New 265g from Portugal - Page 10

rmgaspar · 04/10/2017, 08:09 AM

And is it just me or this undata is trying to tell me something? LOL

All the best,
Rui

eutimio · 04/12/2017, 04:32 AM

not sure if I missed it but what kind of camera are you using and what lens?
thanks

rmgaspar · 04/15/2017, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eutimio

not sure if I missed it but what kind of camera are you using and what lens?
thanks

Hello eutimio

I use a Canon EOS 400D with one of two lenses EF 100mm Macro 2.8 or the 50mm 1.8II depending on the mood!

For Corals I use Aperture Priority (9-11), ISO 400 and central spot focus

For Fishes I use Velocity Priority (160), ISO 400 and central spot focus.

I then use Adobe LightRoom to remove a spot I have in the CCD on the far left of the picture (you can see in some as I don't clean all the photos) and I change the temperature for 15000k to match my lighting.

That's it ... then just keep practising. The more photos you take the better they will become!

All the best,
Rui

rmgaspar · 04/27/2017, 03:17 AM

Hello again,

Several people showed interest in my old tank.
I told them ... I will not sell it or give it away except if you are willing to take it down and re-glue all the glass properly.

If it's not secure for me it's not secure for anyone.

Finally I found some people willing to take it ... they call the recycling glass guys ... LOL! A heavy hammer, 10 bags and a carton box after there it went to the place the tank really deserved.

DONE!

Meanwhile I changed my phone. From an iPhone 6 plus to the brand new Galaxy S8+

While I can say it's fun for a quick snap it get's no where near my DSLR with Macro Lense

In the middle of a water change

rmgaspar · 04/27/2017, 03:18 AM

Got to love my ATI SunPower T5 fixtures ... see the brown and dead tissue under the coral????

[IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3tP0Gi55LkF0KZzFP5sLlAdaf3o2V2ARkamHhMsgU0aQweMqlAJ-x6Z7RbZnJbcv4SigUij_TNO9asevjDYwOPtzfH3uopVnm1Cmy7WWze_BNHVpBocY7v1kb0xp-gaIAk3i7oHsN6MnERlI1C09epELG-nQ47utjP5UnH5wMDcdsGcpE2bHqv3ja1wgB4wItYDNJ7N8uze6tdZnFtUwXWgpn6lbqgc3wfWY-JCynsh_IRz3EwuDEfR0zMj-wcWvD_WcYPHkqOLNyW2PDb1O3y4V4faltS2vRQgZOOsJvjP9HGBHX5_y3yeJ9UYbDddvKiUlT-v5NE4Wd9bCYr9Qb***Hc1A7-Sk4vnJgsF-_3SInQQDS4rLMCr9C8kwAFVLildY69RfaMV0ykvouG2AaBTXCAuZI_a_55ZxIdz9SPS62WmtNNq1CkDssGBLPEaStbC-Icflump95BJ5P6I4ZG1akNBWDKjOiJfi6BdUpAkB8_mew8pubRpPEWlyVNup94yu4PJtoH_XQTr72AeKGO4PNEBYBVdLJA0cjjCq B3rUcHrZeZramZq8HsPHua9rnxx__k8CmoIMFQ0sbBUZ9NLXv1VbITiqRgX3Oh98w3tuFGi3zVih2g=w1510-h1132-no[/IMG]

And some TOP DOWN!

rmgaspar · 04/27/2017, 03:18 AM

rmgaspar · 04/27/2017, 03:19 AM

All the best,
Rui

taba1986 · 04/27/2017, 04:07 PM

beautiful tank hopefully i can get to this point one day

rmgaspar · 04/28/2017, 02:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taba1986

beautiful tank hopefully i can get to this point one day

Thank you taba! I am sure you will ...

rmgaspar · 05/26/2017, 04:38 AM

Hello ....

A couple of news in the meantime!

Something that was bothering me was the lack of light ... having two times 6x T5 80W covering 1.4m out of 2.2m of aquarium was clearly short!

