Let's see your marine tanks!

[spiff]

hqi is double ended bulb.

single ended ones r called mogul base bulb.

most ppl in s'pore uses hqi. me n hon use hqi

iwasakis r single ended. u r correct tt they blast out par. no other SE bulb can do the same. hqi only can come close. hqis olso lose their intensity and shift spectrum very fast.

6500k bulb r very very yellow n u may not like it, whereas 10ks r nice crisp white.

maybe this can help u decide par comparsion

[Phang]

Yep,

the difference in PAR comparison between HQIs and Iwasakis is distinctive!!

So, According to the infor, Placing a 250W iwasaki Bulb with a PAR of 140 6 inches from the water surface will result in around 1260 PAR.

with reflector... shld improve by 50%, resulting in 1890 PAR.

so 50% of this is lost at 6-12 inches depth and only 25% remains at 24 inches...so know where to place the corals now...hehehe.

If excess light results in colour pigmentation changes.... then would high PAR results in SPS corals colouration change by placing them in different depths of the aquarium..???

The crisp bluish sheen from 10000k would definitely help in the appearance of the reef tank but would it contribute to the corals needs in light requirements....

Please advise...

Phang

[Morgan]

Hi Spiff

Finally get to see your tank

Nice acro you got there.

[robe]

My SPS tank w/ 2 x150 and 1 x 250 w Iwasaki

[robe]

Right side view

[robe]

center of tank, all acros are frags that I made. including the center 8 months seriatopora which came from a frag 1.5" long. Sorry wrong pic

[robe]

this should be the pic

[gaswho]

sorry about my pervious msg...forgot to resize my pic....hehe...attached is the resized pic...btw is there no way to delete my previous posting?? and how come my current pic show only half way? can someone enlighten me?

[Morgan]

Robe

Wow nice tank!!

Maybe I could buy some acro and seriatopora frags from you.

[spiff]

ya robe me olso wanna BUY afew frags tooo!

[ong]

Wah.....all so nice!!!! My attached.....a bit 'peh-said' lah:

[nivlac]

Mine's here.

[Achilles Tang]

Great looking tanks everyone!

[Jeremy]

My first mini set-up...pei sei pei sei...green bird showing a little tank:)

[Achilles Tang]

Mine's here.

Niv,

Your tank looks like a Aquatechnic tank...

[Achilles Tang]

My first mini set-up...pei sei pei sei...green bird showing a little tank:)

Hey Jeremy...!!

Finally I see your tank... not too bad for a newbie... but I see a bad mistake happening... that big star fish is NOT reef-safe!

You will find your coral polyps being eaten... better return it back to the LFS.

[nivlac]

Niv,

Your tank looks like a Aquatechnic tank...

AT, yes it's an aquatechnic tank......almost 6 yrs old liao.

[Achilles Tang]

AT, yes it's an aquatechnic tank......almost 6 yrs old liao.

I thought so! I also recognized the cyarina / scolymia species from them... I have two beautiful ones in my tank too! Here they are: lousy shots though coz i borrowed somebody's cam and I was learning how to use it for the first time...

How much did you pay for your tank and whats the specs?

[chanbi]

Wow!! the red one is very nice.. I don't think i see any LFS selling it for the past few mths.. Any lobang?

[Achilles Tang]

I paid a very very high price for it.... 3 figures.. <_<

But it's very rare to find it in this colour... so go figure... I have never seen anything like this in all my years of LFS visits.

[chanbi]

**sigh** then how did u get it? And will it be on display at the warming party?

[ong]

I saw once, two mth back in ReefWorld. They called it 'Roti-plater' Funny name, believe only Singapore called this name. Small one, red, 5cm in dia. selling at S$50 each. A normal green plater only at $10/-.

[chanbi]

Pls let me know if anyone see it again.. Thanks.

[B|uEc@rpEt]

I have a little red one.....

Hope this picture helps ya find....

Sorrie the pic is not too clear as it was taken at night (when the coral is zzzZZZZ)

Its usually bigger in the day...

Cheers...

L|o

[nivlac]

I thought so! I also recognized the cyarina / scolymia species from them... I have two beautiful ones in my tank too! Here they are: lousy shots though coz i borrowed somebody's cam and I was learning how to use it for the first time...

How much did you pay for your tank and whats the specs?

AT, I bought only the tank, the aluminium stand, and the sump (now chucked for a self-designed sump/ refugium) from them. It was set up 6 years ago as a freshwater planted tank and only became a marine tank June 01. Capacity of the tank is about 270 litres and the sump/ refugium holds another 35 litres or so.

Oh yes, the scolymia/ cynaria- my favourite corals. I'm always on the lookout for spectacular specimens. The red one you have is gorgeous. I've bugged Alice at Aquatechnic to sell me her orange one but when she mentioned $250 earlier this year, I almost dropped dead. When I figured out what the heck, go get it, she wasn't willing to sell anymore! So your 3 figure sum paid seems to be a reasonable price as I've not seen these kind of corals for a long time.

The green one (my fav coral in the tank) you see was bought from pac marine in Aug last year for 30 bucks. It's diameter is now easily 7 inches on a good day. I've recently bought another orange striped one from them (2 inches) for the same price. Will post a pic on this coral soon.