Junior's Reef

[Spartan]

The king is dead! Long live the king!

 

[mr.maroonsalty]

One neeet fish!

 

[maxxII]

Glad you're back to having a large angel in that reef Gary.
I know you have some amazing fish and that anemone is to die for....it still seemed to be missing something.


The Emperor fixes that.

Start fattening him up in QT with some of your waffles, and he'll be ready to hold his own in the DT in no time!

 

[Dkuhlmann]

WOW, what a ride reading this thread has been. Gary, your tanks and inhabitants have been amazing and continue to be. You certainly have earned TOM on all occasions.

I lived in Rochester for a short while, didn't care for the snow you get there I now live in NW Iowa. We get some snow but at least ours goes away every few weeks before we get more.

I can't imagine how much alk you are going through with all of those wonderful SPS's. Beautiful and I love your camera skills. Keep it up and letting us live vicariously through you! :thumbsup:

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

thanks for all the kind words and suggestions!

thanks for all the kind words and suggestions!

The new Emperor is a perfect fit.
Too bad Regals are so shy...there's no way I was going to get rid of my established fishes.
Juvi emperors are as beautiful as adults IMO... so it's still a win win!

 

[maxxII]

How long are you keeping the Juvi Emperor in QT?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

A couple. Maybe longer. Looks good though. From George @ SDC

 

[maxxII]

SDC?

Local Fish store?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Sea Dwelling Creatures in CA

 

[johno4]

Juvi emperors are as beautiful as adults IMO... so it's still a win win!

Couldn't agree more! Emperors are what got me to transition from fresh to salt many years ago.

Great pick up. I would say good luck with him but you seem to know what you're doing!

 

[Big E]

It's been a couple of months.............any update on the LEDs performance?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Love these LEDS!

The fade up and down at dawn/dusk beats VHOs hard.on/off by a mile.
(Recall- I'm still running halides and my LED units replace only my VHOs)

I don't update this thread as often nowadays for several reasons:
1) really busy !
2) I like posting pix with updates here but I work mostly off a phone nowadays
3) dive site pictures online make me realize how reef aquariums pale in comparison ro the real thing!

 

[Big E]

Thanks......I don't need pictures as much as just your opinion of the results.

I'm only looking at them as supplements as well.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

just my opinion

just my opinion

Depending on what lights you're supplementing...
You'd be hard pressed to find a better choice. I loved my VHOs and T5 gives similar great results.
I find certain extremely blue LEDs offensive and I would NEVER run them!
These BML units are none of that... They're great.

Only one problem so far:
when power goes out the BML Solunar controller needs clock reset.
This may not be an issue with Apex users.

 

[Big E]

Thanks for the info Gary!

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

The only lighting adjustment I'm considering is moving back to 14k Ushio halides

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

baby settled on penductor

baby settled on penductor

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

straight from the cell phone cam- no 'shopping

straight from the cell phone cam- no 'shopping

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

semilarvatus that sat at ARC for months on end

semilarvatus that sat at ARC for months on end

 

[davidcoral]

Gary, how have you found your yellow tail damsel's behavior over the years? I love the coloration but I don't want to add a bully.