Paulo Oliveira was here and we did the experiment with an ATI 6x24W fixture I had laying around to see how the coverage would improve. I was surrender by the result

As I can't seem to stop quiet I had immediately to address the problem and decided to put the ATI T5 8x24W that I had over the frag system. The 6x 24W will take is place in the frag tank!

Since I had some leftovers from the previous hang lift I just had to purchase two more pulleys and make myself available for the task

With a couple of broom sticks I lowered the fixtures and you can also see the sides of the tank poorly lighted.

Fixtures down and ready to power down.

I aligned the fixtures to be able to mark the ceiling with the new drills. Don't mind the dust in the fixtures. They have been cleaned already.

Meanwhile by a friend suggestion I decided to buy a plumb bob! (I used google translate. Is this really the word?)

And the final result

above view and will all the fixtures cleaned.

and a video with all the three fixtures working in the shade lift
[MEDIA=youtube]SFFbPvu_u6A[/MEDIA]

As for the corals and fished they keep growing ... I need to make time to take some updated photos!

All the best,
Rui

Andrew D · 05/27/2017, 10:10 AM

Beautiful aquascape. very nicely done.

dave.m · 05/27/2017, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rmgaspar

Meanwhile by a friend suggestion I decided to buy a plumb bob! (I used google translate. Is this really the word?)

Yes, this is correct: "plumb" from Latin for lead, used to weight a line for measuring the vertical.

Dave.M

vanburen · 05/28/2017, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rmgaspar

Hello ....

Meanwhile by a friend suggestion I decided to buy a plumb bob! (I used google translate. Is this really the word?)

Rui

Amazingly it is! You got it right. Looks great!

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

rmgaspar · 05/29/2017, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew D

Beautiful aquascape. very nicely done.

Thank you Andrew ...

rmgaspar · 05/29/2017, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dave.m

Yes, this is correct: "plumb" from Latin for lead, used to weight a line for measuring the vertical.

Dave.M

Thank you Dave

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanburen

Amazingly it is! You got it right. Looks great!

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thank you vanburen

All the best,
Rui

rmgaspar · 06/19/2017, 09:38 AM

Hello everyone ...

Long time no update ... I have been out of home due to work. Hopefully I will have more time at home now.

Meanwhile there were a couple of changes. I leveraged the fact that I have travelled to US and bought myself the brand new ATK from Neptune.

I am very happy with the unit so far. Nicely built and a very nice addition to my APEX configuration.

The arrival of the box was a excitement for me. I think I am one of the first in Europe to have one ...

The only think I don't like is the grey of the new modules ... I have my APEX Classic all black and orange ...
Every cable is properly identified so the connections are a breeze!

It comes with an PMUP with adapter for 1/4" tubing, a check valve and the orange tubing!

The support is good crafting quality although I would love to have a little stronger magnet as any touch in the support will title the optical sensors. Since it is to be in the back of the sump I think people wouldn't be banging on the support.

And I really liked the instructions manual ... really nice!

And here it is in place! It took me roughly 5m to setup everything connected to APEX. In standalone mode would be even faster!

So far I am very happy with the security that this system brings to my installation. You can see in the above picture my old level sensors that will soon be replaced. I will only leave the low level one as I want the stop the return pump if the level in the SUMP becomes critically low.

Now I just need to add a flow sensor to FMM to control my flow in the Calcium Reactor and I am thinking also on a leak sensor to really have piece of mind!

Stay tuned as the next post will reveal more APEX new gear!

All the best,
Rui

rmgaspar · 06/19/2017, 09:51 AM

Hello again ...

And so ... the ATK could not be the only thing ... I was also planning to do an Automated Water Change system to my reef to change 12 litres of water per day. This will allow me to reduce my weekly WC to 100l instead of the 200l I was doing.

So I bought an DÖS also ...

Very well packaged ...

