Beeker's 200g DD PAR38 lit Reef
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็Oh.... LED pile!!
Nice pic..
Nice pic..
that means a lot after seeing your beautiful tank
hopefully in 2 years this thing will be stocked and ready to grow out, lol
Baldwin
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Beeker, I have been looking into getting one of these for a nao tank of 20 gallons octagonal, do you think 1 will be enough light to keep sps, and also where do you suggest to get them? Are these PAR 38's the same one that thatfishplace.com is saling now? The Ecocxotic manufactured bulbs?
I got all my PAR38's from nanocustoms, they are very great to work with and can almost do any type of led combo you want that cree makes in a PAR38 bulb
the lights don't have the spotlight effect once you start angling them and crossing the beams it honestly blends very well, you only notice the beam effect in pictures and when there is a lot of micro bubbles in the display other than that you can't see them in person
the right side of my tank has about 12 bulbs over it now, you can't tell that it has 12 bulbs over it from the pics (the new ones i take)
i will be taking new pics by oct 15th i'm waiting for the sps to adjust to the last set of 8 bulbs i got
i got 4 20k's with 40 optics and 4 all royal blue bulbs with 60 optics
Will have new pics up by oct 15th
the lights don't have the spotlight effect once you start angling them and crossing the beams it honestly blends very well, you only notice the beam effect in pictures and when there is a lot of micro bubbles in the display other than that you can't see them in person
the right side of my tank has about 12 bulbs over it now, you can't tell that it has 12 bulbs over it from the pics (the new ones i take)
i will be taking new pics by oct 15th i'm waiting for the sps to adjust to the last set of 8 bulbs i got
i got 4 20k's with 40 optics and 4 all royal blue bulbs with 60 optics
Will have new pics up by oct 15th
sammy33
Member
Noooo...don't cross the beams! :lmao:
Looking forward to the new pics. Will wait patiently.
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
Wow! The tank looks really nice!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:
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sammy33
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New pics up as promised, Although with the extra 8 bulbs over the tank taking these picture and having them look decent is almost impossible but i did my best, lol
EnjOi
That first pic is great with the reef starting to fill out on the right and the open swim space on the left. :thumbsup:
The lighting looks very dramatic and high contrast. You are starting to develop some great layering through the depth of the tank. Very nice indeed!
chadfarmer
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you need to move some of those corals I have a 200 dd and that close together u are going to have a battle
u have almost no rock in that tank
u have almost no rock in that tank
hah that is the fun part for me keeping them close, i hate looking at bare patches on the rock work in my tank
i wanted to go with a minimal amount of rockwork, i love having open space and room for corals to be placed and have room for themselves to grow, the rock you see is still around 150lbs, the tank is 3 feet deep and because of this the rock in the back is piled up a little and hides a decent amount of it
eventually i will have moved and rearranged most of the corals 3-4 times, i moved them as they grow, things grow faster and i move them into a spot with more room for growth so on and so on
it takes about 2-3 months before any of my corals incrust or touch, so i leave them alone for that time, when they touch is when i start moving them, the goal for me and my tank is to have as much coral and color in a given space as i can thus creating a full effect without having much rock
the front left of the tank isn't lit yet as well, so once i get bulbs over that section i will be arranging the rock work again on that side
new pics will be up in a week or so been busy
i wanted to go with a minimal amount of rockwork, i love having open space and room for corals to be placed and have room for themselves to grow, the rock you see is still around 150lbs, the tank is 3 feet deep and because of this the rock in the back is piled up a little and hides a decent amount of it
eventually i will have moved and rearranged most of the corals 3-4 times, i moved them as they grow, things grow faster and i move them into a spot with more room for growth so on and so on
it takes about 2-3 months before any of my corals incrust or touch, so i leave them alone for that time, when they touch is when i start moving them, the goal for me and my tank is to have as much coral and color in a given space as i can thus creating a full effect without having much rock
the front left of the tank isn't lit yet as well, so once i get bulbs over that section i will be arranging the rock work again on that side
new pics will be up in a week or so been busy
