New tank with LED light

[mrgk]

Hi Rodney! I am another reefer from ireland!
I love to know what project do you run on your GHL! i own a mitras too and been running a short(half an hour) pre sunrise and half an hour sunrise. same for sundown, they are warm yellowish with hint of red! main bulk of day is 14500K and after sun down mainly blues! love to see your project, would appreciate it if you emailed it to me! email is mrgk_1985@yahoo.com
many thanks

 

[rodneyri]

no worries will email project

 

[rodneyri]

some new additions I had to show off

 

[reefmutt]

looking fantastic, rodney
what k value are running the mitras at?
does your program change the k throughout the day or keep it the same?
thanks!

 

[rodneyri]

hey Matt, im changing the K constantly throughout the day, i keep it low during the morning to afternoon to get some growth...not the nicest to look at but not too ugly. then from 6pm for peak viewing i put it around the 18k mark i think from memory to get a nice color tone

 

[fishmanstan]

Kewl!

 

[reefmutt]

thanks rodney.
what's your rational for skewing the k value that way?
I think of midday as having a lower k and the sunrise and sunset as having progressively higher k.
ive always thought of midday sun as being 6500k with the bluer end of the spectrum being more present as the sun moves to and away from its apex.
i guess i feel this way because its the blue spectrum that travels the farthest and therefore would be more present, for longer..
just thinking out loud here..

 

[rodneyri]

im doing like you posted Matt, during the middle of the day to early afternoon have a lower K value and bump it up to 18k for viewing in the evening

 

[reefmutt]

gotchya!
thanks

 

[rodneyri]

just playing around, first video ive ever made. turn up the volume and have a laugh :thumbsup:

 

[fishnerd]

Looks great Rod!

 

[reefmutt]

Love it!
Looks great.
How do those yellow tang get along?

 

[westreef]

Love the video. Very nice.

 

[trueblackpercula]

Very nice set up,

 

[Hyperion1337]

Im digging the music rod! Absolutely an amazing reef

 

[Clownin Aroun]

looks great!

You do not run a refugium?!?

 

[IdahoGuy]

That's a nice scoly, hopefully it comes back.

 

[André Silvestre]

Such amazing corals Rod! Very nice! You must have a lot of rare and show pieces at your LFS since every freakin spectacular coral comes from there, no?

The video is cool too. Do you really set up the storm mode for your photoperiod? Doesn´t the fish go berserk with that?

What coral is in the video at 2.23/24/25min? Is it A. Plana?


André

 

[rodneyri]

thanks guys was a bit of fun making the video, first time doing it so had a laugh putting it all together....im a DJ so thought id make a dance party out the the tank lol

the yellow tangs have a scrap every day when it comes to bed time, the bigger one is a bully and belts my achilles around aswell.

no refugium, just run rowaphos and carbon in the sump with a large skimmer. other stuff makes the sump dirty IMO.

 

[rodneyri]

Hi Andre, I grow all mine from frags...well 95% of them. I go halves with brother and sometimes a few mates and take a snip. I like the way they grow better than adding a colony to the tank.

the fish dont even notice the storm, they swim around normally...but no i dont use it in my photoperiod. just for fun when people come over ill hit the button. not sure on the name of the coral.