Coral Tank from Canada (1350gal Display Tank) - split

WOW, I've been busy the last couple of years learning to dive then diving on some of the best reefs in the Gulf and with the exception of watching a 2' queen angel make a pass just 12" from your mask this has got to be the best thing I've seen during that time. Peter this is an extremely impressive tank and I look forward to seeing updates from time to time.

Of course there was this time in Bonaire where I got to watch these 5 french angels pass in front of me. They ranged from the largest all the way down to a teenager in the rear............ Nope, I still your tank better.

Joe
 
Peter,

I've read the entire thread, both sections from beginning to end and the one thing I could find an answer to is if the mangroves and miracle mud actually do any good. I wonder if the miracle mud is feeding the mangroves and that is the source of there growth. I wonder if a water test of the water going into the trays and coming out would show a difference.

Joe
 
Peter,

I've read the entire thread, both sections from beginning to end and the one thing I could find an answer to is if the mangroves and miracle mud actually do any good. I wonder if the miracle mud is feeding the mangroves and that is the source of there growth. I wonder if a water test of the water going into the trays and coming out would show a difference.

Joe

Peter likes the Miracle mud, but it's pretty much inert in my opinion. The mangroves have grown considerably, so they must be removing some nutrients. They certainly harbour mysid shrimp colonies and all kinds of amphipods & copepods that feed the display tank... and it looks cool :)

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Drawing of mangrove system
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Shawn

Let me bring up what I'm sure your sick of hearing.

The book, Have you made any progress? Where can I get it.

I'm seriously looking at building something like a 500-600 gallon next year and find the data in this thread priceless. I would like to use everything created in this build as a springboard for that build if/when the time comes.

Joe
 
I just don't have the time to write anything. The other hard part is that everything is changing so quickly, any ideas become obsolete pretty fast.
 
From one home theater, car and aquarium nut to another:

Great work!

Obviously everything that could be said RE:Compliments is out there, but I really enjoy your setup.
 
Shawn,

while LED usage is highly fluid making a best practice disscusion in book form out of date from nearly day one, many other points are likely to persisit as state of the art or nearly so for many years to come.

I know there is virtually no money to be made in a book but maybe you would consider something a bit more "out of the box" as our suit wearing brothers may say.

an electronic book would avoid the need to fight with a publisher over contracts and release dates and a bunch crud. Maybe hire a good editor to peak over your shoulder from time to time and be done with it. Plus and up-date would be ease to add and sell.

I know I would pay near hard back prices to have an electronic document that both documents the behind the scenes details of Peter's system and your thoughts on managing captive reefs in general.
 
The man has all this knowledge and has been very helpful. If book sales is not of interest we just need to find a big enough carrot.

Joe
 
Mr. Wilson

I was reading ChingChai's thread and there was an entry about 100watt LED lights and you were going to test their PAR at 6'. Did those test ever happen and if so what were the PAR readings?

Joe
 
Mr. Wilson

I was reading ChingChai's thread and there was an entry about 100watt LED lights and you were going to test their PAR at 6'. Did those test ever happen and if so what were the PAR readings?

Joe

I made some 185w multichip LEDs for my coral tanks. We are building a coral tank just like it for Peter's fish room. I still need to do some deep water tests, but here are some pics...

Some of you may recognize Peter's old MH & T5 lights that he has been lending me.

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I replaced the 1200w fixtures with 400w of LEDs.

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The coral has gone from brown to blue, red & green in a few weeks. This is largely due to the age of the MH & T5 bulbs, but we still reduced our energy consumption by 2400w, shed about 100lbs in fixtures, and dropped a few degrees in temperature.

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Intensity (PAR) is the same as the outgoing MH & T5 fixtures (250 ctr, 200 18" out from centre). The fixtures are 18" above the water and the tanks are 12" tall.

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Here's a close-up of the multichip fixture. This one is 100w with one dimming channel. The ones we will be using for Peter's coral grow out tank will be 185w with three colour dimming channels: red (660nm), white (14k) & blue (480nm blue, 465 royal blue, 420nm Uv).

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I was born and raised in Buffalo so I know how that goes. I've got to admit it that I do not miss the winters nor the snow.

Joe
 
Shawn,

Next year I'm hoping to start a build on around a 660 gallon tank which will be 3' deep. I'm pushing for LEDs the wife wants her shimmer. It would seem to me that a multichip LED light emits light just from 1 point just like a MH. So the shimmer should be about the same. I'm also thinking with a depth of 3' ther 185W LEDs would be a good direction to go in. When does Peter expect to add these to his tank?

Joe
 
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