tabasco122
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Didn't your parents warn you about sending pictures of your clam to strangers on the internet?
*d2mini's new 200g Reeftastic Build*
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d2mini
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I'm kinda surprised it took 3 posts to get there. :lol:
reefanatik
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Nice pics Dennis. What lens are u using? I have a cannon 50D with a 100mm macro lense and I can't seem to get anything close to that. Do u move coral closer to glass to get better pics? I have a stand and remote to get better pics but lost the attachment to place the camera on the stand. Maybe I'll order that and try again.
d2mini
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Thanks.
These clam pics were taken with Nikon's 105vr macro on the Nikon D800.
The frag pics were taken with my Olympus EM1 with the 60mm macro.
RAW processed in Lightroom.
All handheld, nothing gets moved. Well, the frags in the frag tank were moved since i needed a good shot to post them for sale.
You have to make sure you have enough light to get a fast enough shutter speed.
Jacking up your ISO helps, as long as it doesn't introduce too much noise.
reefanatik
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Here's some frags that have been coming out of the d2mini frag tank recently, going to other local Houston area tanks.
I just bought some frags from fjw like the 2nd and 3rd picture and another like E. Would love to have some of those in my tank. Very nice frags Dennis.
reefanatik
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Thanks.
These clam pics were taken with Nikon's 105vr macro on the Nikon D800.
The frag pics were taken with my Olympus EM1 with the 60mm macro.
RAW processed in Lightroom.
All handheld, nothing gets moved. Well, the frags in the frag tank were moved since i needed a good shot to post them for sale.
You have to make sure you have enough light to get a fast enough shutter speed.
Jacking up your ISO helps, as long as it doesn't introduce too much noise.
Yeah I'm going to have to play around with the settings a little more. I wiped my computer and need to download all the 50d software and PS to make some small adjustments. I hope I can get them 1/2 as good as yours. Great job
d2mini
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E_Aquatics
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Dennis I know it must have been said somewhere but Im tired of searching this thread and not finding it lol…. Which MH/T-5 did you used when you changed from LED and what are you using now?
So it only took me 3 evenings but I finally was able to read this entire thread start to finish (with some research branching off from things that were posted here; much like you can't go to wikipedia and just view one single page).
2 Questions:
1) In your fish room video (from before the remodel talking about the water mixing station) you were going to go into detail in a later video about your ATO and how it's plumbed/setup/etc. Going to still do that because I'm curious how that's all working now with the remodel and in general, reading it doesn't quite make it click in my head yet.
2) Have you ever crunched numbers on what your electrical costs are on this setup every month? Or maybe used a Kill-A-Watt meter to figure it out? I'm trying to figure out a size that will not only fit in a house I'm planning on building but also one that won't quite kill me monthly with the electrical costs and I'm curious what your setup is roughly running.
2 Questions:
1) In your fish room video (from before the remodel talking about the water mixing station) you were going to go into detail in a later video about your ATO and how it's plumbed/setup/etc. Going to still do that because I'm curious how that's all working now with the remodel and in general, reading it doesn't quite make it click in my head yet.
2) Have you ever crunched numbers on what your electrical costs are on this setup every month? Or maybe used a Kill-A-Watt meter to figure it out? I'm trying to figure out a size that will not only fit in a house I'm planning on building but also one that won't quite kill me monthly with the electrical costs and I'm curious what your setup is roughly running.
Dennis I found your next pump when you are ready to upgrade. I have been using almost a year, is almost silent (the water makes way more noise). Puts off no heat, and is extremely energy efficient. I'm running around 3000 gph and it is only pulling 170w. No throttling valves, just change the speed on it. You will never have to get a larger one! @50' of head it still will push 9000gph! Currently running a 225, and a 120 with it which will be coming down in the next couple of months then will be setup on new tank... 630gal display
Floyd R Turbo
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That's a sweet pump. Brand & model??
oh wait, duh, Pentair Intelliflow
oh wait, duh, Pentair Intelliflow
d2mini
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1) I am planning do a new fish room tour vid, just trying to tidy up loose ends first. I'll make sure to go over the ATO and AWC.
Coincidentally I was coming here to post a pic of just that so see below for a preview.
2) No, i have not... and not sure I want to. haha
The only thing I looked at was lighting when I switched back to mh/t5.
That's insane. I like it!
I assume this is normally used on pools/ponds? Any possible issues with saltwater?
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So I have my AWC and ATO running using some Cole-Parmer Masterflex pumps.
I needed peristaltic pumps due to the fact that my reservoirs sit higher than my sump. Regular pumps create siphons, which is bad, mmmkay? And I needed something that could run for longer periods of time and something I could count on lasting. These guys are real workhorses and I've been happy with the one running my CaRx so far. The one running the AWC is the larger one on the left. It has two pump heads. While one is pumping water out of one section of my sump, the other is pumping water back in to the adjacent section of my sump. The only issue is getting both pumps to pump the same amount. Even with equal lengths of tubing I get some variance so I put a little 1/4" quick disconnect valve on the fresh saltwater line to slow it down a bit. Seems to be working fine. This changes out approximately 1% every day. Right now I just have it running once a day and it runs for 45 minutes.
The smaller pump on the right is my ATO. It pulls water from the 45g brute (just out of frame behind the salt buckets on the left) and the 1/4" water line runs through the wall to my sump. It's triggered by an optical float valve in the sump which is connected to my Profilux controller.
And finally, I got the chiller hooked up this past week.
Again, placed outside of the fish room to keep the extra heat out of there, and the plumbing runs through the wall to the sump. I was originally planning on tying into the return pump but that wasn't working out like I hoped so I put it on it's own Panworld 50px-x pump.
Wazzel
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Here's my rainbow torch...
Nice Torch.
d2mini
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No, I don't use the second float sensor.
I have a max on time set. If the float fails and it reaches max on time it won't have change my salinity all that much, and I'll get a level sensor notification texted to my phone.
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