Peninsula Style Look-Down Build

[dan10342]

how do you mount the powerbrite LEDs to the nova extreme pro?

I drilled holes in the slots where the legs slide into. I then screwed the powerbrite mounts into those holes. I then mounted the powerbrites. I took the acrylic shield off also to hide the wires from the link cables, and allow airflow around the bulbs. (the fans are junk).

-dan

"post #112= Excellent photo!!! looking better and better. "

Thanks Mark! ... though go figure, thats the tank that was torn down to make way for the 30.

 

[GMaquarium]

Very clean tank. nice job

 

[dan10342]

thanks G.

Welp, I added a yellow tang and a few zoanthids last night. The tang eats mysis like a pig, so i have high hopes that it will do well. It also decimated the remaining hair algae on the rocks.

more photos coming someday

-dan

 

[dan10342]

No pictures... :/

If anyone has a rimless 30 breeder tank lying around... LMK. (phhh yeahhh right).

Seriously though, I think a phone call to miracles is in order.

 

[Capt_Cully]

Doh!

 

[dan10342]

HAHA. Soon Cully

Zoanthid time:

some unknowns from ARC

LA lakers and friends

FTS without "antler" acro.

Mind the yellow tang... (for all you tang police out there lol) I couldn't resist

 

[pisces4u]

Lookin good man. Great polyp extension and growth on the yellow acro.

 

[dan10342]

thanks aaron!

front fts (bad coloration)

 

[backdraft79]

Wow Dan, thats nice!

 

[dan10342]

Thanks Jon.

I really got to thinking about it... How far away is miracles from Rochester? I NEED A RIMLESS TANK and remove this piece of junk aga.

I also have to get out to buf to get that ATO... SO MUCH ... too little time... NOT ENOUGH $$ GAH

-dan

 

[ryddo]

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What are the small lights attached to the reflector?

 

[dan10342]

What are the small lights attached to the reflector?

Powerbrite LED's. They are now attached to a t5 fixture.

 

[backdraft79]

Thanks Jon.

I really got to thinking about it... How far away is miracles from Rochester? I NEED A RIMLESS TANK and remove this piece of junk aga.

I also have to get out to buf to get that ATO... SO MUCH ... too little time... NOT ENOUGH $$ GAH

-dan

Well its about 1 hour and 20 min or so to get there from the b-lo. All depends on how the crossing is. Maybe for you 3 hours if you beat feet. I havent made the trip up there in a long time tho.

 

[dan10342]

Ah thanks. That would be an all day event

Got the old kodak point and shoot out today.

not too shabby,
dan

 

[backdraft79]

Keeping the powerbrites?

 

[dan10342]

indeed! I realize powerbrites are an essential to coral poppage. well i guess not necessarily... but i like them a lot.

When are we going to see some progress (cough photos and livestock) on your build thread backdraft?!?! JK


Feeding time???

Rasta

 

[pisces4u]

Damn that acro looks better in your tank than in mine. Nice work.

 

[dan10342]

Thanks aaron!

they look like "red LA lakers"

pink acans growing well

 

[dan10342]

Well I replaced my only daylight bulb with a blue aquascience bulb.

now running 4 blue bulbs, and 2 purple ones. the tank although quite blue... suits my taste perfectly

what do you think? (i love my green acro!)

oh and the brain... ATE many cardinalfish

also the hammer is still very mad.

alk was 11dkh
Calcium was 520 (high)
SG 1.026
temp 79ish

i'm just very confused. all my other corals (minus the slimer acro) look good. I got rid of my daylight... perhaps it was too much PAR for such a shallow tank. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated though.

 

[pisces4u]

I changed my bulb lineup to 4x ati blue+, fiji pueple, ati pure actinic a couple days ago. My ORA frogspawn and red planet are mostly white with colors on the coralites so I'm guessing they were getting too much light.

I like the look a lot, the colors are fantastic. The ATI blue+ and fiji purple have good PAR output and the good fixture and reflectors help. I'm going to give it a few weeks and see if the SPS are getting enough of the spectrum they need.

Several people on N-R use your fixture with only 5 bulbs on a 30g breeder because 6 can be too many even for some SPS. Tank looks good tho, love your new camera.