Wala!

[818]

Heres the MH installed.

Thanks Chalowolf(Gonzalo) Ballast and reflectors and frags, Thanks ScallopKing(Sean) for the hook up on the MH bulbs.

Dual 175w 14k Hamilton at 30 minutes burn time, burn estimate time is at 100hrs.

Im really happy with the look. Now I can see every little corner in my tank. No dark spots, and Im digging the shimmer lines. My pics for some reason come out way clearer too!!!

ENJOY!

:smokin:
This one came out nice, starphire front panel.

Gonzalo what is this acro?

Red Monti

 

[Charles99]

now time to stock that beast up!!!

 

[818]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7527049#post7527049 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Charles99
now time to stock that beast up!!!

Muahahaha!:furious:

 

[ScallopKing]

Sweet! It's bright now for sure Sam! Me like.

No prob on the bulbs, I appreciate you picking them up so quick.

Sean.

 

[xinumaster]

Wonderful aquascaping and very bright lighting. Your sps will love it. Good luck on your new setup.

 

[rykwong]

How much did you get the bulbs for?

Rich

 

[818]

Thanks guys.

Now Ill see how much the temp will go up in my tank with these guys on for 10 hrs.

Ill be adding a Flame Angel today hope I get lucky and not get a picker....

 

[socalchris]

Looks pretty dope Sam

 

[818]

Thanks guys.

My temp only went up one 1F. So Im now at 78F in the morning 79-80F in the day this past week.

Heres a video after a 20g water change.



Ill be adding frag packs I ordered over the weekend soon! My skimmer, and my phosban reactor are ordered and Ill be finished. Ill just be adding/trading corals untill this baby looks like (snipersps(Hugo),Gcarrols(Greg),Fragfarmer<---All my inspirations are in their tanks!

water change was finsihed 5 minutes ago, Ill post some later tonight when I feed the tank.



Sam

O and my boy Frisco is all tired from helping me clean up the tank...Atta boy! nap time.

 

[SBJim]

You may have heard this already, but I recommend lowering your rocks. I built a pvc structure and my highest rocks are about 3" from the waters surface. Tiny sps frags that I mounted up there grew to the water line much quicker than I thought they would. Also, people have to really stoop to see the corals on those rocks.

You could end up finding that those highest rocks are useless when it comes to mounting corals on them. Plus, some fish like open water above the rocks. Just my thoughts based on my experience.

As for covering the pipe, you might also want to consider attaching rubble rock with zip ties.

Good luck!

 

[818]

Hey, yea I lowered the rock already I have around 6 inches clearance, my tangs and Flame angel love to swim above.

thanks for the heads up.

Sam

 

[marcusandliz]

Sweet set-up! It looks great! Can't wait to see you continue to fill it up!

Good Luck

 

[818]

My fish list as of 6/12

1 baby blue tang
1 baby yellow tang
1 occellaris x 1 juvi soloman island perc
1 flame angel
1 six line wrasse.

Still to come:
1 long nose hawk fish
1 spotted mandarin
????????<---


And the my anemones, followed by the SPS.

Sam

 

[omeg]

don't think you'll be ready for a mandarin for a few more months

if you find out how to do it sooner, let me know.

 

[migston]

Hey Sam, I see that the Angel is doing good I hope he's behaving. My tank seems kinda bare without him and my wrasse who jumped but everyone seems a lot more relaxed so it worked out for all aprties. My Flame Hawk and Blenny who used to hate each other are actually hanging out now. LOL

 

[818]

Haha nice Migs. That flame angel eats like a pig. Thanks

Omeg, I did find a way to get the mandarin quicker.

I found a website where they sell harvested pods and such in a 12 oz bottle. Ill be adding a couple of those to my fuge and to the main display.

Sam