Rovster's Custom Reef Savvy build......FINALLY!!!
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I dont comment on your thread very often, but I'm loving your tank. Beautiful corals...
Diesel3443
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rovster
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Front to back: ATI Actinic, B+, C+, B+
The pictures are a little bluer than real life but I always take the pics at my "whitest" period. Maybe swap out the C+ for an actinic. I have to say the B+ and Actinic combo is a VERY nice soft blue. I personally like a crisp white look to the point I've considered throwing an AB special in there. Other thing you can do is reduce your white LEDs to almost nothing and crank the blues. You could also try a Purple instead of the C+ or just run 3 B+ nothing wrong with that and you'll get as much PAR as you can get from 3 bulbs.
The pictures are a little closer to when my Radions are in 14K mode which is my favorite.
Another thing to consider is the Giesemann bulbs. Their Actinic + is like a Blue + but more "blue". The ATI is a greenish blue.
markalot
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rovster
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I've actually lost some fish recently. Lost my angel a few anthias, my watchman goby and my fire fish. I think it has to do with the powder blues aggression. Sucks. In the video it's my original 2 Evansi anthias and a single caryberri. I may try one more time to add a few more anthias but I'm not hopeful. My PB is an ***hole and really needs a bigger tank.
AquamanE
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I think I can find a good home for you PB. :debi:
rovster
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I bet......
merfish101
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this build is awesome.
SchnitzelReef
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Very nice build. Tank looks great!!
rovster
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Thanks guys I have not updated in a while because my tank hit another funk. Like a moron I decided to change my lighting program, which in turn shocked my corals which in turn led to an alk spike that set my tank on a bit of a roller coaster with some collateral damage. This was about 2 months ago and just now things are really starting to show significant improvment. Alk consumption was stalled for like 3-4 weeks with a few minispikes as I tried to dial it in. I went to mostly manual dosing for a little while but now I've got my dosers nearly dialed in again so looking forward to getting on cruise control again. Things have definitely started to improve but they are not as nice as last update.
Another issue I had is I have a couple of failures in the putty I used for my rocks so a couple of colonies just plopped over. I've relocated a few corals and messed a few up just handling them but overall things are on the up and up. I did decrease my lighting intensity and as soon as my alk completely stabilize I'm going to start increasing that to get it to where it was as I notice that although corals are looking good with good PE, colors aren't popping and things are overall dull and dark which seems to me a little more light is in order.
Maybe if in a few weeks things look good I'll post some new pics. Thanks for stopping by
Another issue I had is I have a couple of failures in the putty I used for my rocks so a couple of colonies just plopped over. I've relocated a few corals and messed a few up just handling them but overall things are on the up and up. I did decrease my lighting intensity and as soon as my alk completely stabilize I'm going to start increasing that to get it to where it was as I notice that although corals are looking good with good PE, colors aren't popping and things are overall dull and dark which seems to me a little more light is in order.
Maybe if in a few weeks things look good I'll post some new pics. Thanks for stopping by
