Show me pictures about XM 10K

3 x 250w XM 10k's in spider light reflectors on ARO Pro Series M58's. Supplemented with 2 x 160w VHO actinic.

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7189288#post7189288 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 143gadgets
^ Me too! I really like that low profile look.
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Ok, I will post one, but I have to warn you that after tearing the tank apart two weeks in a row to catch evil fish it got a little less "low profile" I liked the rockwork better before :( .

Pic comming up,
Whiskey
 
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This was taken today, I didn't clean anything yet, I usually clean glass and syphon deatris on the weekend but it has been hetic.

Enjoy,
Whiskey
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7190805#post7190805 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 143gadgets
Looks good to me! Any way u could get the old scape back?
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I tried really hard, compaired the tank to pictures ect, but in the end I just can't get the rocks to "key" together like they were.

It is ok, and in some time I am sure it will grow on me, but it is about 2 inches taller now, I really liked how low it was, but I will live with it.

Thanks,
Whiskey
 
I posted this in the IC forum, and don't want to hijack, but do 250W xm 10K se bulbs work on the newer Ice Cap MH ballasts?

Thanks

PS. Gotta add that those are some incredible looking tanks pictured above.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7218326#post7218326 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefarchitect
I posted this in the IC forum, and don't want to hijack, but do 250W xm 10K se bulbs work on the newer Ice Cap MH ballasts?

Thanks

PS. Gotta add that those are some incredible looking tanks pictured above.
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Yes, I am running them. Have been for almost a year and a quarter.
 
I didn't want to post after Copps' tank. It makes my tank look so "feeble" :lol: :lol: :lol:

Another thing, I only have 250 watts (not 400W as requested), so I don't think I'm allowed to post this :(

Oh well....
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wow you guys all have awsome tanks. I wish mine was that good looking. I did have a question for all of you. Does any one have pictures of the DE 10k xm. Iam considering running them on my set up since I got the best color from the 10k se but have now changed over to DE. THanks in advance.
mario
 
Hey John (copps) do you have any equipment pics or info you can share? Also, are you running ozone?. Looked in your gallery. love the 10 gallon on the kitchen counter. do you walk around your house looking for places to stick tanks?? :)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7220390#post7220390 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by poknsnok
Hey John (copps) do you have any equipment pics or info you can share? Also, are you running ozone?. Looked in your gallery. love the 10 gallon on the kitchen counter. do you walk around your house looking for places to stick tanks?? :)
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Hey Pok, no pics of my fish room, but I can describe the contents... Along with the lighting mentioned above, I have a dedicated fish room I had built into our house... I plan on eventually having a 500-600 gallon where the 180 is now, so the room behind it is wired with 5 dedicated 20 amp circuits. It's small, but loaded with a 6'x2'x17" frag tank, 40 gallon refugium, 90 gallon sump and all the associated goodies. I still use the same calcium reactor (MRC CR-2), but I upgraded the Euroreef to an RC500 as you could see I'm not one of the light bioload sps guys :)... I use the same kalk reactor. I did get a Red Sea 200 mg/h ozone unit that I ran for a little but have not started running again since I had an incident in January while away on business. I'll use it just to polish off the water here and there... my ORP I've been running at around 380 without having to use the ozone so that's been positive. I always ran alot of carbon, but with a system of over 400 gallons it's not very cost effective, so I got the ozonizer to get that crystal clear water... The display 180 was actually my tank in high school that I bought while working at a fish store... I'm 28 now so this was about 12 years ago...

Nothing too special equipment wise... the truth is I've always been one who believes in simplicity, as is true with many successful reefs. I believe water quality and flow are WAY overlooked in the sps hobby... people worry too much about lighting, blaming the "wrong bulb" on their poor color when it's usually the general conditions. The truth is that in the hands of the right reefer you could use ANY bulb to create a nice reef. A 20k bulb will make unthriving dull corals look better, but a healthy 10k reef will make colony colors pop and explode... it takes time and patience, but that's what makes it so rewarding... Everything in the water our corals need is in freshly made Instant Ocean, so all I do is weekly water changes and vigorously export nutrients in any form...

The XM 10ks are great bulbs and carry a low price... look at Joe Burger (JBNY) and Sanjay Joshi (sanjay)... two guys that have tested more bulbs than we've seen both using XMs... Here's a couple of shots from Sanjay's Penn State tank at different times... lit with UNSUPPLEMENTED 10k XMs... 4 Lumenarcs covering 500 gallons...

By the way... one overlooked thing I've seen numerous times is yellow water causing bulbs to appear a lower spectrum... take two white buckets and put some aquarium water next to RO water and see if you notice a difference... if so up the carbon or run ozone...



 
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