached to 2 rocks and the bare bottom at the same time and also because of its size. In hindsight, that was a mistake on my part, I should have used a mug, now moving it with the rocks is going to be more challenging if that's going to end up being the safer solution.
I was thinking about slowly prying it off the QT bottom first and assess how attached it is to the rocks. If I can remove it safely that's going to be easier, otherwise I'll move it together on the rocks into a large bowl and transfer it to the DT.
This is the first time I own such a large specimen, so if anyone has experiences transferring a large gig from QT to DT please chime in
Under natural morning light from a window.
The gig is doing well, now it has been a full 7 days in QT (no meds) and I have been observing it carefully.
In the past 3 days I haven't even been able to see the mouth as it is always covered in tentacles and folds. If all goes well I am putting it into the DT today. It won't be easy as it is attached to 2 rocks and the bare bottom at the same time and also because of its size. In hindsight, that was a mistake on my part, I should have used a mug, now moving it with the rocks is going to be more challenging if that's going to end up being the safer solution.
I was thinking about slowly prying it off the QT bottom first and assess how attached it is to the rocks. If I can remove it safely that's going to be easier, otherwise I'll move it together on the rocks into a large bowl and transfer it to the DT.
This is the first time I own such a large specimen, so if anyone has experiences transferring a large gig from QT to DT please chime in
Under natural morning light from a window.
CoralsAddiction
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Looking great! Good
Luck on the transfer!
Luck on the transfer!
CoralsAddiction
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Just curious how strong of a flow do you have in the main tank?
M28cruiser
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Sweet looking nem. What do you feed it?
clorox
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I have a lot of flow, courtesy of 6 wavemakers. It's not strong, but consistent. I have different flow areas according to the needs of my nems.
I only fed it twice in the past 7 days, once a piece of shrimp and then a piece of scallop.
clorox
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I really wish I could kick myself now :headwally:
I prepared for the transfer, but the gig is attached to the bottom of the tank, 2 rocks and the eggcrate......talk about a self [profanity]
I can't believe I have made this mistake. I wanted it to stick to the larger rock, but then I forgot to remove the smaller one that I used to prop up the bigger one to prevent it from moving.
Part of the foot came easily off the bottom of the tank as I expected, but I couldn't get it off the small rock.
I used a nano koralia to blow off the foot on the small rock little by little, but it is clinging onto it and I am afraid I might cause damage to the foot.
The gig is just too large, when I pull one side off it starts sticking back on the part I had just detached....
I'm also doing this alone, so it is very difficult to juggle all the moving parts while being careful not to harm the nem.
I have to think carefully how am I going to do this....sigh.
I prepared for the transfer, but the gig is attached to the bottom of the tank, 2 rocks and the eggcrate......talk about a self [profanity]
I can't believe I have made this mistake. I wanted it to stick to the larger rock, but then I forgot to remove the smaller one that I used to prop up the bigger one to prevent it from moving.
Part of the foot came easily off the bottom of the tank as I expected, but I couldn't get it off the small rock.
I used a nano koralia to blow off the foot on the small rock little by little, but it is clinging onto it and I am afraid I might cause damage to the foot.
The gig is just too large, when I pull one side off it starts sticking back on the part I had just detached....
I'm also doing this alone, so it is very difficult to juggle all the moving parts while being careful not to harm the nem.
I have to think carefully how am I going to do this....sigh.
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D-Nak
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I've used a couple techinques in the past.... You can get yourself a large silicone spatula and slowly move it under the foot. You can also use a plastic bag -- slowly remove the foot and pull the plastic bag under it, slowly you'll have the entire nem in the bag, which you can lift out of the tank. Finally, you can just be patient and let it move on its own -- this is probably your best bet since it sounds like the nem is still acclimating anyway. Looks good BTW. Congrats!
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