With a measuring cup ... plastic not glass ... and it does not seem very accurate to be honest. And it does not have also the decimal graduation so to read 41.3 is actually dificult because you only have 41 or 42ml in the scale

The configuration was also a breeze ... you set up the interval of the day you want for the WC to happen and define the total amount in millilitres you want to change

This is my setup ... I have a 1000 litres deposit where I store my Natural Sea Water

We will see overtime how this plays ... If 12 litres is too much for DÖS to handle I will change the system to PMUP to achieve the same goal.

Very happy with the purchases so far.

Also I need to give Kudos to Neptune Support. One of my WAV pumps was stalling with no apparent error and after getting an RMA I was delivered a new pump to replace ...

All the best,
Rui

ClarkiiGriswald · 06/19/2017, 06:19 PM

This is an amazing aquarium! Keep it up!

rmgaspar · 06/21/2017, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClarkiiGriswald

This is an amazing aquarium! Keep it up!

Thank you! I will. I will ...

I am really excited!

I would actually like to know if there is anyone else in Europe with an ATK ... I would love to share some experiences ... Maybe Terence will know that?

Meanwhile here is my Fusion Dashboard. Sorry for the "missing WAV" as I haven't received the new one yet and also I had a powerline failure and need to buy new devices for my camera. That's why the image does not display.

All the best,
Rui

reefzone123 · 06/25/2017, 08:09 PM

holy customness. woah. love your setup. beautiful breathtaking visuals.

rmgaspar · 06/26/2017, 03:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reefzone123

holy customness. woah. love your setup. beautiful breathtaking visuals.

Thank you reefzone ...

The tank actually is not going thru a good phase right now.

I have a major outbreak of diatoms. Lack of circulation I guess.

And the corals are somewhat pale!

I will keep the WC and hope this goes away soon!

All the best,
Rui

rmgaspar · 06/26/2017, 12:03 PM

meanwhile ...

One year ago ...

June.2016

Nov.2016

Dez.2016

Jan.2017

Feb.2017

Apr.2017

Jun.2017

All the best,
Rui

rmgaspar · 07/31/2017, 05:40 AM

Hello everyone ...

Long time no update ... work ... vacations ... and some misadventures with the reef ...

I had created the APEX board ... altough very nice and without cables in sight it didn't prove easy to maintain. Everytime I had to change a wire or clean a pump I had to disasemble the board ...
So I reverted back to the initial concept. Not so pretty but much more practical maintnance wise. Check the video!

went from this:

to this:

What I tought was a diatom outbreak turned out to be a major dinoflagellate outbreak ... So ... AEFW, Aptaisa, Dictyiota and now Dinos ... any thing left for me to handle? bring it on baby ... bring it on ...

I will update with pictures later but after one month dinos are in check. Massive water changes with sand siphon, more light to chaeto, more fishes hence more food to try and bring the nutrients slowly up and give a chance for corals and chaeto to compete.

Seems to be working ... not perfect yet but at least dinos are slowly going away.

Uploading pictures ... be right back!

Ajae · 08/01/2017, 08:49 AM

Man everything looks great! Maybe the "newness" of the tank created some mini-cycles. I have a 225 (852L) gallon tank and sump that I had made about 6-7 months ago sitting dry because of job situation but hopefully I can get mine to revival yours someday.

Jsarrow · 01/21/2019, 01:31 PM

great looking reefs! Any updates?

05/27/2017, 10:10 AM	#236
Andrew D Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada Posts: 356	Beautiful aquascape. very nicely done. __________________ 350G display, 700G system loaded with all kinds of neat stuff! Current Tank Info: 350G DT, 700G system including in-line mantis, anemone and frag tanks

06/26/2017, 12:03 PM	#247
rmgaspar Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 267	meanwhile ... One year ago ... June.2016 Nov.2016 Dez.2016 Jan.2017 Feb.2017 Feb.2017 Apr.2017 Jun.2017 All the best, Rui

04/10/2017, 08:09 AM	#226
rmgaspar Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 267	And is it just me or this undata is trying to tell me something? LOL All the best, Rui

04/12/2017, 04:32 AM	#227
eutimio Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 102	not sure if I missed it but what kind of camera are you using and what lens? thanks

