Mike's 200g

[reefmutt]

You've had great succes with your current Radion schedule.. I wouldn't change it..
As Matt said, it's pretty hard to do damage with t5..
I'd probably not change a thing but if I were feeling overly cautious, maybe I'd reduce the intensity by 20% and bring them back to your current settings over a couple months...

 

[mhucasey]

Thanks guys I am looking forward to it...and if red pink pigments become better it will be well worth it.
So plan will be (front to back). Blue plus, coral plus, radions, blue plus, coral plus.
Keep radion schedule same?

I took some pics yesterday. Just need to upload them to photobucket and resize. Hopefully I will find time tonight.

I honestly don't know whether changing the schedule is warranted. The T5s will fill in the gaps and help blanket the tank better, and they will push up the peak Par values where they overlap the Radion. Maybe cut the peak intensity of the Radions by 20% and keep a close eye on the corals to see their response.

 

[mhucasey]

You've had great succes with your current Radion schedule.. I wouldn't change it..
As Matt said, it's pretty hard to do damage with t5..
I'd probably not change a thing but if I were feeling overly cautious, maybe I'd reduce the intensity by 20% and bring them back to your current settings over a couple months...

You really are my Canadian Brother!

 

[reefmutt]

You really are my Canadian Brother!

Ha! Too funny.
Great minds, my friend!!

 

[MichaelW]

Sounds like everyone agrees. So it sounds like you guys are saying I should jump right in at 6 hours t5?
I was going to use a par meter and turn everything on them adjust radion intensity to give me par I want, then note that and acclimate up to it over 6 weeks.
When using a par meter to get readings do you turn off all flow? Also I was going to aim like 500ish around surface, hopefully a little over 200 on sand bed.

 

[reefmutt]

I took some pics yesterday. Just need to upload them to photobucket and resize. Hopefully I will find time tonight.

Mike, what resizing do you do in photobucket (or elsewhere)? I use photobucket but never resize anything..
Looking forward to new pics.

 

[mhucasey]

Sounds like everyone agrees. So it sounds like you guys are saying I should jump right in at 6 hours t5?
I was going to use a par meter and turn everything on them adjust radion intensity to give me par I want, then note that and acclimate up to it over 6 weeks.
When using a par meter to get readings do you turn off all flow? Also I was going to aim like 500ish around surface, hopefully a little over 200 on sand bed.

I don't turn the flow off. Those numbers sound good as a target range. I think 6 hours from the get-go will be fine.

 

[MichaelW]

Mike, what resizing do you do in photobucket (or elsewhere)? I use photobucket but never resize anything..
Looking forward to new pics.

I resize in photobucket to about 800x600 just so when I post pictures here they are not huge. They come off the camera much larger and would be too big for the screen to fit the whole picture.

 

[MichaelW]

I don't turn the flow off. Those numbers sound good as a target range. I think 6 hours from the get-go will be fine.

Ok because last time I tried using a par meter I couldn't get a reading above 200 even an inch under the water. I was thinking that may be due to flow distorting the readings or something as I left it on.

 

[MichaelW]

Ok one quick teaser as I know you guys have no patience.
Cool little acro crab in my pink lemonade colony.

 

[mhucasey]

Weird. I drag the full size pics to the photobucket upload icon and it resizes them automatically.

 

[reefmutt]

Mike, nice pic! Love it.

Weird. I drag the full size pics to the photobucket upload icon and it resizes them automatically.

Me too.. But I guess they are pretty big... But... Bigger the better!!

 

[MichaelW]

Drag? Icon? Way to technical for me, I try to do all this on my cell phone and I pad.

 

[mhucasey]

Drag? Icon? Way to technical for me, I try to do all this on my cell phone and I pad.

I do that too, I never have to resize though.

 

[MichaelW]

Well I could try post a picture I have in photobucket that isn't resized to see what it looks like

 

[MichaelW]

 

[MichaelW]

I guess maybe it's not too big

 

[mhucasey]

I guess maybe it's not too big

Nope, thats perfect...now you can photobomb like a pro! Get a set of camera filters and you can really go to town, no picture adjustment needed

 

[MichaelW]

Most of these are right off the camera. I have a custom wb setting and have a "picture"light setting I can put my radions in which has more white. Now and then some of them I have to adjust the "warmth" to get closer to real life... But is easy to overdo it and end up in toon town.

 

[reefmutt]

Drag? Icon? Way to technical for me, I try to do all this on my cell phone and I pad.

Me too.. I transfer via wifi from camera to phone. Edit on phone, upload to photobucket and post link.