andy Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 55 gallon Tru-Vu acrylic tank, 48″x15″x18″ with DIY overflow & durso 2x Reeflux 12K 250W metal halides on Sunlight Supply dual Galaxy ballast 2 Tunze Nano Stream 6055 powerheads, on 2 Single Controllers 2 Hydor Koralia 3 powerheads Neptune Systems AquaController Jr. w/ DC-8 Eheim 1262 return pump DIY Recirculating Skimmer with Ocean Runner 2700 mesh-modded recirc pump Kalk drip ATO via floatswitch, controlled by ACjr. 250W Visi-therm Stealth heater 1x Two Little Fishies reactor - Granulated Ferric Oxide ("Phos-ban") 1x Two Little Fishies reactor - Sea-Chem Purigen 20G AGA tank as Sump CF Spotlight on sump, with chaeto -- lamp running reverse lighting cycle Livestock Highlights Acropora tenuis: Acropora valida: Acropora sp.: Montipora digitata: Montipora capricornus: Tridacna derasa: Zoanthus sps. Acropora tortuosa: Acropora echinata & tortuosa: Seriatopora hystrix: Acropora sp. (tabling): Acropora sp.: Blastomussa wellsi: Amphiprion ocellaris, A. percula & Entamacea quadricolor: Ricordia florida: Pterapogon kauderni: Zebrasoma flavescens: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sontdo Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 nice stuffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Very nice looking tank Andy!! Nice little collection going on there. And as usual VERY GOOD pictures!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Nice! I like the Percula/Ocellaris pair! And DANG! you have alot of flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Amphiprion ocellaris & Heteractis quadricolor: From the looks of the eyes, you have an A. Percula (lover center) and an A. Ocellaris (upper right). Notice the Perc has an orange ring around its eye, and the ocellaris has a black ring. I'm also guessing you meant Entamacea instead of Heteractis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 From the looks of the eyes, you have an A. Percula (lover center) and an A. Ocellaris (upper right). Notice the Perc has an orange ring around its eye, and the ocellaris has a black ring. I'm also guessing you meant Entamacea instead of Heteractis Excellent, thanks! The difference in the clowns might explain why I'm getting all kinds of pre-spawning behavior but no actual spawns. Regarding the anemone, yes -- I Googled poorly Edit: Oh, and regarding the flow -- it isn't as high as it seems; both the Tunzes are on controllers, so are pulsing near a 50% duty cycle. That being said it was a bugger getting the streams positioned so that they wouldn't blow my substrate into dunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 From the looks of the eyes, you have an A. Percula (lover center) and an A. Ocellaris (upper right). Notice the Perc has an orange ring around its eye, and the ocellaris has a black ring. Very intersting about the eye ring color. I have never heard that before. Cool way to tell the difference! Is that a 100% of the time correct way to tell them apart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 That, and counting dorsal spines. I find it easier to just look at the eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 That' date=' and counting dorsal spines. I find it easier to just look at the eye.[/quote'] Thanks........ learn something new everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180Brandy Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Looking good. Very nice selection!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Yah that is good info, i didn't know about looking at the eye. Might be why i mine show spawning behavior but no eggs too! I'll have to look close tonight. Tank is looking good Andy. And great pics as usual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180Brandy Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Andy you should enter some of those pics in the POTM!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Thanks for the kind words, gonna give me an even bigger head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 love your SPS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 Revised aquascaping. Removed actinics. Anemone attempting coup d'etat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Tank is looking good Andy! Nice hunk of zoos! Later Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miniwhinny Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Nice tank. I like your new aquascaping a lot. Everything looks very healthy too, good job. Oh, and love your pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 I replaced my M58 ballasts with a 250W Galaxy from Sunlight Supply. WOW! That's is one fantastic ballast... quiet, cool and it drives the 12K Reeflux SE bulbs like a bat out of hell. Definitely the best combination I've found so far for both viewing and photographing. The pictures just take themselves under these babies. Here are a few new pics taken under the combo (no flash, very slight post-processing): A. efflorescens (frag from Curtis) M. capricornis A. echinata A. tortuosa (Oregon) Micromussa amakusensis Montipora sp. (Purple Haze) M. danai (Pokerstar?) M. digitata Acropora sp. Zoanthids Shroom A. tenuis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Andy, Are you using any actinic lighting with the 12K reeflux bulbs? I am using 20K 400watt Radiums right now on a standard ( non-hqi) ballast, and they are just too blue for me. I was thinking of going with the reeflux 12k or the hamilton 14k. Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 No, I dumped my actinics a week or so ago -- those pics are just the Reeflux 12K bulbs. They've got a lot more pop on the electronic ballast; on the M58s they were a bit wimpy, now they fluoresce the corals a lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrgreenthumb Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 why did you decide to remove the t5's?? just outa curiousity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 Actinic VHOs supplementing the halides -- I pulled them for a couple of reasons. 220W of VHO added a lot of heat to the tank, plus they really flattened out the look of the tank by softening the shadows and glimmer lines from the point-source metal halides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdumitru78 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Nice tank, I really like the lights and I am seriously thinking about upgrading to the same ballast/bulbs. Could you please tell me what reflectors you're using, I don't think I saw that in your thread. Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 Plain old spider reflectors. I was going to build some Luminarc style reflectors, but I don't think I'll need them until I upgrade to a 24" deep tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrgreenthumb Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 do you or your corals miss that wavelength?? I really enjoy the extra viewing period before and after the halides come on and go off. I also noticed all my corals color and vividness improved quite a bit with the addition of actinic supplementation. I use t5's which put off next to no heat. Let me know how this works out for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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