04/27/2017, 03:17 AM	#229
rmgaspar Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 267	Hello again, Several people showed interest in my old tank. I told them ... I will not sell it or give it away except if you are willing to take it down and re-glue all the glass properly. If it's not secure for me it's not secure for anyone. Finally I found some people willing to take it ... they call the recycling glass guys ... LOL! A heavy hammer, 10 bags and a carton box after there it went to the place the tank really deserved. DONE! Meanwhile I changed my phone. From an iPhone 6 plus to the brand new Galaxy S8+ While I can say it's fun for a quick snap it get's no where near my DSLR with Macro Lense In the middle of a water change

04/27/2017, 03:18 AM	#230
rmgaspar Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 267	Got to love my ATI SunPower T5 fixtures ... see the brown and dead tissue under the coral???? [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3tP0Gi55LkF0KZzFP5sLlAdaf3o2V2ARkamHhMsgU0aQweMqlAJ-x6Z7RbZnJbcv4SigUij_TNO9asevjDYwOPtzfH3uopVnm1Cmy7WWze_BNHVpBocY7v1kb0xp-gaIAk3i7oHsN6MnERlI1C09epELG-nQ47utjP5UnH5wMDcdsGcpE2bHqv3ja1wgB4wItYDNJ7N8uze6tdZnFtUwXWgpn6lbqgc3wfWY-JCynsh_IRz3EwuDEfR0zMj-wcWvD_WcYPHkqOLNyW2PDb1O3y4V4faltS2vRQgZOOsJvjP9HGBHX5_y3yeJ9UYbDddvKiUlT-v5NE4Wd9bCYr9Qb***Hc1A7-Sk4vnJgsF-_3SInQQDS4rLMCr9C8kwAFVLildY69RfaMV0ykvouG2AaBTXCAuZI_a_55ZxIdz9SPS62WmtNNq1CkDssGBLPEaStbC-Icflump95BJ5P6I4ZG1akNBWDKjOiJfi6BdUpAkB8_mew8pubRpPEWlyVNup94yu4PJtoH_XQTr72AeKGO4PNEBYBVdLJA0cjjCq B3rUcHrZeZramZq8HsPHua9rnxx__k8CmoIMFQ0sbBUZ9NLXv1VbITiqRgX3Oh98w3tuFGi3zVih2g=w1510-h1132-no[/IMG] And some TOP DOWN!

04/27/2017, 03:18 AM	#231
rmgaspar Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 267

04/27/2017, 03:19 AM	#232
rmgaspar Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 267	All the best, Rui

04/27/2017, 04:07 PM	#233
taba1986 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: miami, fl Posts: 26	beautiful tank hopefully i can get to this point one day

05/26/2017, 04:38 AM	#235
rmgaspar Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 267	Hello .... A couple of news in the meantime! Something that was bothering me was the lack of light ... having two times 6x T5 80W covering 1.4m out of 2.2m of aquarium was clearly short! Paulo Oliveira was here and we did the experiment with an ATI 6x24W fixture I had laying around to see how the coverage would improve. I was surrender by the result As I can't seem to stop quiet I had immediately to address the problem and decided to put the ATI T5 8x24W that I had over the frag system. The 6x 24W will take is place in the frag tank! Since I had some leftovers from the previous hang lift I just had to purchase two more pulleys and make myself available for the task With a couple of broom sticks I lowered the fixtures and you can also see the sides of the tank poorly lighted. Fixtures down and ready to power down. I aligned the fixtures to be able to mark the ceiling with the new drills. Don't mind the dust in the fixtures. They have been cleaned already. Meanwhile by a friend suggestion I decided to buy a plumb bob! (I used google translate. Is this really the word?) And the final result above view and will all the fixtures cleaned. and a video with all the three fixtures working in the shade lift [MEDIA=youtube]SFFbPvu_u6A[/MEDIA] As for the corals and fished they keep growing ... I need to make time to take some updated photos! All the best, Rui

