My 300 gallon acrylic tank

[steve the plumb]

This coming from you!Yah right.Its not my imagination J.The frickin pump hums and its annoying.Its a vibrating hum.The one in the tank isn't that bad.You can hear it when the lights are off so its ok.The other one was to loud a hum.I switched out my lights last night(I couldn't wait)I will try and take some pics.I had 150 watt 14k(cheap bulbs)mh and I got the guiessman 14.5 k.Hahn said they are good bulbs.I had a mix of 10 k and actinic T5 bulbs.I got the guiessman blue plus and actinic bulbs.I will see what it looks like.I do realize that it takes 100 hours to burn in the MH bulbs.

 

[jnarowe]

pics dude...we all think you're lying.

 

[steve the plumb]

Well here are some pics.The bulbs have more of a 10 k look to them(yellow)I don't know if its because they didn't burn in yet.10 k is better for growth.I did notice that corals grow faster under 10 k lights.

 

[steve the plumb]

the magnets for the wave box.In the back round you can see the lighting looks yellow.

 

[steve the plumb]

pic of lights from below.The T5's were kind of a tight squeeze

 

[steve the plumb]

Bubble tip anemone(he came out of hiding)

 

[steve the plumb]

this is my pink tip or purple tip anemone(hard to tell)

 

[steve the plumb]

tank pic

 

[steve the plumb]

looks kind of yellow doesn't it

 

[steve the plumb]

new brain coral.The coral hasn't opened up as much as in the store.My old brain seems to like the new lights.

 

[steve the plumb]

 

[steve the plumb]

I got a frogspawn frag for $10.It wasn't going to survive at the store

 

[jnarowe]

does look yellow, bu tit may take a little while to burn in.

 

[steve the plumb]

a pick of the fish swimming.I added 2 rocks to the tank.I may add some more.I do have to buy some small rocks to fill up the gaps around the cl inlets and outlets.

 

[michika]

I like the pillar on the right a lot! It seems a bit on the yellow side to me, but its all about personal preference in this hobby.

 

[ReefingBuddha]

Nice wavebox and lighting bro... congratulations on your progress, things seem to be off to a strong start.

 

[steve the plumb]

Thanks finally things are working out.I do find the bulbs to be to yellow.I thought it would be more blue- white.They are 14 500 k guiessman bulbs.

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11584087#post11584087 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by steve the plumb
Thanks finally things are working out.I do find the bulbs to be to yellow.I thought it would be more blue- white.They are 14 500 k guiessman bulbs.

Give them some time to "burn in" before making your final judgements. You might be surprised at the color in a month from now.....

 

[chris wright]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11576249#post11576249 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by steve the plumb
new brain coral.The coral hasn't opened up as much as in the store.My old brain seems to like the new lights.

Try moving it to the bottom of your tank. Put it in the sand, and leave it there for a few days and see what happens. As you know, that's where I have mine, and they are open all the time.

 

[steve the plumb]

I have moved them to the bottom.I had moved my other brain also.I played around with different spots.I had first put them in the middle where both fixture meet,since the light isn't as strong there.Then I moved them to the back under my acrylic brace to try to see if less light penetrates.I now moved one to the bottom and the other is in a party shaded area on the pillar(cl intake)