Wazzel's mostly SPS 60 Cube
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milsaltnewbie07
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Mark.
Any changes in coral color since lowering the whites to 55 ?
Any changes in coral color since lowering the whites to 55 ?
Wazzel
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Thanks.
Wazzel
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Things appear to be darker/ less washed out, especially the LPS.
Reef Ruler
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Hey Mark, been following your tank for a while. The progress has been amazing! Looking forward to your 120. I've been wanting to ask you about your lights. I'm using 2 Hyrda 26 non-HDs, but I just use the basic controller. I was trying to interpret your graphs that you post, but I can't figure out the specific colors and percentages that you're using. I'm hoping to slowly change over to something similar to what you're schedule is.
You have everything at 100%, besides whites at 55? I think I can figure that much out by reading your thread haha but I couldn't figure out the timing and light ramping of your sunrise and sunset. Could you please explain that a little bit more?
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Brian
You have everything at 100%, besides whites at 55? I think I can figure that much out by reading your thread haha but I couldn't figure out the timing and light ramping of your sunrise and sunset. Could you please explain that a little bit more?
Thanks
Brian
plyle02
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Mark,
That last set of photos are gorgeous, not that any previous ones lacked
The corals are standing off one-another much better, you can easily distinguish between the different corals and their coloration. I find this to be the biggest challenge with LED, one that you seem to be understanding very well. Not only are you achieving crazy growth, your corals look healthy, and are VERY colorful, you are sort of in a class of your own! Well done, this tank is nothing more than a warm-up for what is coming down the road, cannot wait until your new tank is up and running
That last set of photos are gorgeous, not that any previous ones lacked
The corals are standing off one-another much better, you can easily distinguish between the different corals and their coloration. I find this to be the biggest challenge with LED, one that you seem to be understanding very well. Not only are you achieving crazy growth, your corals look healthy, and are VERY colorful, you are sort of in a class of your own! Well done, this tank is nothing more than a warm-up for what is coming down the road, cannot wait until your new tank is up and running
Wazzel
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Here is my schedule is text form. Let me know is you need further explanation.
DB is my moon light. It runs 2% from 9pm to 8am
For normal day time operations the lights start ramping up at 8 am starting with DB and adding a color every 5 minutes in the following order DB, RB, V, UV, G, R, W. The ramp off starts to end at 9pm with W going off first and the rest following every 5 minutes in the following order W, R, G, UV, V, RB, DB.
At 10AM and 8pm the channels have the following settings
DB - 80
RB - 75
V - 70
UV - 65
G - 60
R - 55
W - 35
From 1pm to 5pm all channels at 100 except white which is at 55
That should cover the inflection points. I ramp between them.
DB is my moon light. It runs 2% from 9pm to 8am
For normal day time operations the lights start ramping up at 8 am starting with DB and adding a color every 5 minutes in the following order DB, RB, V, UV, G, R, W. The ramp off starts to end at 9pm with W going off first and the rest following every 5 minutes in the following order W, R, G, UV, V, RB, DB.
At 10AM and 8pm the channels have the following settings
DB - 80
RB - 75
V - 70
UV - 65
G - 60
R - 55
W - 35
From 1pm to 5pm all channels at 100 except white which is at 55
That should cover the inflection points. I ramp between them.
Wazzel
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Thanks
Wazzel
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Mark,
That last set of photos are gorgeous, not that any previous ones lacked
Thanks for the kind words. I think my patience is the biggest factor to my tank doing well. Things take time to develop and I am willing to wait them out.
I worked on the 120 today. Swapped out the split board, did some repairs and added the second board around the top. Lows was out of boards so doors are going to have to wait. Plan on setting the nails sanding and filling the nail holes tomorrow. Was supposed to be in Disney this week with the band, but something came up and either the wife or me needed to stay back. I volunteered. There were lots of unaccompanied moms but no dads so it made sence for me to stay home.
Wazzel
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Small oops today while cleaning the tank. I needed to make some room between my slimmer and birds nest, they were growing together. While making the necessary cut on the slimmer it broke no where near where I was cutting. Was upset at first since it was most of the colony. I was able to wedge it on to the part that stayed behind. Should be fine in time.
NickinMS
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I change out the kalk in my kalk stirrer every 2 weeks for this reason and I always see a slight jump in Alk and Ca. I know kalk is not supposed to degrade if it's not exposed to air, but it seems to.
Reef Ruler
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Thanks Mark, I think I'm understanding you correctly. I'll mess around with my lights later and let you know if I run into any issues.
Lilmatty5dimes
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1 year of growth, Feb 2015 and 2016
That's some great growth. Tank looks amazing.
andrewbram
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Great info hoping to now figure out my lights. I am going with 150 cube 36x36. And I thought 2 52 hd would be enough. No I am definately thinking 4 26 hd to prevent shadows. If you have any input please advise wa t to do it right the first time.
Wazzel
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If I was doing a 36" square tank I would use four 26's. The 52's are not going to get to 36" in the long axis.
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