Returning to what I love - My new 180 Rimless
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Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
Very good light spread coming out of the ATI, do you have any dark spots?
Thanks Rickyrooz1. The light spread at eight inches above the water is great with no visual dark spots. Since the Tank is 36 inches from front to back, I was really concerned about that. The nice part, is that the lighting at the very front and the back of the tank are perfect for LPS if you want to mix it up a bit. As bright as it is, I'm incined to believe that I could get away with clams and/or SPS at the very front as well.
Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
Nice!
Hey everyone, I was messing around with my iPhone 3G S and took the following pics.. The damn thing actually takes really decent pictures to be a phone... The auto white balance is actually pretty good.
As an update, I am in my second week of dosing vodka.. The water is starting to get even clearer. At one point I noticed the tank looked a bit cloudy.. My guess was that I was adding a bit too much mb7, which I used to seed the tank. As soon as I backed off the MB7, the tank started clearing up day by day.. Please note that I never stopped dosing the vodka. I will restart with the recommended dosage of MB7 on the weekend coming up. As for equipment, I've added a Reef Fanatic Liquid Level controller or auto top-off purposes.
Please don't flame me about all the clowns. :eek1: They actually got added at different times, but the female True Perc took a carpet dive followed by one of the original seabae's. I replaced the fallen seabae and then I decided to go with Tomatoes.. They're really beautiful and seem to already be going through the stages of pairing. Everyone's getting along right now, but I know that wil not last so, the perc and the two sebaes will be removed this weekend..
With Dusk/Dawn lights (Korallin Fiji Purple and Geisemann true Antinic)
Hopefully, soon to be a new mating couple
All lights on...
Top down
As an update, I am in my second week of dosing vodka.. The water is starting to get even clearer. At one point I noticed the tank looked a bit cloudy.. My guess was that I was adding a bit too much mb7, which I used to seed the tank. As soon as I backed off the MB7, the tank started clearing up day by day.. Please note that I never stopped dosing the vodka. I will restart with the recommended dosage of MB7 on the weekend coming up. As for equipment, I've added a Reef Fanatic Liquid Level controller or auto top-off purposes.
Please don't flame me about all the clowns. :eek1: They actually got added at different times, but the female True Perc took a carpet dive followed by one of the original seabae's. I replaced the fallen seabae and then I decided to go with Tomatoes.. They're really beautiful and seem to already be going through the stages of pairing. Everyone's getting along right now, but I know that wil not last so, the perc and the two sebaes will be removed this weekend..
With Dusk/Dawn lights (Korallin Fiji Purple and Geisemann true Antinic)
Hopefully, soon to be a new mating couple
All lights on...
Top down
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leslie hempel
Member
stunning.
Thanks Bro... The extra width is pretty cool.. I am going to try my best to use the real estate as effectively as I can. I want the side view to be just as nice as the front.. I just hope that I can achieve the success with my tank that you have with yours.. I may be the wrong person to tell that you want a bigger tank... I have a little problem controlling myself when it come to spending money with this hobby :lol: When you make that move, I will be right there for the ride! :thumbsup:
Thanks eaglesrx!
I couldn't really tell you how much evaporation I'm getting because of the auto top-off. I can tell you that without halides heating up the water, evaporation is much slower. T5s don't really radiate any heat..... into the water or the room. They're great... This summer, I don't really expect my chiller to turn on.. I remember how hot my basement would get from the lights on my last tank... My chiller ran "all the time" in the late spring, summer and early fall months... I can now truly enjoy my basement year-round.
I couldn't really tell you how much evaporation I'm getting because of the auto top-off. I can tell you that without halides heating up the water, evaporation is much slower. T5s don't really radiate any heat..... into the water or the room. They're great... This summer, I don't really expect my chiller to turn on.. I remember how hot my basement would get from the lights on my last tank... My chiller ran "all the time" in the late spring, summer and early fall months... I can now truly enjoy my basement year-round.
