Blueheaven's 4ft Tank

[giantbicycle]

Aiyah you found out my fetish liao hmm maybe i do one on the amro of all my zoos

NOooooooOOO......That will only made me jealous everytime i see it..

[blueheaven]

Why not do one for yourself?

[giantbicycle]

Why not do one for yourself?

who me? NArh, not qualify for it...nthing to put up

[blueheaven]

Got some SPS frags today

Got a purple monti cap, purple with green corallites mille and a green polyped mille

PS, the purple cap I got an extra frag

[giantbicycle]

Got some SPS frags today

Got a purple monti cap, purple with green corallites mille and a green polyped mille

PS, the purple cap I got an extra frag

got pics?? BTw, u got a lot of lobang hor

[blueheaven]

FINALLY fixed up my 250w with a stand made by DE

[blueheaven]

These guys are bright!!!!

Now I don't have to turn on the room lights (no kidding!!!)

[blueheaven]

Also bought a wooden shelf to place my ballasts and power sockets

[daimy068]

Well done blueheaven! Nice MH frame! Looks very stable!

[blueheaven]

Well done blueheaven! Nice MH frame! Looks very stable!

The frame was from DE and I did all the drilling and screwing....

[blueheaven]

The overall look of the tank is quite yellowish as expected and I hope it will lighten up soon.

My baby blue zoos and palytoa are getting a little bit stressed up by the sudden change in lighting. Would observe them a few more days before deciding whether I should move them down.

[ettin]

Bro,

Always great to view your tank's progress. I have a question for you.....

I just started my 4 ft tank 2 months back, I would like to know when can I try SPS and what is the easiest SPS to start with? I have 2 x 250W MH , Chiller & Beckett.. pretty much like what you have also a CR....

[blueheaven]

For SPS, you have to read up more on husbandry. In short, I consider water quality as top priority with water movement as next and strong lightings as last priority.

If you have stable water parameters and turbulent, multi-directional flow and of course good lights and have armed yourself with an array of information about SPS, you might want to try M. digitatas and M. capricornis first as a start. If the specimens have started to encrust on the rocks and polyps are visible, you are on the right track.

The one greatest mistake that you can make is to jump into SPS without knowing proper husbandry. As you can see, I only started SPS when my tank is almost a year old

[blueheaven]

BTW, I am considering changing my skimmer pump to a Rio 20HF. Since my pump is just beside the skimmer, the headloss would not be too great. What do you guys think?

[Achilles Tang]

These guys are bright!!!!

Now I don't have to turn on the room lights (no kidding!!!)

That's nothing. The neighbour directly across my unit in the next block saves a ton of electricity with the free bright lighting coming from my MHs!

[ciaolong]

That's nothing. The neighbour directly across my unit in the next block saves a ton of electricity with the free bright lighting coming from my MHs!

lol

my house u can see from across the river or freeway since the front is lighted after dark from the mh of the tanks

[prec]

That's nothing. The neighbour directly across my unit in the next block saves a ton of electricity with the free bright lighting coming from my MHs!

pengz!

must shift near you liao to save electricity..

[acidjazz]

BTW, I am considering changing my skimmer pump to a Rio 20HF. Since my pump is just beside the skimmer, the headloss would not be too great. What do you guys think?

Rio20 is a very affordable pump. 5400l/hr and its only 50watt. currently using that as my return for my 3.5x2.5x2.5ft tank. Enough flow and power despite the head loss.

Alternatively, i think can consider Ocean Runner or Eheim1262 also.

[acidjazz]

i got DE 250watt 14k MH a month ago. Its extremely bright, but too strong for my lps.

[blueheaven]

The colour of the BLVs are very yellow. Even the T5s are not able to offset the colour.

Hope it turns whiter when it had burned in

Will post a tank pic with the new lights on later at night

Anyway, will there be an increase in skimmer performance if I change my MD40 to a Rio 20HF? I have not been reading the threads recently so would like some comments

[dr evil]

Hi BH,

As not to shock ur live stocks with the new 250's, try running lesser hours in the begining and gradually increasing the number of hours.

The 10k are not pleasant to the eye but it will benefit ur corals esp for sps.

run a few actinics to suppliment the 10ks...... that will make the look more whiter...

cheers

[blueheaven]

Hi BH,

As not to shock ur live stocks with the new 250's, try running lesser hours in the begining and gradually increasing the number of hours.

The 10k are not pleasant to the eye but it will benefit ur corals esp for sps.

run a few actinics to suppliment the 10ks...... that will make the look more whiter...

cheers

Yeah I had eggcrates on the top of the water to diffuse the light. Will remove by the end of this week

Are the 10kk really so yellowish looking? Or maybe the colour would change once I run it for a few more days?

And also, I am supplimenting them with 2x54w T5s an Aquaz Actinic and an Aqualight CoralBlue.

[veliferium]

Way to go BH,another success in the making of ur tank.Hope someday that your tank can be as prominent in SRC as those more experienced reefers out there

Keep it up

Cheers,

Vel

[blueheaven]

Thanks a lot bro Vel

Anyway, here's a pic of the purple monti cap I got under -2 exposure

Pic is still blur as I am still using the crappy camera

[blueheaven]

Here's the extra frag which I am looking to trade