Dave & Monica
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I was swapping out my halides today and took a moment to snap some pics.
Top down view of SPS
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Dartolution
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gorgeous!
Voodoo Corals
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looks perfect. love that garf bonsai
Houndsbayman
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Very nice, great colors!
What size tank do you have? And how about some full tank pics.
What size tank do you have? And how about some full tank pics.
Dave & Monica
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Thanks for the comments!
72 Gal, here is a shot from about 6 months ago. I need to take more pics, but have really been reorganizing.
72 Gal, here is a shot from about 6 months ago. I need to take more pics, but have really been reorganizing.
Dave & Monica
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I don't have a build thread, and am currently working on a web site.
I just switched from pheonix 14ks to XM 20ks. Just a few days but so far I like them a lot.
I just switched from pheonix 14ks to XM 20ks. Just a few days but so far I like them a lot.
Dapg8gt
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Do you think the 20k is better? I personally love the Phoenix bulbs and am venturing into going back to halide from t5 on my DT.
Are the xm's dim like a typical 20k? Thanks for the info and I'm sure we can all agree that more pics are needed..
Dave & Monica
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To answer your question, they are dimmer BUT, not by a terrible amount, there is a lot more shimmer, and the color pop is really noticeable. Let me explain more. I've always have run Phoenix. From 2006-2009 I have 2 - 150W. 2009-2014 I had 2- 250W. During that time I only tried one other bulb, and that was the Ushio 20K and I personally didn't like them at all. Very purplish, were really dim, and they didn't even last 9 months before I had to replace them (7 months started getting algae, and after replacing the bulbs, no more - of coarse I had low nutrients and all that)
Why change? From looking at other tanks, my yellows and reds are off, I've always read that Phoenix gives that windex look, but I kind of like the blue, and always have supplemented with T5's until 2012, and now with LEDs. I was thinking of going to either 10K but after seeing a lot of tanks with 20K radium's they had it all, cool white with a noticeable blue, yellows, reds, oranges, and of course blue and purple. I know color has a million factors (nutrients, flow, bacteria strains, coral biology, etc) but I think I have addressed most of that and am taking a shot at changing the lighting a bit. One never stops fiddling ehe?
Bulbs need time to burn in so I'm holding off on comments. But initially the first day, I loved the new XMs, these pics were from the first day, and my yellows and reds presented a lot more how I felt they should be. Then day two and three I was seeing purple hue, like I did with the Ushio's (not good), but the last 2 days.... absolutely perfect. Looks like the radium. The pics here are with no supplementation I should add.
Also, I use the select a watt Lumatek electronic ballast and run them at the HQI setting since I have the dual ended fixture (thus just not running SE radiums since they don't make the DE of it since I do like that bulb a lot).
Like I said before, I really like the shimmer of the new XMs and for some reason, I haven't noticed that as much before. So hopefully I get good color, and decent growth. I'm also updating my LEDs a bit, but that is for another time if someone wants to hear me rant on.
Dave & Monica
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Thanks everyone for the comments. I see so many beautiful tanks here I hate posting pics. I'll work on posting some more as there are some I really like, some I don't even know the names of.
AquaGirlAZ
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Wow, those are some great photos
