Mark's 180 Starfire upgrade

[mpoletti]

Beautiful fish! Do you buy your fish locally or mail order?

Andy

Thanks Andy, I get fish from wherever I am. I buy fish locally, in the bay or over the net; I just like to buy fish

 

[mpoletti]

I had some friends over for pizza after baymac

 

[Sanjay]

Some friends went over for Pizza.

sanjay.

 

[tbone28]

Who's the guy in the track jacket? :wildone:

 

[Maximus]

Who's the dude standing right next to the tank?:frog:

 

[TonyV]

Does his mean you are running or soon to be running Acan LED lights or IceCap LED/T5?

 

[mpoletti]

Does this mean you are running or soon to be running Acan LED lights or IceCap LED/T5?

:lol: Tony, I do not think I will ever run T5's again. I'm a halide guy, but I do like the look of the LED supplements on my tank :thumbsup:

 

[mpoletti]

Who's the guy in the track jacket? :wildone:

Who's the dude standing right next to the tank?:frog:

You guys are too funny

 

[mpoletti]

Some friends went over for Pizza.

sanjay.

Thanks again Sanjay for stopping by and making the trek down from the bay :thumbsup:

 

[mpoletti]

 

[goetzc]

:lol: Tony, I do not think I will ever run T5's again. I'm a halide guy, but I do like the look of the LED supplements on my tank :thumbsup:

Hi Mark,

Did I miss it, which LEDs did you go with? Did you add them or replace the vho with LED? I'm still toying with the idea of DIYing some dimmable LEDs I can control with my Apex. I like the reefbrite, but they are super bright, borderline too much from what I've seen. I really like the pop the powerbrite's give, but they're a little weak I think. Ideally I could get something dimmable that would go from powerbrite to reefbrite.

What favia is this? I like it.

 

[mpoletti]

Hi Mark,

Did I miss it, which LEDs did you go with? Did you add them or replace the vho with LED? I'm still toying with the idea of DIYing some dimmable LEDs I can control with my Apex. I like the reefbrite, but they are super bright, borderline too much from what I've seen. I really like the pop the powerbrite's give, but they're a little weak I think. Ideally I could get something dimmable that would go from powerbrite to reefbrite.

What favia is this? I like it.

Hello Chris,

I'm not sure if I posted it here or not, but yes I added some LED's to the tank. I did not replace the vho's, but just added a 72" SunBrite strip of 39 1w 440nm LED's. The reefbrites are sick, but I did not want to got through the hassle of getting two 36" strips and trying to find a way to get them mounted in my canopy. The SunBrite are local so I just figured what the heck :lol:

That favia is called the rainbizzle :thumbsup:

 

[Ian]

Sunbrite? I thought you said to go with reefbrite??

It's too Brite in here :hmm3:

 

[goetzc]

Hello Chris,

I'm not sure if I posted it here or not, but yes I added some LED's to the tank. I did not replace the vho's, but just added a 72" SunBrite strip of 39 1w 440nm LED's.

Are these the ones?
http://www.sunbritelighting.com/Bs_ProductShow.asp?ArticleID=325

Got any pics of the LEDs prior to or after install?

 

[mpoletti]

Are these the ones?
http://www.sunbritelighting.com/Bs_ProductShow.asp?ArticleID=325

Got any pics of the LEDs prior to or after install?

Yep, Those are them.

Sorry, but no pictures before install as I was trying to get them installed before my wife got home :lol2:

 

[mpoletti]

Sunbrite? I thought you said to go with reefbrite??

It's too Brite in here :hmm3:

The reefbrites are super nice, but they did not have an 72" option and I did not know that they could be screwed together

 

[DanW]

Mark that favia is just plain SICK :bum: Looks like a rainbow that was poured out of a Yatzee cup.

 

[mpoletti]

Mark that favia is just plain SICK :bum: Looks like a rainbow that was poured out of a Yatzee cup.

Thanks Dan. Its one I've had for awhile but I finally got a good shot of it

 

[mpoletti]

Another one that is hard to get a good shot of

 

[mpoletti]

This one is going to suck trying to chop up this weekend :hammer: