mark54321
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They are about 1.5-2 in. It is standard black eggcrate.
Mark's upgrade to 120 Oceanic Tech
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They are about 1.5-2 in. It is standard black eggcrate.
Hammerleaf
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Mark, what material did you use for the outside panels of your canopy? I might have to steal your idea!
This morning with 2 ATI blue plus and two Kessil leds on.
mark54321
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Those are linoleum tiles that are self adhesive.I was going to use stone tiles but it would be too heavy.
Hammerleaf
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That anthias is incredible! Great find!
henrystyle
Member
1 anthias? Need at least 3 bro. lol
That strawberry mint is sick. Put me on the frag list when it grows out...Granny is nice to.
That strawberry mint is sick. Put me on the frag list when it grows out...Granny is nice to.
Patrick Cox
Active member
Great re-build. Tagging along! :fish1:
mark54321
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Yeah,I could get 3 but only males were available.I am thinking of getting 3 females lyretail anthias and see what happens. As far as strawberry mint you're like #50 on my list. All my Chicago buddies want a piece too.
mark54321
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Over the weekend I did some work,scraped the back of my tank of coraline algae. It was hard work,but I think it paid off. Also got 5 Tierra Anthias two weeks ago . All Anthias are doing great, my Ventralis is going strong too. It is one of the most aggressive feeders in my tank. Not scared at all of bigger fish. Got a little outbreak of bubble algae,but will get two Emerald crabs, they should do the trick in addition to manual removal.
sunset in my tank
male Tierra Anthia
my Ventralis Anthia
sunset in my tank
male Tierra Anthia
my Ventralis Anthia
mark54321
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Looking great Mark, your Ventralis looks amazing. Making me want one
Thanks,I got lucky and got one that was very healthy and eating already.They live in cool waters,but this one was kept in 77*F for six weeks before I got it. It is doing great so far in my tank. I wonder how it will do long term, since I keep it in the same temp.
mark54321
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Hi, my light cycle is as follows:
10 AM royal blue LED strip goes on
10:30 AM two of my Kessils go on
11 AM my 4 bulbs ( 3 blue+,1 fiji purple) go on, slowly ramp up to 100% by 1 PM
1 PM my two daylight bulbs (coral+) go on, 100% by 2 PM
7 PM daylight bulbs go down, off by 8 PM
8 PM other 4 bulbs go down,off by 10 PM
10:30 PM Kessils go off
11 PM blue strip LED go off
Hope this makes sense for you.
Snootch
New member
That's exactly the information I was looking for, thanks MARK.:thumbsup:
I have one more question if you don't mind. How do you like the sea swirls?
Are they silent? Is it possible to have enough flow in a SPS tank using only the Sea Swirls?
I would really like to get rid of my Vortechs if I could get away with just the sea swirls.
Regards,
KC
I have one more question if you don't mind. How do you like the sea swirls?
Are they silent? Is it possible to have enough flow in a SPS tank using only the Sea Swirls?
I would really like to get rid of my Vortechs if I could get away with just the sea swirls.
Regards,
KC
mark54321
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I like my sea swirls,but they are just fancy rotating returns. Definitely not enough flow by themselves. Yes they are completely quiet. I too want to get rid of my Vortechs because I can't stand their noise anymore. My tank is in my living room and they are the only thing making noise in my tank. I think I will go with Tunze,I know they are bigger,but I can position them better and no noise at all.
Patrick Cox
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How do you run them? I don't notice any noise from my two MP010 pumps.
mark54321
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MP10 are a lot smaller and less noisy.I run mine MP40 on Reef Crest mode about 70%. It is just that annoying whrrrr ,kind of humming noise that is very annoying to me now. It did not bother me before,but since I got my tank silent, I notice any noise now and it bothers me.
