gasman's059 new build!

[gasman059]

So the MH'S come down!

So the MH'S come down!

It took about 20 mins to take them down since the plasma wall tv hooks I had on the wall made this a breeze( Its great to plan ahead )

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Excuse the plaster and so forth- ill get to that part eventually, lol

So they are up and they are BRIGHT!

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Thsi pic is at 30% white 65% blue-- I get to play around with colors and sunrise sunset / lunar cycles etc. etc.

I will slowly aclimate my corals and yes I do think there's gonna be some color changes but ultimately this units are capable of sooo much more with so much less.

I do believe that the ultimate lighting combination will progessively make me forget about what an MH tank looks like:thumbsup:

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[illal]

nice!

 

[Reefman79]

Super nice!

 

[nivram]

Me like! I've got a Par meter now if you are interested in getting some readings.

 

[koiscapes]

what kind of effects have the new lights had on tank temp?

 

[brians4671]

I think the claim is a single degree in temperature.

NIIIIIIIICCCCCCCE!

 

[gasman059]

absolutely no heat transfer- I may have to buy a heater LOL

 

[jnc914]

Awesome tank G-man, love the look of the LEDs. I may have missed it, but how high off the surface are the lights?

 

[gasman059]

Currently about 8-10 inches above the surface

 

[WhoDey64]

The pictures look great, I bet that room is about 20 degrees cooler too. Do you get any "spotlighting" issues when viewed in person? Can you swap the optics out on the LEDs?

 

[gasman059]

The room is chilled!
I have them pretty high at around 8-10 above the water- I may supp them with some retro actinic so I can run them at 100% white/100% blue w/o sacrificing my 20k look.

 

[bolo7735]

Be careful on running those AI unit in 100% white. They can bleach your coral like your MH.

 

[gasman059]

Thx Mr Bolo- but I doubt that this is true coming from that much light I had.
Again will c wont we.LOL

 

[gasman059]

Time for update and some progress pics.
First some pics down memory lane-2004 old 180 dual overflow stock tank.

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New 60x30x25 eurobraced
dec-jan 2008-2009 the start
Initial lights included 250x3 with t5's supps

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May 2009

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somewhere during the end of 2009

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July 2010 mh 3x400 radiums 20k

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And today 2 weeks into a full led lighting system-the corals seem to be slowly working their way to the new spectrum. The ones that don't will be heaing to a new home and will be replaced by ones that will.
Still lots of playing around to find the correct spectrum-pic at 80 white/100blue

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[brians4671]

Awesome!

 

[AquamanE]

Very nice asere'!!!!!

 

[gasman059]

thx---yes the LEDS are def growing on me- patience is a virtue.

 

[luisgo]

I like the colors with those leds!!

 

[Dejavu]

Very nice Manny!

 

[gasman059]

Brian and luisgo thx for stoping by- there's so much more to this technology is quite amazing.
I'm trying to get my hands on a profilux unit to maximize thier potential.