Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Changing out all my light tubes at the 9 months mark Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Not sure if you guys noticed, I made a major mistake of putting white tubes for the 3rd and 6th tubes. Which means my 1st and last hour of light is white. But the dismounting and mounting of my light set from my cabinet is too shiong! Will just leave it as that and bear with it. Sigh Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 The ATI fan's own filter! Had a piece of netting to trap dust. Guest what happens after 9 months? Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiraltian Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Not sure if you guys noticed, I made a major mistake of putting white tubes for the 3rd and 6th tubes. Which meansmy 1st and last hour of light is white. But the dismounting and mounting of my light set from my cabinet is too shiong! Will just leave it as that and bear with it. Sigh Think u shd use less white and more actinic and blue plus to give your coral better fluorescence. But nonetheless ur corals still look good!! Quote Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture. Lightings : Ecotech Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank. Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil. Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer. FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos. CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor. BPR: Marine Source Biopellet Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump. Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M Sine Wave Pump for Frag Tank. Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member starfish123 Posted March 30, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted March 30, 2014 don't change out all your tubes at once. your corals will get a shock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Think u shd use less white and more actinic and blue plus to give your coral better fluorescence. But nonetheless ur corals still look good!!it was a mistake man. Then I realise also more blue and actinic will also be good to help slow down my coral growth. Haha. Never mind lah. Now we will see colours that's closer to reality. Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 don't change out all your tubes at once. your corals will get a shock.thanks bro. I have already raised my light set higher before bringing it down again. Alternatively can also reduce photoperiod too. but I doubt the spectrum and lux will not have too drastic changes compared to new ones. Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ASHWIN Posted March 30, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted March 30, 2014 Sweet!.love your tank! Quote 300Gallons of Pure Goodness! >Dimensions 6x2x2 (Foot) 1: Maxspect 160 Watt qty-2 2: Vortech MP 40 Wes 3:Jaebao WP40 qty-2 3: Skimz Becket Skimmer/ Ehiem 1260 4: Dymax XC 900 Calcium Reactor 5: American Pinpoint PH Controller 6: Iwaki MD 55 And MD 70 (Return) 7: Hydra Aquatics FR45 Reactor 8:Hailea 10HP Chiller R2R forum->>>http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/photography-forum/154896-ashwins-reefing-photography.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 No change to tank except light composition. FTS1 Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Side of tank Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 And the back FTS Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 A rapidly encroaching green star polyps Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Vortech that was cleaned 3 weeks ago starting to get dirty again Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Miscellaneous pictures Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Additional pictures Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member solasido Posted March 30, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted March 30, 2014 Minus your Derasa now Very nice and colorful tank you have, bro. Thumbs up! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Final set for the day Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Minus your Derasa now Very nice and colorful tank you have, bro. Thumbs up! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD haha. Thanks bro for coming over earlier. Nice meeting u too! Hope u like the derasa Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member solasido Posted March 30, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted March 30, 2014 Nice meeting you, too The Derasa has settled down. It has fully open now. Nice color and pattern. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef garden Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 FTS 2 Sep 13 Feb 14 You guys are so amazing! It's always so inspiring and uplifting to see how fast everything grows in a well setup and maintained reef aquarium. Not to forget that your tank and water look so sparkling clean too! I was also made to believe that we shouldn't mix sps with softies because they share slightly different nutrient conditions but looking at your aquarium, I say it's definitely possible to keep both sps and nps happy at the same time! Well done bro! Quote Aquarium 3 - 250 liters with sump and refugium Jebao DC 6000 pump with speed controller Skimz skimmer AI Hydra 52 HD Hailea HS-66A (1/4 hp) chiller Maxspect Gyre TLF Phosban reactors with Phosban Tunze nano osmolator Marine Magic Triplet Dosing Aquarium 1 - 27 litres Atman HF-0600 HOB filter Maxspect Razor Nano 60W (10,000 K) AOL 60 litres chiller Tunze Nano Osmolator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiraltian Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Agreed with bro reef garden that your tank is really inspirational. Sand bed still got space, can load in more popular lps like Scolymia, Acanthophyllia aka prata. Lol Quote Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture. Lightings : Ecotech Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank. Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil. Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer. FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos. CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor. BPR: Marine Source Biopellet Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump. Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M Sine Wave Pump for Frag Tank. Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member james72 Posted March 31, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted March 31, 2014 Wow, how do you keep the water and tank so clean and clear all the time? Quote Cheers, James Reviving my reef tank : Crystal glass 53" x 22" x 17" rimless (inclusive of 12"x22"x17" IOS) Life Reef HVS3-24 with mazzei venturi ATI Sunpower 8 x 39w T5 (4 x Blue plus, 2 x Aqua blue special, Coral plus) ZET Light 3 x 3w LEDs moonlight Arctica 1/3 Hp + 1/4 Hp back up Vortech mp40w x 3 + Jebao wp25 Eheim 1264 x 3 + water blaster 5000 Vortech back up battery TLF-150 + Rowaphos Activated carbon Kamoer 3 channel + CaCl2 + NaHCo3 150L Refugium with DSB, miracle mud, cheato 2ft T5 x 2 light tubes for refugium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 You guys are so amazing! It's always so inspiring and uplifting to see how fast everything grows in a well setup and maintained reef aquarium. Not to forget that your tank and water look so sparkling clean too! I was also made to believe that we shouldn't mix sps with softies because they share slightly different nutrient conditions but looking at your aquarium, I say it's definitely possible to keep both sps and nps happy at the same time!Well done bro!thanks bro for the very flattering comments. Actually I'm still struggling with some pockets of cyano on the sandbed but maybe not clear from photo. I do a stir up of the sandbed each time I change water though and of course... I do the back breaking task of scraping my glass before taking any photos. Haha. Yup, LPS and sps can coexist rather well. Just need to know their characteristics. Julian Sprung and Charles Deelback(hope I got his name right) reefing books are really references! Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 Agreed with bro reef garden that your tank is really inspirational. Sand bed still got space, can load in more popular lps like Scolymia, Acanthophyllia aka prata. Lol oh no! Temptations! Haha. Been trying to control myself leh coz I thought if too cluttered might make the tank look very messy. Let's see how long more I can stay disciplined. Hahaha Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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