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I wasnt in the market but I came across a deal on a Kessil A360WE (tuna) that I just couldnt pass up today. I wont be able to get another to match until next week but there is a chance I'll be able to use these with my existing canopy. This would put the light roughly 8.5" above the water line which might be just enough to get the coverage I need (keeping my fingers crossed).
On another note, I snapped a shot with all the fish visible (gotta really look for one of them). How many can you find? |
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Retested KH today at 8.15 and Ca at 455. Only one day of data right now but it looks like KH dropped ~1.5-3. I added about .5g of fresh saltwater mix yesterday because of the shrimps acclimation process so that will muddy the numbers a bit. I'll continue to monitor the rest of the week and should have a good idea of what is being consumed. Best guess right now is 1.5 KH and 1ppm CA daily on a total volume of 72.5g (based on dosing this appears to be exceptionally close).
Also did some gonkulating and it looks like I can drop the lights to 4" above the water line and still cover 44" at the bottom (outer dimensions of my rock structure). Cant wait to start testing. |
10/05/2016, 07:03 PM | #106 |
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I spent some time messing with the placement of the Kessils over the tank today. I downloaded a simple LUX app on the cell phone and took some measurements. With the Kessil on the lowest setting, it produced 6000-6100 LUX at approximately 4.5" below the light. The SBReef 16" basic boxes produced 5700-5900 LUX at approximately 8.5" below the light (about as close as I could make them). The coverage of the Kessil really caught me by surprise. After reading a lot of threads I had some concerns about their realistic coverage until I watched BRS TV Episode 21. After mocking them up over the tank, I was blown away by the coverage, shimmer, and color (set at approximately 70%). The anemone is roughly two inches right of center in the tank.
SBReef 16" basic box 9" above water (right side SBReef on) Kessil A360WE 5" above water line (right side SBReef on). The Kessil is mounted 8.5" left of center. SBReef left, Kessil right. With the placement worked out, I got to work on getting the canopy ready for the lights. Had to run over to the hardware store to get a hole saw (4 1/8"); those suckers get exponentially more expensive after about 2 1/2"! The holes came out exceptionally clean! I had absolutely no splintering, not sure how I pulled that off (pretty sure it was because of the Red Gard and paint on the underside). Still brain storming how I want to mount them within the canopy. I have a few ideas but I havent settle on one yet (I'm sure I'll wake in the middle of the night with something). |
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Marineland 75g (48x18x21) Kessil A360WE (x2) Ebay 1200gph low profile overflow (1" bulkheads to tank with 3/4" drains) Eshopps R-200 sump/refugium (2nd generation) 6500k compact fluorescent (x2) in clip on fixtures Bubble Magus Curve 5 skimmer BRS carbon reactor Waveline DC6000 return pump Jebao PP8 wavemakers (x2) Current fish list: Coral beauty angel Yellow tang Lyretail anthias (female) Black ocellaris clown Pearly jawfish Randall's goby Kaudern's cardinal Yellow assessor Chalk bass Current invert list: Tiger pistol shrimp Peppermint shrimp (2-3) Skunk cleaner shrimp Brittle star Sea Cucumber Reefcleaners CUC Current coral/anemone list: Duncan Torch Meteor shower (cyphastria) Monti cap (red) Pipe organ Jack-O-Lantern Rose bubble tip anemone Green mushroom |
10/06/2016, 02:50 PM | #108 |
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I like the look of your tank with the Kessil. I really like your aquascape. It just looks natural. I'm setting up a 75 right now and I'm struggling to make it look more natural
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I need to paint everything but I made the cradles to suspend the lights. I need to find some grommets for the top of the canopy to make that nice and clean still too (I'm thinking port covers for speaker boxes will probably work out pretty well). The hardware isnt stainless but is cheap, off the shelf stuff at the local hardware store so it's easily replaced. The lights sit 4.75" above the water line and the coverage comes just under the center brace of the aquarium just as planned.
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Wow the kessils look amazing beautiful tank
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Awesome. Thanks
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Quick question, are you the madweazl from clay-boa?
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The cali tort is in a location that makes it impossible to photograph well from outside the tank so I decided to go inside and put the S7s water resistance to the test. 10k white balance has provided very close color rendition.
And she finally gets to show off her true colors! Last edited by madweazl; 10/14/2016 at 06:45 PM. |
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Picked up a Reef Raft Wolverine over the weekend (tiny but I'll work on getting a decent picture) along with a couple other sticks (currently unknown so perhaps I can get some ID help as I get pictures posted later).
I begrudgingly performed some maintenance on the sump this morning. The skimmer really needs a complete tear down and bleach (rather unsightly right now) but I was lazy and cleaned the cup and reachable neck/body. Foam block in the bubble trap was getting pretty nasty so I cleaned it up too (released a lot of pods from the refugium area I'm sure so that will make some display critters happy). It was time to replace the carbon so the reactor is getting a thorough cleaning. Nothing exciting this morning but necessary (and better than putting everything off until I have to do it all at once). It looks like I'll probably have to add another Kessil (160) to provide a little more coverage where I placed the new SPS; they're about 8-9" below the water line and two are on the perimeter of what I'd call adequate coverage. I'll give it a week and move forward with a plan after some more observation. |
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