My 29g reef, what do you guys think? (*Not really 56k friendly*)
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I was looking into adding another 65 watt light to up the power from 4.4wpg to 6.7wpg. Our tank is currently set up with the softies more on the bottom (Except for the Xenia, which goes wherever the hell it wants) our LPS more or less in the center, and our two SPS are located higher up. Everything seems to be doing just fine, but when our mushrooms were closer to the light they were spreading quite fast. Now that they are lower down they don't seem to be spreading as fast as before.
I was going to retrofit a 50/50 65w fixture (We already have a 50/50 bulb with only a month and a half worth of use.) which would fit just in front of the current 65x2 fixture we have now.
Any opinions?
I was going to retrofit a 50/50 65w fixture (We already have a 50/50 bulb with only a month and a half worth of use.) which would fit just in front of the current 65x2 fixture we have now.
Any opinions?
I say do it, if you have room DO IT! lol
No new picture of the stuff you got from thr FRAG swap? BTW how did you manage to fit 65x2 already and still be able to fit another 65w?
The only problem you will probably have is a heat issue. With more lighting = Higher heat temps. Get some fans ASAP! Yesterday I got 2 4" PC fans w/ power system for 15 bucks and within the hour they drop my temps from 81 degrees to 77 degress, then I had to unplug them because it might get the water too cold that the corals and fish might no be able to bear it. I was thinking of buying a canopy or making one so I can ditch the eclipse hood. Its so much of a hassle if you ask me. Gotta open 2 lids before you can do anything. Sorry, sitting in class... bored and rambling on the forums. lol
No new picture of the stuff you got from thr FRAG swap? BTW how did you manage to fit 65x2 already and still be able to fit another 65w?
The only problem you will probably have is a heat issue. With more lighting = Higher heat temps. Get some fans ASAP! Yesterday I got 2 4" PC fans w/ power system for 15 bucks and within the hour they drop my temps from 81 degrees to 77 degress, then I had to unplug them because it might get the water too cold that the corals and fish might no be able to bear it. I was thinking of buying a canopy or making one so I can ditch the eclipse hood. Its so much of a hassle if you ask me. Gotta open 2 lids before you can do anything. Sorry, sitting in class... bored and rambling on the forums. lol
I dremeled out the mounting points for the front flap. It just sits on top. The rear flap is still functional and between the back and the lighting fixture is how I feed and add stuff. I have about 3.5" of clearance between the fixture and the front, plenty of room for a reflector and bulb (I measured it last night) If I get a 2x65 retrofit, I would be able to add on to the top unit, and use one for the sump (Provided I could fit one in the little space.) We have two extra 65w 50/50 bulbs from when we first got the fixture.
I messed around with some extra 80mm computer fans I had, some DC plug I had for something I haven't seen in ages, and a nice little switch. I wired it up last night and got it working great. I may have to find some quiter fans, these move some nice air but are kind of annoying. I was also thinking maybe I wouldn't need them on all the time, just a couple 15-30 min intervals throughout the lighting period. I measured it up and I would be able to mount one on each side of the hood, flowing air in the hood, over the light, and out the other side. The layout looks pretty nice and works very well.
I may have to go down to a 60mm fan though for making sure everything will fit and still be structurally sound.
I may just start this project this week!
Anyone have an old 2x65w PC fixture or retrofit kit sitting around? (Straight pin preferably!)
I messed around with some extra 80mm computer fans I had, some DC plug I had for something I haven't seen in ages, and a nice little switch. I wired it up last night and got it working great. I may have to find some quiter fans, these move some nice air but are kind of annoying. I was also thinking maybe I wouldn't need them on all the time, just a couple 15-30 min intervals throughout the lighting period. I measured it up and I would be able to mount one on each side of the hood, flowing air in the hood, over the light, and out the other side. The layout looks pretty nice and works very well.
I may have to go down to a 60mm fan though for making sure everything will fit and still be structurally sound.
I may just start this project this week!
Anyone have an old 2x65w PC fixture or retrofit kit sitting around? (Straight pin preferably!)
MarineGirl411
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does the coral beauty pick on any of the corals? =)
Kawaii
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It could be the photos. I didn't get any great photos of him. In person he didn't seem thin to me, and he acted very healthy. All of a sudden one day he was swimming towards the top of the tank and I mentioned it to Craig and we looked at him and he didn't seem to have any visible illness and the next day he had disappeared.
He didn't hide for long periods so we knew right away that he had passed.
Kawaii
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haha well we got the separate tank because i wanted some clownfish and our maroon clown will have none of that so that was what the other 29g was originally set up for. then we realized we could us it to put frags in that were taking over our other tank, so we basically have two reef tanks now.
Kawaii
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lol yes.
Todd- Maroon Clown
Tasha- Coral Beauty Angel
Clive- Purple Fire fish
Mara- Clown (larger, paler one)
Chad- Clown (smaller, brighter one)
Jin- Sixline Wrasse
Eli- Eibli Angel
I know photoshop pretty well. The easiest way to make a border is to hit Select-->All then go to Edit-->Stroke and click the color you want and the pixel size. I use black 5 pixels.
