Rebuild and recovery of a dead tank

[Reefing102]

Give the corky some time. I’m sure it’ll adapt

 

[jason2459]

Hope so. But I definitely watched one of my tangs going after the little polyp hands.

 

[jason2459]

I bought two more of those adjustable power supplies for the reef breeder uv/blue led strips. I didn't like how over powering they were and shifting towards 20k look when they were on. They look perfect now adjusted down. I like more of a 12-14k look and I extended the time they are on now a bit more.

 

[Reefing102]

I bought two more of those adjustable power supplies for the reef breeder uv/blue led strips. I didn't like how over powering they were and shifting towards 20k look when they were on. They look perfect now adjusted down. I like more of a 12-14k look and I extended the time they are on now a bit more.

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I’d be curious what affect, if any, that will have on the lights

 

[jason2459]

I’d be curious what affect, if any, that will have on the lights

Should extend their life as they won't run as hot when they are on.

 

[kharmaguru]

I actually don't understand how lowering the voltage is dimming leds. How have you got that connected?

 

[OldReefGuy]

I actually don't understand how lowering the voltage is dimming leds. How have you got that connected?

Lower voltage=lower output. Same as using a LED dimmer switch, but he controlling the voltage output versus phase-cutting like in the switchs. .

 

[OldReefGuy]

I'm using a cheaper version for my DIY blue LEDs..

Amazon.com

 

[kharmaguru]

Sure except voltage turns a led on or off ( if forward voltage is 3v, 2.9v turns it off, not dims it), current is what affects it's brightness.

 

[jason2459]

I just plugged mine right in. It came with all kinds of adapters including screw down but the reef breeders and the one on the WSR ATS plugged right in.

Reef breeder led strip light

WSR quad splitter to single power supply

 

[jason2459]

Sure except voltage turns a led on or off ( if forward voltage is 3v, 2.9v turns it off, not dims it), current is what affects it's brightness.

The reef breeders are definitely dimming and I can see on the Apex they are pulling now 7 watts each at 9.2 volts each. The ATS I'm over driving vs the power supply it came with and definitely brighter.

 

[kharmaguru]

The reef breeders are definitely dimming and I can see on the Apex they are pulling now 7 watts each at 9.2 volts each. The ATS I'm over driving vs the power supply it came with and definitely brighter.

How many cables go into the lumen bars, just 1 or is there a power and a seperate 0-10v dimming circuit?

 

[jason2459]

How many cables go into the lumen bars, just 1 or is there a power and a seperate 0-10v dimming circuit?

Single cable. They came with this in line "controller" that was infuriating and didn't keep its time when power was cut. That controller was just plugged in to the power supply and then pllugged into the cord from the led strip.

The ATS kind of the same. There was an inline dimmer that you just pressed and it would dim then get brighter of held long enough. Removed that too.

 

[jason2459]

Left side the reef breeder controller and the right side the WSR ACS dimmer. Both just plugged in line from power supply to led fixture with the ATS coming with the quad splitter to go to all four led fixtures.

 

[jason2459]

Couple more days and the WSR ACS will be getting it's first swipe down since seeding about two weeks ago

Looked about the same for the past week up until tonight and looks like some good growth starting now

Upper

Lower

 

[jason2459]

This mushroom has been struggling to get off the urchin for days now

And I spotted a little filter feeding hitchhiker in the middle ofmy galaxea. Blurry white thing in the middle of the blurry green stuff.

 

[kharmaguru]

Blurry white thing in the middle of the blurry green stuff.

Might be a blurry barnacle.

 

[Reefing102]

My thought we well, likely a barnacle.

As for the mushroom? Well the urchin just did the frag job for you

 

[jason2459]

Looks better then I thought it would. It's filled in nicely. Next time I'm hoping it will be thicker.



I also want to figure out something better then those little push pins that's easier to take out.



Before cleaning. The other side is filled in a bit more.





After cleaning

 

[jason2459]

Well, I was just shocked to see my filefish grab one of my cleaner shrimp by the tail and proceed to eat the entire tail off. That SOB is a fat hog and I guess he really will eat anything.