mnml's rimless
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Mine is ~95g with about 30g in sump capacity. Cant wait to get life in there!!
mnml
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Thanks Jennifer. Hope your new tank build is going well.
Right on, you'll have to share some pics.
mnml
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FTS is coming soon. It's still pretty empty besides the fish and 4 pieces of corals so nothing too exciting.
I was thinking of starting my thread today...
Tank is ordered :dance:
:fun4::rollface: Let the fun begin!
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A Reef In The Sky
Very nice Tran... great planning and nice equipment. The rockscape is great too. Well done!
Is that stand pipe a CJ? Looks very similar. Any noise from 2" drop into the overflow? Just asking as my tank will have x2 1.5" CJ's but I've planned on having them set slightly higher in the overflow.
Tks
Andrew
Is that stand pipe a CJ? Looks very similar. Any noise from 2" drop into the overflow? Just asking as my tank will have x2 1.5" CJ's but I've planned on having them set slightly higher in the overflow.
Tks
Andrew
mnml
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Thanks everyone. I really hope these frags take off in my tank.
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the compliment. A local reefer made the pipe for me, but it's very similar to the CJ design. I only get a little bit of splashing nose when the left side Vortech spins up in Reef Crest mode. I was thinking of raising it higher but I would have to lose the overflow cover. I don't think it'll be a problem since I don't have too much light spillage into that area. Maybe one of these weekends I'll build another stand pipe and try it out.
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the compliment. A local reefer made the pipe for me, but it's very similar to the CJ design. I only get a little bit of splashing nose when the left side Vortech spins up in Reef Crest mode. I was thinking of raising it higher but I would have to lose the overflow cover. I don't think it'll be a problem since I don't have too much light spillage into that area. Maybe one of these weekends I'll build another stand pipe and try it out.
mnml
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Hopefully they'll be big enough to frag
Right now I'm only dosing a little bit because of the low calcium demand. It's quite simple with the Apex controller. I'm doing a few ML at 12am and 8am but I plan to spread out the dosing if the demand increases. I don't want to dose more then 10ml at a time to help prevent PH spikes.
No plans for Vodka until about 6 months in. However, I'm going to hook up the GFO reactor this weekend.
Right now I think my bulb combo is way too bright. I don't have a PAR meter to confirm this but a few of my "tester" SPS started to bleach a little despite being at the bottom left side of the tank. I order some Aquablue Special bulbs to replace the GE 6500K and should have them tomorrow. In the meantime, I've cut my main photoperiod down to 4 hours from 6. The new bulbs should be installed this weekend so we'll see how it looks. I'll let you know the results. *crossing fingers*
Right now I'm only dosing a little bit because of the low calcium demand. It's quite simple with the Apex controller. I'm doing a few ML at 12am and 8am but I plan to spread out the dosing if the demand increases. I don't want to dose more then 10ml at a time to help prevent PH spikes.
No plans for Vodka until about 6 months in. However, I'm going to hook up the GFO reactor this weekend.
Right now I think my bulb combo is way too bright. I don't have a PAR meter to confirm this but a few of my "tester" SPS started to bleach a little despite being at the bottom left side of the tank. I order some Aquablue Special bulbs to replace the GE 6500K and should have them tomorrow. In the meantime, I've cut my main photoperiod down to 4 hours from 6. The new bulbs should be installed this weekend so we'll see how it looks. I'll let you know the results. *crossing fingers*
mnml
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Long story short, I've gone through 3 bulb combo changes, hopefully the 4th time is a charm. I just want to find something that won't shock my corals and will give a nice look to the tank. One thing I forgot to mention is my ATI is 8" above the water line.
My current combo is:
Front
GE6500K
Blue+
UVL White Actinic
Blue+
GE6500K
Blue+
Fiji Purple
Blue+
I'm looking to switch to this:
Front
Blue+
Aqueblue Special
Blue+
Fiji Purple
Aquablue Special
Blue+
Aquablue Special
Blue+
If anyone has a better combo they'd like to suggest, I would love to hear it. I'm new to T5 so I can use any advice I can get.
Here's my stash of T5 bulbs to play with:
5 - Blue+
2 - GE 6500K
1 - UVL White Actinic
1 - ATI Pro Color
1 - Fiji Purple
3 - Aquablue Special
Whatcha think?
Thank you. Here's a FTS - don't laugh at all messy placement of corals. :jester:
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A Reef In The Sky
That is exactly the bulbs I bought and plan on running once I'm all setup. The combo is similar. During my research last year, most people seemed to recommend this bulbs and have had the most success with.
Nice FTS too!!