06/19/2017, 09:38 AM	#241
rmgaspar Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 267	Hello everyone ... Long time no update ... I have been out of home due to work. Hopefully I will have more time at home now. Meanwhile there were a couple of changes. I leveraged the fact that I have travelled to US and bought myself the brand new ATK from Neptune. I am very happy with the unit so far. Nicely built and a very nice addition to my APEX configuration. The arrival of the box was a excitement for me. I think I am one of the first in Europe to have one ... The only think I don't like is the grey of the new modules ... I have my APEX Classic all black and orange ... Every cable is properly identified so the connections are a breeze! It comes with an PMUP with adapter for 1/4" tubing, a check valve and the orange tubing! The support is good crafting quality although I would love to have a little stronger magnet as any touch in the support will title the optical sensors. Since it is to be in the back of the sump I think people wouldn't be banging on the support. And I really liked the instructions manual ... really nice! And here it is in place! It took me roughly 5m to setup everything connected to APEX. In standalone mode would be even faster! So far I am very happy with the security that this system brings to my installation. You can see in the above picture my old level sensors that will soon be replaced. I will only leave the low level one as I want the stop the return pump if the level in the SUMP becomes critically low. Now I just need to add a flow sensor to FMM to control my flow in the Calcium Reactor and I am thinking also on a leak sensor to really have piece of mind! Stay tuned as the next post will reveal more APEX new gear! All the best, Rui

06/19/2017, 09:51 AM	#242
rmgaspar Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 267	Hello again ... And so ... the ATK could not be the only thing ... I was also planning to do an Automated Water Change system to my reef to change 12 litres of water per day. This will allow me to reduce my weekly WC to 100l instead of the 200l I was doing. So I bought an DÖS also ... Very well packaged ... With a measuring cup ... plastic not glass ... and it does not seem very accurate to be honest. And it does not have also the decimal graduation so to read 41.3 is actually dificult because you only have 41 or 42ml in the scale The configuration was also a breeze ... you set up the interval of the day you want for the WC to happen and define the total amount in millilitres you want to change This is my setup ... I have a 1000 litres deposit where I store my Natural Sea Water We will see overtime how this plays ... If 12 litres is too much for DÖS to handle I will change the system to PMUP to achieve the same goal. Very happy with the purchases so far. Also I need to give Kudos to Neptune Support. One of my WAV pumps was stalling with no apparent error and after getting an RMA I was delivered a new pump to replace ... All the best, Rui

06/19/2017, 06:19 PM	#243
ClarkiiGriswald Registered Member Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 8	This is an amazing aquarium! Keep it up!

06/25/2017, 08:09 PM	#245
reefzone123 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 194	holy customness. woah. love your setup. beautiful breathtaking visuals.

07/31/2017, 05:40 AM	#248
rmgaspar Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 267	Hello everyone ... Long time no update ... work ... vacations ... and some misadventures with the reef ... I had created the APEX board ... altough very nice and without cables in sight it didn't prove easy to maintain. Everytime I had to change a wire or clean a pump I had to disasemble the board ... So I reverted back to the initial concept. Not so pretty but much more practical maintnance wise. Check the video! went from this: to this: What I tought was a diatom outbreak turned out to be a major dinoflagellate outbreak ... So ... AEFW, Aptaisa, Dictyiota and now Dinos ... any thing left for me to handle? bring it on baby ... bring it on ... I will update with pictures later but after one month dinos are in check. Massive water changes with sand siphon, more light to chaeto, more fishes hence more food to try and bring the nutrients slowly up and give a chance for corals and chaeto to compete. Seems to be working ... not perfect yet but at least dinos are slowly going away. Uploading pictures ... be right back!

08/01/2017, 08:49 AM	#249
Ajae Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 171	Man everything looks great! Maybe the "newness" of the tank created some mini-cycles. I have a 225 (852L) gallon tank and sump that I had made about 6-7 months ago sitting dry because of job situation but hopefully I can get mine to revival yours someday.

01/21/2019, 01:31 PM	#250
Jsarrow Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Northbay Posts: 179	great looking reefs! Any updates?