Thank you for the compliment!
I don't really update this thread very often, but you can always catch me on my FB. I probably should update this more since that FTS already feels out of date considering some of the rapid coral growth, the formosa stags will need to be chopped pretty soon before they start growing flat against the water surface, the front colony is less an inch from the water line now and the tips are branching again.
So for bulbs I recently switched out all of my Blue+ bulbs for FM Ultra Royal Blues, so far I'm really happy with the bulbs and I think they have just a touch of something special that the Blue+ doesn't, some pieces just seem to pop a little more. Long term effects will be interesting as well as bulb life. I know quite a few Europeans that swear by them. I need to talk to FM about getting setup as a distributor here in the US because ordering directly from Germany is kind of a pain.
A few months back I also added the LED strip to the front of the powermodule, Thanks Rudy & Matt =) It's nothing crazy, just 15 LED's to help with a little more pop. It also helps light up the front of the tank a little more which I like because it always felt a little dim to me. I was going to upgrade to a used 10 bulb PM but since this tank will be coming down in the near future with the build of our new house I've decided to just leave things as they are till I make a final decision on the dimensions of the new tank.
Bulbs are:
FM Royal Blue
Purple+
ATI Actinic
AquaBlue Special
FM Royal Blue
ATI Actinic
Purple+
FM Royal Blue
Actinic's come on at 9:00am
Led's come on at 9:30am
Mains turn on at 10:00am
Mains off at 9:30pm
LED's off at 9:45pm
Actinic's off at 10:00