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01/23/2014, 02:41 PM | #51 |
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Verry nice build Art.
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Thanks Jurgen! I've got the DaStaCo dialed in. My alk is rock solid. Its very easy to adjust the alk up and down with just a turn of the dial. I am looking for a better two stage regulator to avoid any more pressure changes in the co2 input, but I haven't had any more alarms in a while so maybe the Tunze will work at least for a while longer.
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Your reef is very beautiful. A very detailed and technical assembly.
Good luck!
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Art,
Very nice setup. I too, used 100% Cerameco rocks in my tank.
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04/07/2014, 02:55 PM | #56 |
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Amazing build sir
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04/07/2014, 07:03 PM | #57 |
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are changing lights?
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04/07/2014, 08:52 PM | #58 |
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Nice, visited the cerameco site for the first time and your tank is the first thing that pops up. Awesome scape
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Thanks Lawrence. It will look better with a frag of that pink acro you have Yes. I need a plug and play solution rather than fiddling with LEDs. The Orpheks are awesome lights, a ton of par, the right mix of colors and complete controllability, but I suck as a user... I started with them too low to the tank and too high on the intensity and cooked a bunch of SPS including a show size red planet that I grew from a little frag. I tried a few different programs and got better results, a few frags started to look pretty nice and my Jedi Mind trick looked better than ever, but I decided I either needed another two units for even coverage or go a different direction. I now have 4 250W radiums with Lumenmax elite reflectors. Oh, and guess what? The temp shot up from a steady 77-78 with the Orpheks to 82 today!! I just ordered some fans to build into the canopy, I'll add a big one in the sump room and we'll see if I can avoid a chiller. Quote:
I do love the structure. But I hope to hide it under a bunch of colonies in the near future!
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04/09/2014, 01:34 AM | #60 |
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Very nice looking build! Very well planned and executed!
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04/10/2014, 09:53 PM | #61 |
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Thanks! I've enjoyed building it.
I'll try to update soon. Lots of new stuff, including a new light rack with new lights and more corals and fish.
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01/03/2015, 03:22 AM | #62 |
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Hello art,
An absolute pleasure reading through your thread. A great build and some nice ideas. Good equipment choice aswell. Made a good decision getting a dastaco I was going to run one before I went triton. Can't wait to see this develop. Gutted the less didn't stay. I did have 400watt radiums 20k on mine in large luminarcs as I found the 250 didn't give enough punch. I got good results. But missed the controllerabilty of the LEDs and the different colours through out the day. Any fish in yet or any updates mate TTFN Your friend from across the pond Kings |
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Ok. This is a dream setup. Well done!!!
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01/03/2015, 07:29 PM | #64 |
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Love this setup, I was hoping to see Cerameco at the RAP shows again but I only seen them once.
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Great build thus far, a pleasure to see a well-built and thought out system. I am running T5 and LED at the moment, but let me tell you, I do often long for my good old MH lighting.
How is the flow in the tank? Perhaps you could drop some food in and show us how it blows around in a video? Looks good so far. I noticed that you mentioned fans vs. a chiller. To be honest, I'd do both. Let the fans run until 82 and then kick on the chiller until the tank hits 79 again. Chillers in SoCal are a pricey but super useful peace of mind in my book. Either way, I hope it works out! I too tried all LED last year, but I just had too much trouble tuning them to the point that my SPS were happy. |
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wow beautiful tank!! i was going to save for another car but this makes me want to change my mind haha
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01/03/2015, 09:08 PM | #67 |
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I need to come pay you a visit and check out your tank. You really did a very nice job with your setup and install. Very well planned and great execution.
Now you just need to post some update pictures of the tank!
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On the fish front, I recently added two female Ventralis Anthias to the DT in the hopes that they will hang out with the male I have had for a year or so. I started with five females in QT but they are quite finicky and only two made it through the 5 week process. So far they are a bit shy, but the male does love to have a couple of hot girls to show off to every once in a while. They make quite a trio. Unfortunately, I have to head to the office for some don't be a jerk... (How'd I do??) Thanks! Quote:
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ello my one another!!
Lighting is so hard I have pretty much tried everything. I did have really good results with my halides luminarcs. I too ran radium 20k the best all round bulb by far. I ran them on electronic ballests. they were 400 watt too. The type of coral you are explaining sounds like one of the less intense light sps. I had a couple of corals bleach a little but let them keeping an eye on them and eventually their colour came back and I got amazing growth and coloration. With the 20k radiums they do tend to pack less of a punch than say a 14k blv or similar so most corals can suffer being higher up. I also know of a few people who used orphans and had mixed results. I love leds always have even when they couldn't really do the job!! I thought for such a long time about what to go for as I liked some of the canons. I watched mike paletta led video and started to lean toward the radion pros. I then visited a very long serving reefer who is a genius and a good friend. he was like me running halides. he had changed to radion pro so I went to see how he was getting on. I left got up the next day and ordered mine. he has had a nem for 17 years and a female clown for 19!! he knows his stuff!! his tank is stunning Like he said to me he has noticed hardly any difference in his corals only slightly better colour. my tank has just got better and better and think these are the best leds. software is great too. I do like t5 as their results speak for them selves. great growth even light distribution and amazing coral pigmentation but I am not a fan of the colour they give of it is too flat and to still without shimmer. finding the right colour combination and the bulb changing is a PITA!! as for the anthias you have picked pretty but harder to keep ones. I always go for normal wreck fish (squamipinnis anthias) or barletts anthias. but who Im I to split up the trio!! he is a lucky male!! If I don't see you through week i'll see you through window!! TTFN kings |
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Thanks for the info Kings. I think my reflectors concentrate the light too much add to that the fact that I have four set end to end with barely an inch between them and I'm just getting too much intensity for all but the most light hungry SPS. Another option would be to get three larger reflectors -- like your luminarcs (discontinued?) or the Hamilton cozumel sun-- but I'm not sure I have the headroom above the tank to place them as high off the water as they need. On the other hand, I had great success with T5's on my last tank and am tempted to go back since I have had so much trouble with lighting so far. To be continued.....
As for my anthias, yes, they are perhaps the most difficult, but I think also the most beautiful. I had decent success over the years with them and they prove very hardy once you get them eating. The trio are now hanging together very closely and look great in the big tank. Perhaps another two females is in order to create a mini shoal! Art
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Amazing build, I guess you are using the apex to control the CL pumps. I love this idea!
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Very nice build!
I have a question for you. I'm in the process of designing the lift mechanism for a light rack over my 300 gallon that I'm setting up. I've already got the Firgelli track actuator on order. Can you post some detail of how you have your pulleys configured? Also what pulleys are you using? From the looks of them, they are normal zinc coated, which I'm concerned about rust/corrosion issues being over the tank. I've been looking at options and while 316 stainless is the best choice, it's also looking like $25+ per pulley, of which I'm estimating 10 to get to all corners without using too much angle for the long runs... |
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I am using the normal zinc coated pulleys, but the are protected from salt spray by the lights and the humidity in the hood is kept low by an exhaust fan. So far they still look as new, no rust spots. Here are some pics of how I have them configured. I use a total of 8 with 4 attachment points on the frame.
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