Lets do this - 225+ reef bar

jbanks said:
Mcliffy2,

Nice job, the tank looks stunning! I'm not sure if you saw my thread on battling cyano, but I would definitely check it out.. I had a horrible outbreak.. It was recommended by some other experienced reefers to use Microbe Lifts Special Blend to help rid the tank of Cyano... So, I tried it along with gravel siphoning, ozone and changing my carbon source to 1 part vodka 3 parts vinegar. I was Cyano free in less than 5 weeks.. SB is really good stuff. There are before and after pics in the thread. I've actually discontinued my use of MB7 due to it's effectiveness.
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Thanks for the heads up, I will give that a whirl...
 
Tank still looks beautiful Mike!

I was thinking about you and was going to send you an email this week since I have not seen you posting lately. Congrats on the sweet new camera!
 
murfman -- no idea it behaved like RTN, spreading by touch between corals and taking colonies of corals out over the course of a few days, but wasn't RTN as it took out montis and acros. It started from a spot where I fragged a coral by hand, but while this set it off, I don't think this was the real cause of it.

ufbrad24 -- thanks much.

Sara -- haven't been as active on RC recently as I've been travelling a lot (Belize and Palau)

For fun, here's a couple YouTube videos of some of the shark action from Palau. Not the best quality, but hopefully that will improve once I get an UW setup for the 7D, and can take full blown HD video :)

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Here are a couple more I snapped with a tripod last night (still too lazy to turn the flow off...baby steps):

Pearlberry

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DFS Purple Haze

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Unknown forest green acro:

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And not the best pic, but its probably the best I'll get since there is four feet of water between the glass and these corals and my trigger doesn't like clear water, but here is my milli rock (pink, yellow, and blue):

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Dude, your Pearlberry is Sick! Where do you have it placed and what kind of lighting do you use again? Great pictures man!
 
Hmmm, I think I have mine too high.. I'm going to have to lower it.. T5s are so much brighter than what they're given credit for..
 
That's really inteesting.. There are zones directly under my PM that achieve 600 par, which is way too much IMO for the depths of our tanks.. I'm waitig for someone to just come out and give a really honest interpretation of what's actuall neede to achieve such magnificient colors. I have a buddy on here that uses on VHO's. And his tank is amazing.. That's it, I'm raising my fixture some more when I get home. How high is your fixture above the water? Have you found a sweet spot?
 
jbanks said:
That's really inteesting.. There are zones directly under my PM that achieve 600 par, which is way too much IMO for the depths of our tanks.. I'm waitig for someone to just come out and give a really honest interpretation of what's actuall neede to achieve such magnificient colors. I have a buddy on here that uses on VHO's. And his tank is amazing.. That's it, I'm raising my fixture some more when I get home. How high is your fixture above the water? Have you found a sweet spot?
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I've always found that i get best SPS colours around 200-400 par. I then found this article which i'm sure everyone has seen but I states that most SPS reach their saturation point about 200-350 PAR.

I found too much light and I lost colour.

The table at the end of the article has a number of SPS and their saturation point.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/3/aafeature1

Aaron
 
snaza - that is a great article.

Here is an HD video I shot with the 7D and the macro lens:

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Beautiful Mike! I can't believe that Chundata monti!!! I'll have to get a frag back from you as I've lost all of mine.
 
Video is amazing. colours are something I can only dream of.

Sorry to ask again but what's your dosing schedule these days? how ofter do you water change?

thanks
 
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